Lampard effort not given
<!-- END - caption -->The inventor of Hawk-Eye has claimed he has goal-line technology that can make a decision within half a second.
The International Football Board (IFAB) has asked companies to present it with systems that confirm within one second whether or not a goal has been scored.
"Our system for football is easier than for cricket, technically," Paul Hawkins, whose system is used in cricket and tennis, told BBC Sport.
"Technology is not here to hurt anyone, it can only make things better."
<!-- E SF -->The IFAB, which determines the laws of football, has asked for goal-line technology ideas by the end of November and hopes to test them before its meeting in March.
The move follows incidents such as the one during England's 2010 World Cup finals match against Germany, when a Frank Lampard shot clearly went over the line but a goal was not given. England lost the match 4-1.
Hawkins, chief executive of Hampshire-based Hawk-Eye Innovations, added: "We will put our name into the hat.
<!-- S IBOX --> <!-- E IBOX -->"It is good news [that goal-line technology is being considered] but it was pretty much inevitable.
"Fifa's approach will be sensible and I am confident we can deliver."
Hawkins, whose invention is also used in the BBC's television snooker coverage, stated that his system for football is similar to the ones in tennis and cricket. It uses multiple cameras to track the ball, video-framing and a signal being sent to the referee's earpiece.
He added that his company simulated 250 goal-line incidents and in them the referee was found to get 72% of decisions correct, the assistant referee was right in 76% of them, and the official behind the goal-line - a system being tested by Fifa at present - was correct in 81%.
The English Football Association had hoped to introduce Hawk-Eye in 2009 but Fifa president Sepp Blatter stopped goal-line technology experiments the previous year.
Blatter claimed there were problems with reliability and said the system was unsuitable for football.
Fifa had also tested a system using microchips in balls but this was dropped because it was thought to be too complex and not sufficiently accurate.
Hawkins said at the time he was "gobsmacked" by the decision and was "livid" because of the amount of money his company had spent.
"We have invested an awful lot of money and now we have no return on that," he had stated.
Fifa instead decided to have trials of the system in which an assistant referee stands behind the goal-line to determine whether the ball has gone over the line.
German company Cairos has a rival system to Hawk-Eye which uses a chip inside the ball.
Managing director Christian Holzer has pressed Fifa to use goal-line technology, saying his system is "100% accurate" and "adds fairness to the game".
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Football's rejection of goal-line tech
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