> Being able to see the patterns with the naked eye is very encouraging in terms of being able to train a model to detect it.
Would that that were true!
NHL goal celebration hack: real-time machine learning and hue light show
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#22You might also have good luck by analyzing the chat data from hockeystreams - just look for when a few dozen people write something along the lines of "GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL", and take it from there. Granted, not as much fun as setting up the whole system you did, but another option.
HockeyStreams has an API for scores - for free. I'm not sure how quickly it updates though: https://www.hockeystreams.com/api#scoresapi
Highly recommended to anyone that have to deal with blackouts from GameCentre.
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#23Nerdy Habs fans: combining obsessive love of tech with obsessive love for hockey. All the goal horns are on youtube, maybe you could create a training set with that?
Would not work for away games. Could easily use goal horn for home games though for higher accuracy.
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#24Very cool. Would a Closed Caption feed be superior?
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#25You might also have good luck by analyzing the chat data from hockeystreams - just look for when a few dozen people write something along the lines of "GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL", and take it from there. Granted, not as much fun as setting up the whole system you did, but another option.
There's also a similar community on freenode at ##reddit-hockey we're a pretty reliable data source as well.
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#26I know this post isn't really about the hockey part and more about the ML part, but I think it would be more practical to analyze and maybe use the Budweiser Redlight API if possible (I haven't looked into it yet or have one) to get almost instant goal reporting for your team of choice. I have seen it in action and it's like ~2 seconds off from a live feed. http://www.budweiser.ca/redlight/ Really nice post and I'll…
I believe their system works by employing a man to push a button, which is then routed to your light.
They note in their fine print that they may end the service at any point, which renders it fairly useless.
As you said, you may be able to find a way of spoofing the goal signal. But now, you are just the man pushing the button.
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#27I'm the guy who did this; really happy this is trending on HN! Hope everyone enjoys the game tonight! :D
Really cool. What are you doing for away games? Can it still detect Habs goals? You mentioned you had to train the algorithm not to detect the opponents' goal horn. Couldn't you just scrape the schedule to detect if you're playing at home or away and use a different model for each?
It's really about the comentator's yell, not the goal horn. So as far as he's excited for Habs goals and not too excited for the other team's goals, it works fine.
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#28I am impressed that it's able to work for both when the Habs are at home and on the road. The only similar thing would be the commentator's reaction. The ambient sound is reversed (cheers and horns when the Sens score). I would think you would have to train the algorithm separately for both cases, and tell it whether the current game is at home or not. Anyway, this is very good work, the light setup is very clean. I…
Not enough unfortunately :(
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#29What happens when a goal is scored by the other team?
Usually the commentator is way less excited so the system can make the difference.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really cool. What are you doing for away games? Can it still detect Habs goals? You mentioned you had to train the algorithm not to detect the opponents' goal horn. Couldn't you just scrape the schedule to detect if you're playing at home or away and use a different model for each?
It's really about the comentator's yell, not the goal horn. So as far as he's excited for Habs goals and not too excited for the other team's goals, it works fine.
You watch the French commentary, I presume.