OSCAR CV: Accelerating the adoption of Machine Learning & Computer Vision in the Sports turf industry

每个运动阶段的草坪经理（从业余到精英）缺乏资源来可持续地维护运动场的最高标准，并表示需要新的工具来检测草坪疾病和杂草的早期迹象，以支持他们的日常活动，同时保持场地处于原始状态。该项目旨在加速开发和部署值得信赖和负责任的机器学习&计算机视觉解决方案，OSCAR CV，可以检测草坪疾病和杂草的早期迹象，并从图像中识别各种草坪物种，使整个运动场草坪行业受益。在这个为期3个月的可行性研究项目（第1阶段）中，电子-Nano建议为OSCAR CV开发概念验证，以用作演示器，并鼓励建立一个大型财团以加速开发，在稍后阶段（第2阶段），在体育行业部署该解决方案。E-Nano目前的灯箱系统将生产一个轻便便携的版本（OSCAR CV硬件原型），可以很容易地由潜在的最终用户从他们的设施收集各种高质量的草坪图像。从以前的讨论与E-Nano的最终用户，我们相信OSCAR CV解决方案可以使体育产业价值链的一个大的板块受益，从草坪农场、种子和草坪管理解决方案供应商到体育组织/场馆（足球、高尔夫、赛马、网球）和农艺顾问。

Turf managers at every sports stage (from amateur to elite) lack the resources to sustainably maintain sports fields at the highest standards and have expressed the need for new tools to detect early signs of turf diseases and weeds to support them in their daily activities while keeping the fields in pristine condition.This project aims at accelerating the development and deployment of a trusted and responsible Machine Learning & Computer Vision solution, OSCAR CV that can detect early signs of turf diseases and weeds, and identify various turf species, from imagery, to benefit the sports turf industry as a whole.Within this 3-month feasibility study project (phase 1), E-Nano is proposing to develop a proof of concept for OSCAR CV to use as a demonstrator and encourage the building of a large consortium to accelerate the development and deployment of the solution within the sports industry at a later stage (phase 2).A lightweight and portable version of E-Nano's current lightbox system will be produced (OSCAR CV hardware prototype) that can easily be handled by potential end-users to collect a variety of good-quality turf images from their facilities.From previous discussions with E-Nano's end-users, it is believed OSCAR CV solution could benefit a large panel of the sports industry value chain, from turf farms, seeds and turf management solution suppliers to sports organisations/venues (football, golf, horse racing, tennis) and agronomic consultants.