Abstract: A line scan image is generated from a raw digital video source by receiving a digital video from a digital video camera configured to capture one or more moving objects of interest at a monitored location in the digital video, cropping the digital video or frames of the video around the monitored location, generating a plurality of cropped images from the cropped digital video, and assembling the plurality of cropped images in temporal order to generate the line scan image.
Abstract: An electronic timing system for timing of athletic events is provided. The timing system includes one or more vertically oriented radio-frequency identification reader assembly, a portable timing controller, a remote server, and a radio-frequency identification timing tag that is configured for attachment to an athlete. The vertically oriented radio-frequency identification reader includes an antenna assembly, a water-resistant radome surrounding said antenna assembly, and a tripod supporting said radome and antenna assembly. The portable timing controller includes input/output means for exchanging data with the radio-frequency identification antenna. The remote server also includes input/output means for exchanging data with the input/output means of the portable timing controller. The timing tag and antenna include means for wirelessly communicating data between one another.