At Pasienky Stadium in Bratislava, Slovakia, Canex has installed (17) IQ eye HD megapixel cameras in a novel set-up to provide panoramic views of all the seating areas around the stadium.

During a match between the home side Slovan Bratislava and Spartak Trnava, a fan expressed his "excitement" by setting a seat on fire with a smoke bomb. A series of images were collected by the IQ eye cameras delivering an accurate picture of the sequence of events that took place. The first scenes showed an almost-full section of the stadium enjoying the game whilst a man with a grey sweatshirt lights his smoke bomb. The following images showed that a large section of seats had cleared, there was substantial smoke, and the perpetrator and his two friends were positively identified far from their deed.

On the basis of the IQ eye images, the perpetrator was identified in less than two seconds by stadium personnel and then apprehended by the police. This fan will have to express his future excitement from the couch in front of his television—he’s been banned from attending future Slovan Bratislava football matches.