Hawk-Eye is a computer system used in cricket, tennis, snookers and other sports to visually track the path of the ball and display a record of its most statistically likely path as a moving image Hawk-Eye as the most innovative technology provider in sports broadcasting and is a development that will reinforce the group's presence and influence.
• It is primarily used by the majority of television networks to track the trajectory of balls in flight.
• It was developed by engineers at Roke Manor Research Limited of UK in 2001
• A patent was submitted by Dr Paul Hawkins and David Sherry.
Applications
Its applications are mainly in sports
Cricket
Tennis
Snookers and
In some games
Cricket
Used in the third umpire decision(Referral system) At the end of an over, all six deliveries are shown simultaneously to show a bowler's variations such as bounce, speed variations and ball deviation. To view the deviation of the ball from actual track
Advantages
ACCURACY
BENEFICIAL
REDUCES HUMAN EFFORTS
Disadvantages
VERY EXPENSIVE
CHALLENGES UMPIRE’S DECISIONS
NOT HIGHLY PRECISE
Conclusion
This technology has met the high reality and accuracy features.
Hawk-Eye is currently developing a system for Football This technology helps to have correct decisions in any kind of game.