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Football Robot Promises to Get Rid of the Boring Bits
Software developed at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia can identify the important parts of a soccer match and edit them together as a summary of the full game.
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Polytechnic University of Catalonia researchers have developed software that can identify the important parts of a soccer match and edit them together to make a short summary of the game.
The program looks for moments when many players are grouped together, when there is lots of zoomed-in action, when there is extra noise from the crowd, or for the sound of the referee's whistle. Catalonia professor Arnau Raventos describes these moments as "occasions."
"We want to find specific combinations of moments in a football match," he notes. "A goal is an occasion."
However, the technology is not yet perfect because it still cannot identify the exact moment when the ball goes in the goal. In a test on five matches, the technology detected 70 percent of the total goals.
"We need to say that at the moment it's not possible to perform a complete automatic summary just yet," Raventos says. "It's difficult to detect all the goals."
However, he notes it is easier to determine moments in the game that are not important, such as panoramic views. "They are easy to detect and to discard them so that already makes the job of the editor easier," Raventos says.
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