Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Hawk-Eye 'can Encounter Fifa's Needs'

The contriver of Hawk-Eye has claimed he has goal-line technology that can make a preference inside of half a second.

The International Football Board (IFAB) has asked companies to present it with systems that declare inside of a second either or not a objective has been scored.

"Our network for football is simpler than for cricket, technically," Paul Hawkins, whose network is used in cricket and tennis, told BBC Sport.

"Technology is not here to harm anyone, it can usually make things better."

The IFAB, that determines the laws of football, has asked for goal-line technology ideas by the finish of November and hopes to assessment them before its discussion in March.

The pierce follows incidents such as the a during England's 2010 World Cup finals tie in against Germany, when a Frank Lampard shot evidently went over the line but a objective was not given. England mislaid the tie in 4-1.

Hawkins, arch senior manager of Hampshire-based Hawk-Eye Innovations, added: "We will put the name in to the hat.

"It is great headlines [that goal-line technology is being considered] but it was flattering ample inevitable.

"Fifa's draw close will be essential and we am assured we can deliver."

Hawkins, whose innovation is moreover used in the BBC's radio snooker coverage, settled that his network for football is identical to the ones in tennis and cricket. It uses multi-part cameras to follow the ball, video-framing and a vigilance being sent to the referee's earpiece.

He updated that his firm unnatural 250 goal-line incidents and in them the umpire was found to obtain 72% of decisions correct, the helper umpire was correct in 76% of them, and the authorized at the back the goal-line - a network being tested by Fifa at present - was correct in 81%.

The English Football Association had hoped to deliver Hawk-Eye in 2009 but Fifa boss Sepp Blatter stopped goal-line technology experiments the formerly year.

Blatter claimed there were problems with trustworthiness and mentioned the network was unsuited for football.

Fifa had moreover tested a network using microchips in balls but this was forsaken because it was think to be as well intricate and not adequately accurate.

Hawkins mentioned at the time he was "gobsmacked" by the preference and was "livid" since the amount of allowance his firm had spent.

"We have invested an horrible lot of allowance and right away we have no lapse on that," he had stated.

Fifa instead motionless to have trials of the network in that an helper umpire stands at the back the goal-line to establish either the round has vanished over the line.

German firm Cairos has a opponent network to Hawk-Eye that uses a fragment inside the ball.

Managing director Christian Holzer has pulpy Fifa to use goal-line technology, adage his network is "100% accurate" and "adds integrity to the game".

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