摘要 |
<p>A system for, and method of determining an offside position of a player on a football field, the system including: (a) at least one surveying instrument (10a, 10b) for surveying the field and capturing optical data, and (b) a computer (50) operatively connected so as to receive the optical data from the surveying instrument, the computer having digital analysis software, the computer designed and configured to transmit an output, the digital analysis software for: (i) determining, in real time, from the optical data, a position of a playing ball (70), and positions of players from an offensive team (2) and from a defensive team (1); (ii) identifying a forward ball-pass made by the offensive team (2); (iii) determining, in real time, the positions of the players from the offensive team (2) and from the defensive team (1), at a time that the forward ball-pass was performed, and (iv) determining whether at least one of the players (110) is in the offside position. <IMAGE></p> |