Conceptual image. Credit: Canon
Rugby fans are now able to watch highlights from the Rugby World Cup, currently taking place in Japan, from angles and viewpoints not possible with conventional cameras, thanks to a multi-camera system from Canon
In the run up to the Fifa World Cup, Greg Blackman examines how video analysis is used to improve the performance of top athletes
A vision analysis system from Kinatrax has helped keep baseball pitchers from the Chicago Cubs' team that won the 2016 World Series injury-free. Greg Blackman reports from a talk Steven Cadavid at Kinatrax gave at the Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara
With the football World Cup in Brazil soon to kick off, Tom Eddershaw finds that imaging technologies are now an integral part of maximising sporting achievement
Systems developed for applications such as inspecting electronic components are finding their way into sports coverage, real estate, marketing and gaming. Siân Harris finds out why
From generating statistics on Germany's top football matches to helping runners avoid injury, imaging plays an increasingly important role in sport, as Greg Blackman discovers
Rob Coppinger exposes the sports world's latest imaging technology for capturing everything from athletes at a standing start to those running at high speed round a track
Greg Blackman on the use of imaging in sport, from ball-tracking technology used by commentators to advanced sport science research in training top athletes
Machine vision suppliers are eyeing up high-speed imaging, which can resolve events that are too quick to see, according to Stephen Mounsey
The sensor of SWIR Vision Systems' Acuros CQD 1920 camera
Matthew Dale finds that new sensor technologies based on quantum dots are set to bring down the cost of shortwave infrared imaging
Keely Portway finds out how vision technology is playing a role in medical diagnosis
Bob McCurrach, director of standards development at AIA, updates on the progress being made in GigE Vision
Following speaking at Embedded Vision Europe, Pierre Gutierrez, lead machine learning researcher at Scortex, writes about the challenges of deploying deep learning on the factory floor
Takashi Someda, CTO at Hacarus, on the advantages of sparse modelling AI tools
Depth map from the SceneScan. Credit: Nerian Vision
Dr Konstantin Schauwecker, CEO of Nerian Vision, describes the firm’s stereo vision sensor for fast depth perception with FPGAs
MVDK evaluation board with MIPI CSI-2 sensor and CXP interface board. Credit: Euresys
Greg Blackman finds that purchasing IP cores for FPGAs is one way to reduce time-to-market for camera production
