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Hey OP, what about you pay the Brojos to place an ad on the site?
I just got tipped of to this posting. The links are to stuff on our company YouTube account and something on my own account. It is is new technology from Lynx, and I do happen to think it is pretty cool, which is why I shared these videos and a couple of others with a few friends last week.
FWIW: The BroJo's have my phone number, and I'm pretty certain they'll be in touch, or remove the original posting, if they think it crosses any lines.
FWIW #2- I am interested in what people think about it, and what it "could do."
Below is a low-res video of German Fernandez running sub 4 indoors last year - the entire video was shot robotically (sp?) by two automatic cameras, with no human intervention. It was early days with the software, so it does wobble a couple of times...(much better now as the football application indicates!)
Also, there is a link to the Velocity and Acceleration graphs for his race which the hardware generated and which show UNBELIEVABLE pace running. (Note the little bit of acceleration every time he turns into the home straight and can see the finish line clock!)
Graphs:
http://www.finishlynx.com/temp/fernandez_data_graph.pdf
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH3F9PWBvBg
All the best,
Giles
Giles, pretty amazing stuff. It was not clear to me whether the tracking is done purely from the video or if there is some sort of transponder based technique used.
The tracking is done by a tiny wireless transmitter - about the size and weight as a Starburst candy, which the athlete wears on the singlet strap - and an array of receivers linked to a fairly powerful computer.
The camera(s) is(are) driven by this computer and can be programmed to do all kinds of interesting things: follow a specific athlete, follow the leading athlete, follow any athlete who has a sudden change in velocity - (fall or kick to the front) etc.. The neat thing is that we can actually drive up to 128 cameras simultaneously - so we can cover a LOT of people.
All the best,
Giles
This is really ballin'! Awesome work by your company - I'd love to see this kind of data from a field at a championship meet of any caliber.
Umm, everybody but "ah uh ok" is the same poster in this thread.
wow that is quite amazing i would love to work for a company who does this kind of thing. this should change the sport. you can get into even more depth with breaking down a person's race. nice work giles for you and your company. what is your company's name anyway?
It would be awesome if you could dump all that data real-time into one of those computers that beat Kasparov in chess. Then it could identify things as they happen that maybe a coach is not aware of and suggest strategies and plays. Like, "Bellichick, do not attempt a fourth down conversion at this time."
We do have the ability to replay every play, frame by frame, linking player video with "X & O" schematics so that you can do some fairly in depth analysis.
What is interesting is looking at the player routes from a game where a team runs the same play on a few occasions. Sometimes you can really easily identify a minor change in the route that a player runs, which makes a huge difference in the success of the play...and sometimes it happens away from the focus of the play, so the standard game film might miss it.
I'm not sure if BB needed it before making his 4th and two decision in Indy, but it might have been helpful in stopping the Indy running play where Mayo was effectively taken out of the play - twice, and where they scored.
Wow! Sounds outrageously nuts!
Can I participate in this infomercial?!?