The Premier League will speed up offside calls with optical tracking tech starting next week

The UK’s highest level football league will soon use optical tracking to automate the parts of the offside. Premier League gossip Will accept Tuesday Half automated offside technology (SAOT) In live matches starting on April 12. The league will not change the accuracy of the new technology of the technology, but will make them more than 30 seconds.

Saot uses sensors from up to 30 cameras on the highest installed on the field at each Premier League stadium. They follow the exact location of the ball and 10,000 surface data points for each player. Sports Technology Company Genius Sports provides more efficient placement of a virtual offside line using the optical game of technology, and creates virtual graphics to provide broadcast experience for developed stadiums and fans. “

For the start, the attacking player of the team is said to be in football, both the ball and the second last defender is more close to the opponent’s goal line. (Last Defender usually goalkeeper.) In recent years, the Premier League default to the foreign league Video Assistant Judge (Available) The team will determine the point of the shot (currently passes the attacker’s teammate) and adds calibrated lines with crosshair for aggressive and defense places.

Saot cuts a process (often long) by offering a stroke point and creating edge lines based on the appropriate defender and the attacker’s position. There is a chance to review the offer of algorithm before confirming the team.

At this point, as below, a “decision visual” will roll for fans in the stadium and will be able to watch the house. Animation is displayed in a white vertical wall, which represents the offside line, red (offside) or green (side), showing the player’s passing.

There are still a backside calls to be available as a backup. “Most of the offsea will be faster, but if necessary, if necessary, the Crosshairs will have the opportunity to take as a reserve of the sound system,” said the Premier League. “This process may need several players in” outsiders “that prevent the appearance of balls or other players for the cameras of the system.”

This is not the first use of techniques. The Premier League tested this in non-live matches and live fauces in the live faucet. BBC notes that the Saot 2022 World Cup, Serie A, LA League and the Champions League. The Premier League version is a special offsheet that is a genius of PGMOL (judges’ organization) and the genius developed by the league. Differently Previous matchingThe version of the Premier League does not put a chip inside the ball.