Scoreboard OCR

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Scoreboard OCR recognizes digits from physical scoreboard and sends them to your graphics engine.
You will need a Windows laptop with camera attached (existing live production computer can also be used)

• Supports sending data to 20+ of the most popular graphics engines and mixers
• Captures scoreboard using capture card, USB dongle, IP camera, NDI feed or screen capture
• Recognizes any digits (score, match time, fouls, shot clock, penalty time, etc) for any sport
• Run up to two instances (capture main basketball scoreboard and shot clock at the same time)
• Automatic scoreboard resize and digit segmentation
• Run as a service
• Timeout, foul, serve direction and other symbol recognition
• Total control of digit validation and format sent to graphics engine using scripting

• Originally we developed this application mainly for basketball and used it for many FIBA matches
• Now hundreds of companies are using Scoreboard OCR for different indoor, even outdoor sports (basketball, hockey, handball, floorball, futsal, volleyball, etc) and also computer games
• These include streaming companies, national televisions, live productions trucks and remote productions studios (for example, FOX Sports)
• Swedish floorball league SSL uses Scorebaord OCR with remote production

• BlackMagic Design Decklink capture SDK integration to enable automatic recognition of capture format and support of additional formats (1080p25, 1080p30)
• Demo version is no longer limited to maximum runtime of 12h
• Added Scripted Output option giving total user control of format validation and output sent to GFX
• Added option to load a video recording of scoreboard to be able to test at home
• Implemented new functionality to recognize geometric shapes (squares, circles, triangles, etc) that indicate timeouts, fouls and serve direction
• Decreased CPU usage
• Implemented support for additional cameras (Logitech, etc)

For full a list take look at our changelog

• Video tutorials
• Recommended cameras
• Hardware and software requirements
• Demo version limitations
• Frequently asked questions
• Use cases
• To start the application, currently internet connection is required. Smartphone hot-spot can also be used and later turned off.

For questions or feature requests send us an email