Baltimore Orioles called researchers University of Waterloo to help them improve their pitch through the use of artificial intelligence.
PITCHERNET uses diffusion cameras flows and combines them with low -resolution images turned on a smartphone.
Jerrin Bright, principal researcher on the project, said that AI technology followed various measures to analyze the performance of a launcher.
“More specifically, we find 18 joint positions of the human by using the Hawk-Eye follow-up system, and this skeleton is then essentially used to find metrics such as pitching speed and the rotation rate of the ball,” said Bright.
The Hawk-Eye monitoring system has 12 high-speed cameras, which capture images at 200 to 300 images per second which are played in several angles on the baseball field.
The W Wessigné U system extrapolates the entire launcher’s throwing movement to recreate a level of detail using elaborate and costly technology installed in most stages that host Mlb teams. Its objective is to fill the shortcomings in technology and provide data generally available for the team that has the stadium where a game is played, as is the case with Hawk-Eye.
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“They wanted to build a system that can mainly imitate the sophisticated system like Hawk-Eye technology itself, but the taking here would be that you would have no depth information because we will simply use a single monocular camera and have a coach or a scout in the ground, and they can capture the data and analyze the players,” said Bright.
The project began in 2022 when the organization of the Orioles approached Bright and John Zelek, professor of systems design engineering at the U of W.
Bright said the goal was not to replace humans, but to help raise the game of a launcher.
“They can use different essential systems to find these measures, but we just try to build it just from a diffusion flow that you can see in your TV to try to make it more accessible and easier for coaches or scouts,” he said.
The Orioles Organization was very satisfied with the project, according to Bright, which led to a two -year contract extension with the professional of the Ball Club.
He said that their contract was exclusive to Baltimore and that the U of W researchers had not collaborated with other MLB teams.
Bright said AI technology could be used in other areas of sport in the future.
He said AI technology could be widened to help coaches in amateur leagues and university programs and also help improve screening.
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