Robot film crew knows what sports fans like

Dubbed the (not so catchy) Autonomous Production of Images based on Distributed and Intelligent Sensing (APIDIS), the system combines the video stream from several cameras. Tracking a ball across various video streams is relatively easy, but viewers also want to see what the players are up to. So APIDIS aims for a shot of the action that is a compromise between focusing on the ball and wider views of the pitch by tracking the ball and players simultaneously, calculating which camera captures the most detail. APIDIS can be tailored to viewers' demands by giving preference to shots containing particular players, for example.  Which means you can be not just be at the game, but in the game to.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527485.000-robot-film-crew-knows-what-sports-fans-like.html

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