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.

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2025-04-18
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3744464.3744476
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Video Analysis and Summarization
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Visual analysis of sports multi-target trajectory based on hybrid motion tracking algorithm

Hongtao Zeng, Liyuan Xu
Video Analysis and Summarization
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Visual analysis of sports multi-target trajectory based on hybrid motion tracking algorithm

Hongtao Zeng, Liyuan Xu
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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.

Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Division of Graduate Education
Openalex Percentile: Top 86%
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