Visual analysis of sports multi-target trajectory based on hybrid motion tracking algorithm
The complexity of multi-target motion tracking in sports poses significant challenges due to frequent occlusion, rapid movement changes, and high interaction dynamics. To address these issues, this study proposes a hybrid motion tracking algorithm that integrates optical flow-guided particle filtering (OF-PF), a lightweight graph attention network (LGAT), and a biomechanical graph propagation network (BGPN) to enhance trajectory accuracy and tactical reasoning. The proposed framework was evaluated on the 1st and Future - Player Contact Detection dataset, achieving 92.4% tracking accuracy and reducing the ID switch rate to 2.1%, outperforming conventional methods. The results demonstrate the model's effectiveness in improving athlete movement prediction, tactical pattern recognition, and contact event reasoning. This research provides a novel visual analysis approach for automated sports analytics, enabling real-time tracking and decision support in competitive environments.
Authors
- Hongtao Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3705-7704)
- Liyuan Xu
Institutions
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-04-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3744464.3744476
- Primary Topic
- Video Analysis and Summarization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Division of Graduate Education