Microphone Tracking System

For the past two years a project group at the IRT has been conducting research on how the audio portion of football broadcasts could be enhanced by including specific ball sounds in order to more closely integrate television viewers into the events taking place on the field. The scientists have now found a solution in quickly and automatically tracking directional microphones positioned at special locations. The original idea is meanwhile turned into a prototype (patent pending). First tests were already successfully conducted in Munich's soccer stadium, the Allianz Arena, and in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium during an international match.