eprintid: 3659 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 366 dir: disk0/00/00/36/59 datestamp: 2019-11-28 09:00:04 lastmod: 2019-11-28 09:00:04 status_changed: 2019-11-28 09:00:04 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Nguyen Hong, Thinh creators_name: Hoang, Hong Son creators_name: Chu, Thi Phuong Dung creators_name: Vu, Quang Dung creators_name: Luu, Manh Ha creators_id: hongthinh.nguyen@vnu.edu.vn creators_id: dungctp@vnu.edu.vn creators_id: dungvq@vnu.edu.vn creators_id: halm@vnu.edu.vn title: A video-based tracking system for football player analysis using Efficient Convolution Operators ispublished: inpress subjects: ElectronicsandComputerEngineering divisions: avitech divisions: fac_fet abstract: Computer vision has been applied in sports analysis under the demand of the media as well as a training activity. This paper presents work on a system for tracking multiple football players in video streams. The challenges of the task are: the players are relatively small in the video with chaos movements; the processing time is efficient to ensure the analyzed data is reported during the match while the accuracy is required to be sufficient; the hardware of the system needs to be high mobility. To overwhelm those, we apply Efficient Convolution Operators (ECO) as a core tracking method to track the targets on two synchronized laptops, then the data is merged in a post-processing stage. Besides, user interactive functions are also provided to assist the operators to correct failed tracks. The tracking method is qualitatively evaluated on videos from professional football matches with two resolution settings. The number of user interactions to correct the failed tracks and the time processing are chosen as criteria for the evaluation. The results show that ECO tracking outperforms several well-known tracking methods with less than 1 tracking loss in 2 minutes on average with processing rate of 12-17 fps. In conclusion, the proposed system is a promising tool for football player tracking and statistical analysis in practice. date: 2019-10-17 date_type: published full_text_status: none pres_type: paper event_title: International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications 2019 event_location: Ha Noi event_dates: 17-18/10/2019 event_type: conference refereed: TRUE citation: Nguyen Hong, Thinh and Hoang, Hong Son and Chu, Thi Phuong Dung and Vu, Quang Dung and Luu, Manh Ha (2019) A video-based tracking system for football player analysis using Efficient Convolution Operators. In: International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications 2019, 17-18/10/2019, Ha Noi. (In Press)