iPhone to be used as a tool to detect offside position. Premier League has hired Genius Sports, a company responsible for equipping matches with Apple mobile phones. empower them with machine learning technology.
Genius Sports technology, called “Semi-Assisted Offside Technology” (SAOT), offers more tools to support referees in their decision-making during matches. The system improves: three-dimensional image of each participating playerThis allows referees to know their exact position and better visualize where the offside line is.
“We’re moving away from 4K cameras, which are much more expensive,” said Matt Fleckenstein, Genius product director. threshold“We want to see if we can move to a more ready-to-use mobile phone,” he continued.
But the iPhone choice not only because of the technical capabilities of the deviceThe manager notes that the device was decided based on employees’ familiarity with software development.
To watch the field, Mobile phones are used between 24 and 28Most iPhone 15 Pros are mounted on special equipment that holds two devices simultaneously, positioned at different angles to ensure a good view.
Absurdly sensitive system
According to the manager, this strategy provides between 7,000 and 10,000 data points to create a three-dimensional visualization of the game. Redundancy is essential to overcome lighting differences.
THE Genius Sports claims SAOT can track certain details of a player’s bodyIt can even identify very small parts like fingers.
The iPhone’s high frame rate captures are also very beneficial to the system: offside occurs when the ball is passed to another player. Selecting the exact frame where the ball is touched is critical for accurate metering, so higher rates allow for better results.
Given the depth of SAOT tracking, It is unclear how European football rules will behavewhich body part will not be taken into account when determining offside position. Currently, VAR systems take into account 30 to 40 points on the human body or only the player’s centre of mass.
Source: Tec Mundo
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