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14. Tracking a Baseball for Broadcast Television
Monday, Tutorial, 10:30 am - 12:15 pm
Room 6 C-F
Level: Beginning/Intermediate
An overview of what it takes to bring an image-processing special effect to live, unscripted, broadcast television coverage of a sporting event before TV viewers nationwide each Sunday night. The emphasis is on technical image-processing challenges.
Prerequisites
Interest in image processing and knowledge of basic techniques. Minimal mathematical background for section on Kalman Filters, which are discussed at a very simple level.
Topics
Image-processing, mathematical, algorithmic, and engineering components of a system that uses two video cameras to reliably track the flight of a baseball. Overview of the industry. Human aspects of participating in development and operation of a special effect for live TV.
Organizer and Lecturer
André Guéziec
Triangle Software LLC
Schedule
| 10:30 |
Introduction
Guéziec |
| 10:45 |
Part 1: Real-Time Tracking
- Overall System
- Processing Full-Resolution Video
- Detecting the Ball
- Kalman Filtering
- Calibration, 3D Reconstruction
Guéziec |
| 11:30 |
Part 2: Operation of the System in the Field
Guéziec |
| Noon |
Part 3: Other Applications, Videos
Questions and Answers
Guéziec |
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