17.1.6.7.1 Sports Field Calibration, Alignment, Registration

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Field Calibration. Alignment. Registration. Camera Calibration. Sports. Align the field and cameras to do all the useful work.

Honey, S.K.[Stanley K.], Cavallaro, R.H.[Richard H.], Heidmann, T.P.[Timothy P.], Olsen, P.W.[Patrick W.], Gloudemans, J.R.[James R.],
System for re-registering a sensor during a live event,
US_Patent5,862,517, Jan 19, 1999
WWW Link. Another part of the system to project data on the sports event. BibRef 9901

Thirthala, S.R.[Sri-Ram], Pollefeys, M.[Marc],
Radial Multi-focal Tensors: Applications to Omnidirectional Camera Calibration,
IJCV(96), No. 2, February 2012, pp. 195-211.
WWW Link. 1201
BibRef
Earlier:
The Radial Trifocal Tensor: A Tool for Calibrating the Radial Distortion of Wide-Angle Cameras,
CVPR05(I: 321-328).
IEEE DOI 0507
BibRef
And:
Multi-View Geometry of 1D Radial Cameras and its Application to Omnidirectional Camera Calibration,
ICCV05(II: 1539-1546).
IEEE DOI 0510
BibRef

Puwein, J.[Jens], Ziegler, R.[Remo], Vogel, J.[Julia], Pollefeys, M.[Marc],
Robust multi-view camera calibration for wide-baseline camera networks,
WACV11(321-328).
IEEE DOI 1101
BibRef

Alemán-Flores, M., Alvarez, L.[Luis], Gomez, L.[Luis], Henriquez, P.[Pedro], Mazorra, L.[Luis],
Camera calibration in sport event scenarios,
PR(47), No. 1, 2014, pp. 89-95.
Elsevier DOI 1310
BibRef
Earlier: A2, A3, A4, A5, Only:
Automatic Camera Pose Recognition in Planar View Scenarios,
CIARP12(406-413).
Springer DOI 1209
BibRef
Earlier: A2, A4, A5, Only:
Mathematical Models for the Calibration of Cameras Mounted on a Tripod Using Primitive Tracking,
ICIAR12(I: 304-311).
Springer DOI 1206
Camera calibration BibRef

Sabirin, H., Yao, Q., Nonaka, K., Sankoh, H., Naito, S.,
Toward Real-Time Delivery of Immersive Sports Content,
MultMedMag(25), No. 2, April 2018, pp. 61-70.
IEEE DOI 1808
Cameras, Streaming media, Multimedia communication, Calibration, Real-time systems, Solid modeling, camera calibration, object models BibRef

Zhang, N.[Neng], Izquierdo, E.[Ebroul],
A Four-Point Camera Calibration Method for Sport Videos,
CirSysVideo(33), No. 8, August 2023, pp. 3811-3821.
IEEE DOI 2308
Cameras, Videos, Calibration, Sports, Feature extraction, Training, Estimation, Camera calibration, homography, deep learning, regression network BibRef

Wang, Z.B.[Zhi-Bo], Nazemi, A.[Amir], Liu, S.[Stephie], Rambhatla, S.[Sirisha], Chen, Y.H.[Yu-Hao], Clausi, D.[David],
Boundary-aware semantic segmentation for ice hockey rink registration,
CVIU(264), 2026, pp. 104627.
Elsevier DOI 2602
Ice hockey analytics, Homography estimation, Semantic segmentation, Loss function, Knowledge distillation BibRef

Cuevas, C.[Carlos], Berjón, D.[Daniel], García, N.[Narciso],
Viewpoint-invariant soccer pitch registration using geometric and learned features,
JVCIR(117), 2026, pp. 104781.
Elsevier DOI 2604
Soccer field registration, Homography estimation, Projective invariants, Line and ellipse detection, Sports video analytics BibRef

Gutiérrez-Pérez, M.[Marc], Agudo, A.[Antonio],
PnLCalib: Sports field registration via points and lines optimization,
CVIU(267), 2026, pp. 104712.
Elsevier DOI Code:
WWW Link. 2604
Camera calibration, Homography estimation, Sports analytics, SoccerNet, World cup BibRef


Fan, L.[Liang], Liu, X.Q.[Xian-Qian], Roberts, M.[Malcolm],
Sport Field Calibration with NeRF-Guided Camera Optimization from a Single Image,
CVSports25(5987-5996)
IEEE DOI 2512
Attention mechanisms, Semantics, Pose estimation, Cameras, Neural radiance field, Feature extraction, Calibration, nerf-based BibRef

Magera, F.[Floriane], Hoyoux, T.[Thomas], Castin, M.[Martin], Barnich, O.[Olivier], Cioppa, A.[Anthony], van Droogenbroeck, M.[Marc],
Can Geometry Save Central Views for Sports Field Registration?,
CVSports25(6060-6069)
IEEE DOI 2512
Geometry, Fans, Shape, Image annotation, Detectors, Cameras, Calibration, Sports, Videos BibRef

Magera, F.[Floriane], Hoyoux, T.[Thomas], Barnich, O.[Olivier], van Droogenbroeck, M.[Marc],
A Universal Protocol to Benchmark Camera Calibration for Sports,
CVSports24(3335-3346)
IEEE DOI 2410
Measurement, Protocols, Annotations, Benchmark testing, Cameras, Distortion BibRef

Theiner, J.[Jonas], Ewerth, R.[Ralph],
TVCalib: Camera Calibration for Sports Field Registration in Soccer,
WACV23(1166-1175)
IEEE DOI 2302
Point cloud compression, Image segmentation, Neural networks, Estimation, Cameras, Calibration, Algorithms: 3D computer vision, Arts/games/social media BibRef

Skinner, P., Zollmann, S.,
Localisation for Augmented Reality at Sport Events,
IVCNZ19(1-6)
IEEE DOI 2004
augmented reality, calibration, image colour analysis, sport, target tracking, video cameras, sports broadcasts BibRef

Chen, J., Zhu, F., Little, J.J.,
A Two-Point Method for PTZ Camera Calibration in Sports,
WACV18(287-295)
IEEE DOI 1806
calibration, feature extraction, image matching, image sensors, sport, video cameras, PTZ camera calibration, Training BibRef

Puwein, J.[Jens], Ziegler, R.[Remo], Ballan, L.[Luca], Pollefeys, M.[Marc],
PTZ camera network calibration from moving people in sports broadcasts,
WACV12(25-32).
IEEE DOI 1203
BibRef

Hayet, J.B., Piater, J.H., Verly, J.G.,
Fast 2D Model-To-Image Registration Using Vanishing Points for Sports Video Analysis,
ICIP05(III: 417-420).
IEEE DOI 0512
BibRef

Chapter on Motion -- Human Motion, Surveillance, Tracking, Surveillance, Activities continues in
Human Activities, Sports, Player Tracking .


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