2010/06/01 by Sian Slawson, Paul Conway, Laura Justham +1 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Medicine · #Sports Performance and Training #Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2010.04.058
openalex publication_date 2010/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
This paper details the research and development of an automated vision system that enables biomechanical analysis of swimming skills, i.e. the start and turns, without the need for traditional manual digitisation techniques. Small, non encumbering swimmer worn markers were developed using an array of Light Emitting Diodes (LED’s). These markers were used to create a distinguishable feature that could be tracked throughout a video sequence. It was important that the markers worked in both under and over water environments to facilitate the analysis of both starts and turns.