Computer Vision in Sports (eBook)

Introduction to the Use of Computer Vision in SportsGraham Thomas, Thomas B. Moeslund and Adrian HiltonPart I: Where is the Ball?Ball Tracking for Tennis Video AnnotationFei Yan, William Christmas and Josef KittlerPlane Approximation-Based Approach for 3D Reconstruction of Ball Trajectory for Performance Analysis in Table TennisSho Tamaki and Hideo SaitoOn-Field Testing and Evaluation of a Goal-Line Technology SystemPaolo Spagnolo, Pier Luigi Mazzeo, Marco Leo, Massimiliano Nitti, Ettore Stella and Arcangelo DistantePart II: Where Are the Players?Occlusion Detection via Structured Sparse Learning for Robust Object TrackingTianzhu Zhang, Bernard Ghanem, Changsheng Xu and Narendra AhujaDetecting and Tracking Sports Players with Random Forests and Context-Conditioned Motion ModelsJingchen Liu and Peter CarrGeometry Reconstruction of Players for Novel-View Synthesis of Sports BroadcastsTiberiu Popa, Marcel Germann, Remo Ziegler, Richard Keiser and Markus GrossEstimating Athlete Pose from Monocular TV Sports FootageMykyta Fastovets, Jean-Yves Guillemaut and Adrian HiltonPart III: What Are They Playing?Action Recognition in Realistic Sports VideosKhurram Soomro and Amir Roshan ZamirClassification of Sports Types Using Thermal ImageryRikke Gade and Thomas B. MoeslundEvent-Based Sports Videos Classification Using HMM FrameworkShyju Wilson, C. Krishna Mohan and K. Srirama MurthyPart IV: What's Going On?Representing Team Behaviours from Noisy Data Using Player RoleAlina Bialkowski, Patrick Lucey, Peter Carr, Sridha Sridharan and Iain MatthewsRecognizing Team Formation in American FootballIndriyati Atmosukarto, Bernard Ghanem, Mohamed Saadalla and Narendra AhujaReal-Time Event Detection in Field Sport VideosRafal Kapela, Kevin McGuinness, Aleksandra Swietlicka and Noel E. O’Connor