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Technological Advancements in Sports
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Role Of Technology
Technology has gone a long way in
proving its mettle in sports.It has created a
niche for itself in every major sport on the
planet.Be it the outdoor sports like
soccer,tennis or cricket or their indoor
counterparts like snooker,badminton or
basketball,technology is used in each one
of them.
Hawk-Eye
Hawk-Eye is a computer system used in
cricket, tennis and other sports to visually
track the path of the ball and display a
record of its most statistically likely path as
a moving image
It is also used in some instances to predict
the future path of a ball in cricket
Time-Line
It was developed by engineers at Roke
Manor Research Limited of Romsey,
Hampshire in the UK, in 2001. A UK
patent was submitted by Dr Paul Hawkins
and David Sherry.
Later, the technology was spun off into a
separate company, Hawk-Eye Innovations
Ltd., as a joint venture with television
Use of Hawk-Eye
Mechanism
All Hawk-Eye systems are based on the
principles of triangulation using the visual
images and timing data provided by at
least four high-speed video cameras
located at different locations and angles
around the area of play.
Triangulation
It is the process of determining the
location of a point by measuring angles to
it from known points at either end of a
fixed baseline, rather than measuring
distances to the point directly. The point
can then be fixed as the third point of a
triangle with one known side and two
known angles.
Hawk-Eye in Analytics
Hawk-Eye Camera
Hot-Spot
Hot Spot is an infra-red imaging system
used in cricket to determine whether the
ball has struck the batsman, bat or pad.
Hot Spot is new technology that requires
two infrared cameras on opposite sides of
the ground above the field of play that are
continuously recording an image.
Mechanism
Conclusion
Though there is an ongoing debate on the
feasibility of the use of technology in
sports,it has certainly provided man with a
useful tool to reduce human error and
increase performance and as far as its
scope is concerned,it is definitely here to
stay.
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