----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 2:07 PM Subject: Re: Strike Zone
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 02:11:29PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > > But, its being used now, to grade umpires at selected parks, including > > here in Houston. So, they must have it working at some level. > > In real time? from http://tinyurl.com/5s67u <quote> InTech reported last October on the QuesTec technology. A 360� photo of the field scans into a computer and creates a three-dimensional playing field background. Two cameras sit low and close to the field, just off the first and third baselines. They determine the batter's strike zone. Two other remote-controlled cameras, mounted in the stands off the baselines and above the field, track each pitch from the time it leaves the pitcher's hand until it crosses the plate. Along the way, the system measures multiple track points to precisely locate the ball in space and time. An on-site computer processes this information to measure the speed, placement, and curvature of the pitch along its entire path. The whole procedure is fully automatic, including detecting the start of the pitch, tracking the ball, computing the location, and identifying nonbaseball objects such as birds or windswept debris moving through the field of view. A graphical rendering of the pitch and its placement in the strike zone appears in less than a second. The computer operator notes the umpire's actual call and compiles all the information on a CD-ROM for the umpire's consumption and education. <end quote> They also said that the Atlanta team stated that a lot of strikes were called balls. Since Atlanta pitchers are notorious for getting balls off the outside corner called strikes, that seems to be a plus for the system. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
