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{{short description|Computer vision system}} {{Other uses|Hawkeye (disambiguation){{!}}Hawkeye}} {{Use British English|date=February 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} [[File:Kremlin Cup 2012 - Hawk-Eye cam.JPG|thumb|Hawk-Eye camera system at the [[Kremlin Cup]] tennis tournament on 20 October 2012, Moscow]] '''Hawk-Eye''' is a [[computer vision]] system used to visually track the trajectory of a ball and display a profile of its statistically most likely path as a moving image.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/wimbledon08/news/story?id=3452293 Two British scientists call into question Hawk-Eye's accuracy β Tennis β ESPN]. Sports.espn.go.com (19 June 2008). Retrieved on 15 August 2010.</ref> It is used in more than 20 major sports, including [[cricket]], [[tennis]], [[Gaelic football]], [[badminton]], [[hurling]], [[rugby union]], [[association football]] and [[volleyball]].<ref name="Boyo">{{Cite web |last=Boyo |first=Sydney |date=2023-09-09 |title=How Sony's Hawk-Eye electronic line-calling system transformed the U.S. Open |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/09/how-sonys-hawk-eye-works-at-the-us-open.html#:~:text=Since%202022,%20the%20U.S.%20Open,shot%20is%20in%20or%20out. |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> The [[Sony]]-owned Hawk-Eye system was developed in the United Kingdom by Paul Hawkins. The system was originally implemented in 2000 for television purposes in cricket.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/2992943/Hows-that-then-for-hi-tech.html| title = How's that then for hi-tech?| publisher = Telegraph| date = 2000-11-15| access-date = 2022-10-15 | location=London | first=Simon | last=Hughes}}</ref> It works via the use of up to ten high-performance cameras, normally positioned on the underside of the stadium roof, which track the ball from different angles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wimbledon Hawk-Eye {{!}} Is it accurate? How it works {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/tennis/wimbledon-hawk-eye/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=www.radiotimes.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> The video from the cameras is then [[Triangulation|triangulated]] and combined to create a three-dimensional representation of the ball's trajectory. Hawk-Eye is not infallible, but is advertised to be accurate to within 2.6 millimetres<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hawk-Eye's Accuracy and Reliability |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339921713}}</ref> and is increasingly used as an impartial review in sports. It has been accepted by governing bodies in tennis, cricket and association football as a means of adjudication. Hawk-Eye has been used for the Challenge System since 2006 in tennis and [[Decision Review System]] in cricket since 2009. The system is also used to determine whether the ball has crossed the goal line in football as a means of [[goal-line technology]], implemented in the [[2013β14 Premier League]] season and now present at many domestic leagues and international competitions.
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