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tracking movement in a

asked 2016-12-26 05:13:41 -0600

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Hello Forum. Need some help (well a lot really please). I am trying to track movement in an area. Imagine a cat walking across a lawn, it starts at one side and walks across to the other, how do I count the number of times this is done ? Thanks in advance. PeteUK

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What have you try ? Which opencv version do you use ? Which langage?

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LBerger gravatar imageLBerger ( 2016-12-26 05:17:33 -0600 )edit

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answered 2016-12-29 01:54:11 -0600

You could use background subtraction to detect the cat(blob detection) and use a tracking algorithm like Kalman filter to keep track of the detection.

As for counting, I guess you could try something like what's done in this video. He's drawn a line at the center of the screen and keeps count of the number of times a blob crosses that line(in your case it would be a vertical line near the side of the screen).

Actually, he uses background subtraction and a different algorithm for keeping track of the blob so you could check those out as well.

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