TOYOTA, Japan (AP) — The head of the company which makes the Hawk-Eye system — one of two goal-line technology systems being used at the Club World Cup — says experience gives the product an edge over the competition.
Hawk-Eye is already used for tracking balls in tennis and cricket. For football, its system uses seven high-speed cameras set up at different angles at each goal to calculate whether the ball has crossed the goal-line or not.
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