| OpenCV 3.4.8 Open Source Computer Vision

Using MultiTracker

## Goal

In this tutorial you will learn how to

- Create a MultiTracker object.
- Track several objects at once using the MultiTracker object.

## Source Code

1 /*----------------------------------------------
2 * Usage:
3 * example_tracking_multitracker <video_name> [algorithm]
4 *
5 * example:
6 * example_tracking_multitracker Bolt/img/%04d.jpg
7 * example_tracking_multitracker faceocc2.webm KCF
8 *--------------------------------------------------*/
9
10 #include <opencv2/core/utility.hpp>
11 #include <opencv2/tracking.hpp>
12 #include <opencv2/videoio.hpp>
13 #include <opencv2/highgui.hpp>
14 #include <iostream>
15 #include <cstring>
16 #include <ctime>
17 #include "samples_utility.hpp"
18
19 using namespace std;
20 using namespace cv;
21
22 int main( int argc, char** argv ){
23 // show help
24 if(argc<2){
25 cout<<
26 " Usage: example_tracking_multitracker <video_name> [algorithm]\n"
27 " examples:\n"
28 " example_tracking_multitracker Bolt/img/%04d.jpg\n"
29 " example_tracking_multitracker faceocc2.webm MEDIANFLOW\n"
30 << endl;
31 return 0;
32 }
33
34 // set the default tracking algorithm
35 std::string trackingAlg = "KCF";
36
37 // set the tracking algorithm from parameter
38 if(argc>2)
39 trackingAlg = argv[2];
40
41 // create the tracker
43 MultiTracker trackers;
45
46 // container of the tracked objects
48 vector<Rect2d> objects;
50
51 // set input video
52 std::string video = argv[1];
53 VideoCapture cap(video);
54
55 Mat frame;
56
57 // get bounding box
58 cap >> frame;
60 vector<Rect> ROIs;
61 selectROIs("tracker",frame,ROIs);
63
64 //quit when the tracked object(s) is not provided
65 if(ROIs.size()<1)
66 return 0;
67
68 // initialize the tracker
70 std::vector<Ptr<Tracker> > algorithms;
71 for (size_t i = 0; i < ROIs.size(); i++)
72 {
73 algorithms.push_back(createTrackerByName(trackingAlg));
74 objects.push_back(ROIs[i]);
75 }
76
77 trackers.add(algorithms,frame,objects);
79
80 // do the tracking
81 printf("Start the tracking process, press ESC to quit.\n");
82 for ( ;; ){
83 // get frame from the video
84 cap >> frame;
85
86 // stop the program if no more images
87 if(frame.rows==0 || frame.cols==0)
88 break;
89
90 //update the tracking result
92 trackers.update(frame);
94
96 // draw the tracked object
97 for(unsigned i=0;i<trackers.getObjects().size();i++)
98 rectangle( frame, trackers.getObjects()[i], Scalar( 255, 0, 0 ), 2, 1 );
100
101 // show image with the tracked object
102 imshow("tracker",frame);
103
104 //quit on ESC button
105 if(waitKey(1)==27)break;
106 }
107
108 }
cv::Scalar
Scalar_< double > Scalar
Definition: types.hpp:657
videoio.hpp
std
STL namespace.
cv::rectangle
void rectangle(InputOutputArray img, Point pt1, Point pt2, const Scalar &color, int thickness=1, int lineType=LINE_8, int shift=0)
Draws a simple, thick, or filled up-right rectangle.
highgui.hpp
cv::imshow
void imshow(const String &winname, InputArray mat)
Displays an image in the specified window.
cv
Definition: affine.hpp:51
cv::VideoCapture
Class for video capturing from video files, image sequences or cameras.
Definition: videoio.hpp:612
cv::MultiTracker::add
bool add(Ptr< Tracker > newTracker, InputArray image, const Rect2d &boundingBox)
Add a new object to be tracked.
tracking.hpp
utility.hpp
cv::MultiTracker::getObjects
const std::vector< Rect2d > & getObjects() const
Returns a reference to a storage for the tracked objects, each object corresponds to one tracker algo...
cv::MultiTracker
This class is used to track multiple objects using the specified tracker algorithm.
Definition: tracker.hpp:1330
cv::selectROIs
void selectROIs(const String &windowName, InputArray img, std::vector< Rect > &boundingBoxes, bool showCrosshair=true, bool fromCenter=false)
Selects ROIs on the given image. Function creates a window and allows user to select a ROIs using mou...
cv::MultiTracker::update
bool update(InputArray image)
Update the current tracking status. The result will be saved in the internal storage.
cv::Mat
n-dimensional dense array class
Definition: mat.hpp:804
cv::waitKey
int waitKey(int delay=0)
Waits for a pressed key.

## Explanation

1. Create the MultiTracker object

   MultiTracker trackers;

   You can create the MultiTracker object and use the same tracking algorithm for all tracked object as shown in the snippet. If you want to use different type of tracking algorithm for each tracked object, you should define the tracking algorithm whenever a new object is added to the MultiTracker object.

2. Selection of multiple objects

   vector<Rect> ROIs;
   selectROIs("tracker",frame,ROIs);

   You can use selectROI to select multiple objects with the result stored in a vector of cv::Rect2d as shown in the code.

3. Adding the tracked object to MultiTracker

   std::vector<Ptr<Tracker> > algorithms;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < ROIs.size(); i++)
   {
   algorithms.push_back(createTrackerByName(trackingAlg));
   objects.push_back(ROIs[i]);
   }
   trackers.add(algorithms,frame,objects);

   You can add all tracked objects at once to the MultiTracker as shown in the code. In this case, all objects will be tracked using same tracking algorithm as specified in decaration of MultiTracker object. If you want to use different tracker algorithms for each tracked object, You should add the tracked objects one by one and specify their tracking algorithm using the variant of cv::MultiTracker::add.

   See also
     cv::MultiTracker::add( const String& trackerType, const Mat& image, const Rect2d& boundingBox )

4. Obtaining the result

   // draw the tracked object
   for(unsigned i=0;i<trackers.getObjects().size();i++)
   rectangle( frame, trackers.getObjects()[i], Scalar( 255, 0, 0 ), 2, 1 );

   You can access the result from the public variable cv::MultiTracker::objects provided by the MultiTracker class as shown in the code.