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The Speedway Tracking System tracked 4 bikes around the oval dirt course and produced realtime 3D coordinates for each rider. Riders were identified based on the colour of their helmet hood. |
Following a successful indoor prototype, I created an 9 camera Speedway race tracking systemin the spring and summer of 2003. At the time the hardware was quite clunky - Pentium 4s were cutting edge and due to the extreme conditions at the track (i.e. dirt, dust and rocks flying everywhere!) CCTV enclosure-protected PAL cameras was about as high end as we could go on the video ingest side. |
Some of the key lessons of this prototype were:
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These days one could recreate a system like this in the space of a shoebox for a fraction of the cost, but back in 2003 the prototype required a half-height cabinet due to the form factor of the video ingest hardware and the computers. |
Specification:
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