Object tracking is an application of deep learning where the program takes an initial set of object detections and develops a unique identification for each of the initial detections and then tracks the detected objects as they move around frames in a video.
In other words, object tracking is the task of automatically identifying objects in a video and interpreting them as a set of trajectories with high accuracy
Uses of Object Tracking:
Object tracking is used for a variety of use cases involving different types of input footage. Whether or not the anticipated input will be an image or a video, or a real-time video vs. a prerecorded video, impacts the algorithms used for creating object tracking applications.
The kind of input also impacts the category, use cases, and applications of object tracking. Here, we will briefly describe a few popular uses and types of object tracking, such as video tracking, visual tracking, and image tracking
Haar Cascade classifiers are an effective way for object detection. Haar Cascade is a machine learning-based approach where a lot of positive and negative images are used to train the classifier.
Positive images – These images contain the images which we want our classifier to identify.
Negative Images – Images of everything else, which do not contain the object we want to detect.
Requirements:
Make sure you have python, OpenCV installed on your pc (all the latest versions).