Multiple Object tracking in openCV

Prerequisites

• A lot of modules used in the code are part of openCV's contrib package (link here)
• Follow the steps for installation here
  • Make sure to first uninstall cv2 pip uninstall cv2
  • Then install contrib package pip install opencv-contrib-python
• Note: The contrib package has both main & contrib modules

Executing the code

1. Make sure that you have the video(.mp4) and python file in the same directory.
2. Run the code with the command python3 object_tracking.py
3. Then press s to select a ROI (region of image) using your mouse.
4. Press Space or enter to confirm your selection.
5. The video will keep on playing and your selected object will be tracked throughout.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to select & track multiple objects
   Note: You can cancel your selection by pressing c

Demo

Note: You can try the same code with the other video files in the Data folder

Refrences

• PyimageSearch
• Understanding the basics of object tracking & various tracking techinques here
• Video source