I used Python and OpenCV to get a simple app together that tracks movement using a webcam. It currently averages all of the movements’ locations to determine a single point for targeting. This will not work for multiple targets, with a little modification.
Here's the code from http://github.com/mattwilliamson/Motion-Tracker/blob/master/track.py:
# Derived from http://sundararajana.blogspot.com/2007/05/motion-detection-using-opencv.html import cv class Target: def __init__(self): self.capture = cv.CaptureFromCAM(0) cv.NamedWindow("Target", 1) def run(self): # Capture first frame to get size frame = cv.QueryFrame(self.capture) frame_size = cv.GetSize(frame) grey_image = cv.CreateImage(cv.GetSize(frame), cv.IPL_DEPTH_8U, 1) moving_average = cv.CreateImage(cv.GetSize(frame), cv.IPL_DEPTH_32F, 3) difference = None while True: # Capture frame from webcam color_image = cv.QueryFrame(self.capture) # Smooth to get rid of false positives cv.Smooth(color_image, color_image, cv.CV_GAUSSIAN, 3, 0) if not difference: # Initialize difference = cv.CloneImage(color_image) temp = cv.CloneImage(color_image) cv.ConvertScale(color_image, moving_average, 1.0, 0.0) else: cv.RunningAvg(color_image, moving_average, 0.020, None) # Convert the scale of the moving average. cv.ConvertScale(moving_average, temp, 1.0, 0.0) # Minus the current frame from the moving average. cv.AbsDiff(color_image, temp, difference) # Convert the image to grayscale. cv.CvtColor(difference, grey_image, cv.CV_RGB2GRAY) # Convert the image to black and white. cv.Threshold(grey_image, grey_image, 70, 255, cv.CV_THRESH_BINARY) # Dilate and erode to get object blobs cv.Dilate(grey_image, grey_image, None, 18) cv.Erode(grey_image, grey_image, None, 10) # Calculate movements storage = cv.CreateMemStorage(0) contour = cv.FindContours(grey_image, storage, cv.CV_RETR_CCOMP, cv.CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE) points = [] while contour: # Draw rectangles bound_rect = cv.BoundingRect(list(contour)) contour = contour.h_next() pt1 = (bound_rect[0], bound_rect[1]) pt2 = (bound_rect[0] + bound_rect[2], bound_rect[1] + bound_rect[3]) points.append(pt1) points.append(pt2) cv.Rectangle(color_image, pt1, pt2, cv.CV_RGB(255,0,0), 1) num_points = len(points) if num_points: # Draw bullseye in midpoint of all movements x = y = 0 for point in points: x += point[0] y += point[1] x /= num_points y /= num_points center_point = (x, y) cv.Circle(color_image, center_point, 40, cv.CV_RGB(255, 255, 255), 1) cv.Circle(color_image, center_point, 30, cv.CV_RGB(255, 100, 0), 1) cv.Circle(color_image, center_point, 20, cv.CV_RGB(255, 255, 255), 1) cv.Circle(color_image, center_point, 10, cv.CV_RGB(255, 100, 0), 5) # Display frame to user cv.ShowImage("Target", color_image) # Listen for ESC or ENTER key c = cv.WaitKey(7) % 0x100 if c == 27 or c == 10: break if __name__=="__main__": t = Target() t.run()
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