org.openimaj.video.processing.tracking

Interface ObjectTracker<O,I>

Type Parameters:

O - The type of objects that will be tracked

I - The type of image in which the objects will be tracked

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicMBFImageObjectTracker, BasicObjectTracker

public interface ObjectTracker<O,I>

An interface for classes that can track objects in video (or image streams).

Author:

David Dupplaw (dpd@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Created:

14 Oct 2011

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<O>	initialiseTracking(Rectangle bounds, I image) Initialise the tracking with the given target area in the given image.
List<O>	trackObject(I image) Track the object in the image.

Method Detail

initialiseTracking

List<O> initialiseTracking(Rectangle bounds,
                           I image)

Initialise the tracking with the given target area in the given image.

Parameters:

bounds - The target area to track in the image

image - The image to initialise the tracking with

Returns:

A list of found objects (may be empty if no object found); should not be null.

trackObject

List<O> trackObject(I image)

Track the object in the image.

Parameters:

image - The image to continue tracking the object within.

Returns:

The list of objects found in the image