220 likes | 820 Views
STRIDE. Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges Executive Director, Racing. Steve Beason Executive Director, Information Technology. Objectives. S ectional T iming R acing I nformation D ynamic E ntertainment (STRIDE)
E N D
STRIDE Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges Executive Director, Racing Steve Beason Executive Director, Information Technology
Objectives • Sectional Timing Racing Information Dynamic Entertainment (STRIDE) • HKJC is committed to provide the best services and world-class sports entertainment to its customers in order to maintain and generate their interest in horseracing
Benefits • Able to track the position of every runner in a race, in particular individual sectional times for better post-race analysis • Multimedia display on DV screen • All runner’s position in the race shown in sequence
Trial/Demo • STRIDE used on trial basis at Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) on 14 December 2003 • Collect feedback and comments to aid future rollout plans
Race Sectional Time Report THE INTERNATIONAL SPRINT TRIAL 香港短途錦標預賽
Technology • A network of 31 RF transceivers are placed around the track • Every 80ms, they send an RF signal that detects a small transponder (tag) placed in the jockey's cap • The location processing server (LPS) then calculates the tag's location on the track • From the LPS, sectional times are captured, and tracking data is sent to the graphics systems for multimedia display Tag front Transceiver Tag back
Our partner - ORAD • Headquarters in Israel with offices in the US, Germany, UK, Spain, Hong-Kong and Japan • World leader in real time virtual imaging processing technologies • First production system anywhere
STRIDE tag Technology
Timing Methods & Terminology • Finishing time (official) • Each horse’s race time • Generated from the photo finish system • Sectional times • Overall sectional time (for lead horse) • Individual sectional times • Both generated by STRIDE • Accumulated sectionals • Total of horse’s individual sectional times • Variance with official finishing time • Timing facts • 1 horse length is approximately 2.43 m • 1 horse length travelled in 0.158 sec • Difference between jockey’s cap and horse’s nose is approximately 0.05 sec
Timing Methods & Terminology • Finishing time and accumulated sectional times will not be the same • Taken from different systems • Photo finish time measured by horse’s nose • Accumulated sectional times measured by tag in jockey’s silk cap • System variance is +/- 10 cm • Average 0.02 sec per section • Average 0.08 sec per race
Timing Methods & Terminology Start Photo finish Finishing time (1/10th sec) Fromhorse’s nose Gates open Accumulated Sectionals (1/1000th sec) Finish Start + + + + Section Section Section +/- 10 cm +/- 10 cm +/- 10 cm From jockey’s cap +/- 10cm Gates open
STRIDE Sectional Variance Official finishing time Timing Methods & Terminology
Graphics • Cybersport • Generates the virtual sectional lines, and the virtual branding graphics
HKIR Demo • CyberGraphics • Generates the STRIDE “Dashboard”
Next Steps • Follow up action – January 2004 • Future rollout plans • Comments and feedback welcome Email : STRIDE@hkjc.org.hk