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# HockeyOrient Dataset

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🔗 This dataset is part of the <span style="color:red">HockeyOrient</span> ecosystem.

- 💻 Check out the corresponding <span style="color:red">Hugging Face Space</span> for a live demo: <a href="[SPACE_LINK]" style="color:blue;">https://huggingface.co/spaces/SimulaMet-HOST/HockeyOrient</a>
- 🏒 The trained <span style="color:red">model</span> for this dataset is available here: <a href="[SPACE_LINK]" style="color:blue;">https://huggingface.co/SimulaMet-HOST/HockeyOrient</a>

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## Overview
The HockeyOrient dataset consists of **9,700 manually annotated frames** of ice hockey players from the 2023–2024 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) seasons. Each cropped image is categorized into one of eight player orientations based on the orientation of their head.

## Dataset Features
- **Classes**: 8 orientations – Top, Top-Right, Right, Bottom-Right, Bottom, Bottom-Left, Left, Top-Left.
- **Annotations**: High-quality manual annotations.
- **Sources**: Extracted frames from SHL games.
- **Formats**: Images in JPEG format organized into folders for each class.

## Structure



```markdown

HockeyOrient/
├── Bottom_Left/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Bottom/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Bottom_Right/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Left/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Top_Left/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Top/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Top_Right/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Right/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
```

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<span style="color:black; font-weight:bold;">📩 For any questions regarding this project, or to discuss potential collaboration and joint research opportunities, please contact:</span>

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  <li><span style="font-weight:bold; color:black;">Mehdi Houshmand</span>: <a href="mailto:mehdi@forzasys.com" style="color:blue; text-decoration:none;">mehdi@forzasys.com</a></li>
  <li><span style="font-weight:bold; color:black;">Cise Midoglu</span>: <a href="mailto:cisemidoglu@gmail.com" style="color:blue; text-decoration:none;">cisemidoglu@gmail.com</a></li>
  <li><span style="font-weight:bold; color:black;">Pål Halvorsen</span>: <a href="mailto:paalh@simula.no" style="color:blue; text-decoration:none;">paalh@simula.no</a></li>
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