Stemmer Imaging wins €12m order from sports sector
19 January 2022
Stemmer Imaging has received an order amounting to €12 million from a customer in the sports and entertainment segment
Sport
Mikrotron cameras help high jumpers achieve the perfect take-off
21 August 2020
The Faculty of Sport at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, conducted a study aimed at establishing the optimal kinematic parameters of the take-off action of high jumpers. Biomechanical analysis was conducted using two synchronised cameras operating at 50Hz, and one Mikrotron Motion Blitz Cube high-speed camera with a 500Hz frequency
Conceptual image. Credit: Canon
Multi-view, 3D video brings Rugby World Cup to life
26 September 2019
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
The science behind sport
15 June 2018
In the run up to the Fifa World Cup, Greg Blackman examines how video analysis is used to improve the performance of top athletes
Image analysis helps Chicago Cubs' pitchers stay injury-free
25 May 2017
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
Game changer
17 June 2014
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
Industrial ideas meet consumer needs
3 November 2013
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
Eye on the ball
26 February 2013
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
Dynamic snapshots
12 December 2011
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
How's that?
14 December 2010
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
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Could computer vision be the key to fully autonomous warehouses? Benjamin Skuse investigates
Vision Components’ Power SoM is an FPGA-based hardware accelerator. Credit: Vision components
Tim Reynolds asks what developers must consider when building an embedded vision system
Pharmaceutical packaging lines require a very thorough traceability solution. Credit: Cognex
Abigail Williams finds that traceability systems used in pharma packaging are now becoming more common for consumer goods
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A look at colour imaging and some of the products available
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Scorpion Vision's Paul Wilson spoke at the UKIVA conference in April about how Raspberry Pi cameras are now more than just a device for hobbyists. Greg Blackman reports
Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah working with a cobot on the task of unbolting a lithium-ion battery. Credit: Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah
Greg Blackman speaks to the Faraday Institution’s Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah about work to automate disassembly of lithium-ion batteries
