In order to achieve arbitration justice for all teams participating in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, “semi-automatic” intrusion detection technology helps referees and video referees make faster and more accurate decisions, and thus more fun. for fans present in stadiums or through television screens in terms of game continuity and continuity for a long time, as well as ensuring arbitration fairness in championship matches.
The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) has officially approved the use of the new technology to detect offside during World Cup finals and it has been tested during the Arab States Cup competition held in Qatar and later at the 2021 Club World Cup. and the European Football Association (UEFA) approved its use during the match of the European Cup, European Super Cup, and allowed it to be used also during the Champions League group stage.
The technology has been called “semi-automatic” (semi-automatic) because the final decision of whether or not there is an offside will ultimately remain in the hands of the mouse video assistant referee, as opposed to goal line detection technology, which decisively determines whether there is an offside or not. the ball crossed the line or not. On the basis of which the court automatically calculates the goal or not.
The new intrusion detection technology works by installing 12 advanced and specialized cameras under the roof of the stadium to track the movement of the ball.
A sensor placed in the center of the ball sends data to the observation camera “500 times per second”, which allows you to determine when the ball has been played with much greater accuracy than the human eye can.
By integrating this data and using artificial intelligence, an alert will be sent to video referees every time the ball is received by an attacker who was in an offside position at the time of the pass.
The technology is based on an “AI” artificial intelligence system that sends an instant message to the “mouse” referees when a player is offside, giving the referees the freedom to determine if the player is offside when passing the ball or not, as they will be able to within seconds check From the moment of the transfer, as well as the offside line, until informing the chief referee of the match, who will make the final decision.
The official ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, nicknamed “The Journey”, will play an additional important role in the detection of difficult offsides, as it will be equipped with an inertial measurement unit sensor that will transmit all data on the movement of the ball to the video. The operation room is very fast, allowing the video assistant referee to know where the ball was hit with infinite accuracy.
Despite this technology’s ability to send an instant message to mouse referees, it remains classified as “semi-automatic” only, as the referee will be sent to the “mouse” and not to the match referee himself.
