SoftBank Group filed 1 patent this quarter in the AI & Machine Learning category.
The filing covers technology for an interactive sports viewing experience that uses artificial intelligence to create virtual commentators. The system allows fans to point their phones at live sporting events and receive personalized commentary from virtual characters that analyze emotions and adjust their behavior in real time.
SoftBank's single AI and machine learning patent describes a mobile system that transforms how fans experience live sports through virtual commentary. The technology analyzes real-time images from a sporting event, matches movements against a database covering multiple sports, and drives an animated virtual character that responds to what's happening on the field or court. The system goes further by generating conversational dialogue through generative AI and adjusting the virtual commentator's tone and style based on detected emotions, creating a two-way interactive experience rather than a passive broadcast overlay. This approach differs from prior chatbot systems that lacked sports image analysis or the ability to adapt animated characters based on emotional cues.
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