Framework for tracking and analysis of soccer video

Ahmet Ekin; A. Murat Tekalp

doi:10.1117/12.453120

4 January 2002 Framework for tracking and analysis of soccer video

Ahmet Ekin, A. Murat Tekalp

Proceedings Volume 4671, Visual Communications and Image Processing 2002; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453120
Event: Electronic Imaging, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we present a complete framework for automatic analysis of soccer video by using domain specific information. In the proposed framework, following shot boundary detection, soccer shots are classified into 3 classes using the ratio of grass-colored pixels in a frame, and the size and number of soccer objects detected in a shot. These classes are long shots, in-field medium shots, and others, such as out-of-field of close-up shots. The long shots and in-field medium shots are further processed to analyze their semantic content. We observe that different low-level processing algorithms may be required to process different shot classes. For example, we introduce different tracking algorithms for the long shots and in- field medium shots. Furthermore, frame registration onto a reference field model is not usually applicable to in-field medium shots, because the field lines may not be visible. The proposed framework enables development of more effective low-level processing algorithms for high-level scene understanding, which perform nearly in real time. The results show the increased accuracy and efficiency of the proposed methods.

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Ahmet Ekin and A. Murat Tekalp "Framework for tracking and analysis of soccer video", Proc. SPIE 4671, Visual Communications and Image Processing 2002, (4 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453120

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