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Everything about Video tracking

Locating a moving object by analyzing frames of a video

Video tracking is the process of locating a moving object over time using a camera. It has a variety of uses, some of which are: human-computer interaction, security and surveillance, video communication and compression, augmented reality, traffic control, medical imaging and video editing. Video tracking can be a time-consuming process due to the amount of data that is contained in video. Adding further to the complexity is the possible need to use object recognition techniques for tracking, a challenging problem in its own right. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Video trackingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Satellite video single object tracking: A systematic review and an oriented object tracking benchmarkInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The Never GameThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Video Object Segmentation and TrackingCited 179 times
  5. Go sideways: Motion estimationA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Condensation algorithmA closely related topic

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