ObjectTracker (adams-addons-pom 24.4.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBoofCVObjectTracker, AbstractObjectTracker, AbstractSimpleReportBasedObjectTracker, BoofCVCirculant, BoofCVMeanShiftLikelihood, BoofCVSparseFlow, BoofCVTLD, MultiObjectTracker
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public interface ObjectTracker
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Interface for object trackers.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`initTracking(adams.data.image.AbstractImageContainer cont)`	Initializes the tracker.
`boolean`	`isInitialized()`	Returns whether the tracker has been initialized.
`List<adams.core.base.QuadrilateralLocation>`	`trackObjects(adams.data.image.AbstractImageContainer cont)`	Performs the tracking of the object.

- Method Detail
  - initTracking
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String initTracking(adams.data.image.AbstractImageContainer cont)
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    Initializes the tracker.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cont - the image to use for initializing
    
    Returns:
    
    null if successfully initialized, otherwise error message
  - isInitialized
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boolean isInitialized()
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    Returns whether the tracker has been initialized.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if initialized
  - trackObjects
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List<adams.core.base.QuadrilateralLocation> trackObjects(adams.data.image.AbstractImageContainer cont)
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    Performs the tracking of the object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cont - the current image
    
    Returns:
    
    the location of the tracked image, null if failed to track