TerryP
Staff
I ran into this article on Fox Sports and one comment stuck out to me:
Taking it a step farther ... auto umps in MLB? Different distances from the plate to each back stop would change the calibrations, right?
"We’re in the installation phase for all of our stadiums, really getting them calibrated and up to date," said Brantley, the NFL’s senior vice president and chief information officer. "We’re just really getting to a place where this system is as accurate as possible and really calibrating across our multiple stadiums. ... We have multiple stadiums with multiple dimensions inside of those stadiums with different age. So we’re really just going through the installation of putting in the infrastructure and making sure these cameras are installed."
Idle thought this morning...this is something I've never considered. Look around the conference at the different dimensions found on each sideline. I'm assuming the program uses "landmarks" as points of reference for measurements. Taking it a step farther ... auto umps in MLB? Different distances from the plate to each back stop would change the calibrations, right?
Its Hawk-Eye tracking services for line-to-gain measurement adds cameras to stadiums to track players, officials and the ball. The optimal tracking system notifies officials instantly if a first down was gained after the ball is spotted by hand.
"We’re reducing a significant amount of time, 40 seconds for each time of use that basically is making the game that much more impactful," said Neal Manowitz, Sony president and chief operations officer. "And then also the system is accurate down to less than half an inch, which is incredibly, incredibly accurate. Hopefully the fans appreciate the objective view, or at least half the fans each play will be appreciating it."
