PeTrack

Software for tracking pedestrians.

Installation, Uninstallation:

To obtain the installer of the latest stable version, follow the steps at https://www.fz-juelich.de/ias/ias-7/EN/Expertise/Software/PeTrack/petrackDownload.html. Afterwards just execute petrack-installer_<version>.exe and follow the instructions. To uninstall PeTrack execute Uninstall.exe in the PeTrack application folder.

Usage:

The command line options can be displayed by calling

petrack -help

Key bindings can be found in the help menu of the program.

For more information see https://www.fz-juelich.de/ias/ias-7/EN/Expertise/Software/PeTrack/petrack.html.

Normal usage is interactive usage.

Example:

To generate trajectories from a single image sequence starting with frame000.jpg to with settings stored in project.pet, export tracker file tracker_file and exit with saving the project to project.pet again:

petrack.exe -project project.pet -sequence frame000.jpg -autoTrack tracker_file -autoSave project.pet

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3 license. For further information see LICENSE.

Changelog:

v0.8 : slanted view for external calibration, coordinate system and grid is possible, introduced multicolor marker with black dot, video support for various codecs
v0.7 : introduce stereo cameras; alternate height
background subtraction especially for stereo cameras; recognition of unmarked pedestrians; integration of 4 disparity algorithms
filter to swap picture; more video codecs; color blobs as marker using HSV triangle
marker with two dots added; export of viewing direction
v0.6 : bug fixes; improve speed; expand visualization possibilities; add variable tracking region adapted to head size; provide program combine to merge trajectories
v0.5 : improve robustness of tracking with interpolation and extrapolation; first analysis functionality
v0.4 : tracking import and export; manual adding and deleting of trackpoints
v0.3 : recognition; tracking; color mapping
v0.2 : add first recognition
v0.1 : only camera calibration is supported; import and export of video and image sequence

Dependencies:

• Qwt (https://qwt.sf.net)
• Qt (https://www.qt.io/)
• OpenCV (https://opencv.org/)