US 11,670,086 B2
System and process for detecting, tracking and counting human objects of interest
Zhiqian Wang, Schaumburg, IL (US); and William C. Kastilahn, Evanston, IL (US)
Assigned to ShopperTrak RCT LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by ShopperTrak RCT LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,760.
Application 17/582,760 is a continuation of application No. 16/786,436, filed on Feb. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,232,326.
Application 16/786,436 is a continuation of application No. 15/200,864, filed on Jul. 1, 2016, granted, now 10,558,890, issued on Feb. 11, 2020.
Application 15/200,864 is a continuation of application No. 13/870,065, filed on Apr. 25, 2013, granted, now 9,384,407, issued on Jul. 5, 2016.
Application 13/870,065 is a continuation of application No. 13/559,824, filed on Jul. 27, 2012, granted, now 8,472,672, issued on Jun. 25, 2013.
Application 13/559,824 is a continuation of application No. 13/155,466, filed on Jun. 8, 2011, granted, now 8,238,607, issued on Aug. 7, 2012.
Application 13/155,466 is a continuation of application No. 11/773,254, filed on Jul. 3, 2007, granted, now 7,965,866, issued on Jun. 21, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0148321 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); G06T 7/285 (2017.01); G06F 18/28 (2023.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06V 10/62 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/52 (2022.01) [G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/28 (2023.01); G06T 7/285 (2017.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01); G06V 10/62 (2022.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of detecting and tracking objects of interest, comprising:
obtaining, by a processor, stereo image frames from one or more image capturing devices, wherein each image capturing device is associated with a zone;
identifying, by the processor, one or more objects of interest within one or more of the frames, each of the identified objects described by one or more properties;
for each identified object:
determining, by the processor, whether the one or more properties satisfy a specified condition defined by one or more predicate operators; and
determining, by the processor, a position of the identified object based on one or more of i) the corresponding frames and ii) each zone of the one or more corresponding image capturing devices;
comparing, by the processor for each identified object having properties determined to satisfy the specified condition, the determined object one or more existing tracks, each existing track associated with a previously-tracked object of interest, the comparing based at least in part on one or both of the determined position of the identified object and the zone of the corresponding image capturing device;
for each compared object matching an existing track, adding, by the processor to the corresponding existing track, information about the matching object, including one or more of the determined position and the determined zone corresponding to the matching object; and
for each compared object not matching an existing track, creating and storing, by the processor, a track corresponding to the not matching object.