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Camera System Makes Tennis Calls

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Richard Gaughan

At the US Open in 2004, Serena Williams lost a tennis match in which the chair umpire ruled that her return had landed out of bounds. Television replays showed that the umpire’s call was incorrect. Some understandably declared the bad call a travesty, but officiating errors are to be expected. After all, with tennis balls moving at up to 150 mph, they can cross the court in a fraction of a second and travel a distance comparable to their own diameter faster than the human visual system can perceive. Up to eight high-speed CMOS cameras, each with a dedicated frame grabber, are integrated...Read full article

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    Published: November 2005
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