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

每个运动阶段（从业余到精英）的草皮管理者都缺乏资源，无法持续地将运动场维持在最高标准，他们表示需要新的工具来检测草皮疾病和杂草的早期迹象，以支持他们的日常活动，同时保持场地的原始状态。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和计算机视觉解决方案OSCAR CV，该解决方案可以检测草皮疾病和杂草的早期迹象，并从图像中识别各种草皮物种，从而使整个运动草皮行业受益。在这个为期3个月的可行性研究项目（第一阶段）中，E-Nano提议为OSCAR CV开发一个概念验证，作为示范，并鼓励建立一个大型财团，以加速该解决方案在后期阶段（第二阶段）在体育产业中的开发和部署。E-Nano目前的灯箱系统（OSCAR CV硬件原型）的轻量级便携版本将被生产出来，可以很容易地被潜在的最终用户处理，从他们的设施中收集各种高质量的草皮图像。从之前与E-Nano终端用户的讨论中，我们相信OSCAR CV解决方案可以使体育产业价值链的一个大小组受益，从草皮农场、种子和草皮管理解决方案供应商到体育组织/场地（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.