Method to Detect and Track Moving Object in Non-static PTZ Camera

—This paper relates to a method for detecting moving objects and track them while the PTZ camera is moving. To ensure that the acquired images are free from blur effect, we have proposed a method to estimate the blur level of the image. For the moving object detection part, we have combined the Wroskian's change detection method to detect the moving pixels and refine the result by utilizing the neighbor pixels concept to reduce the noise resulted from imperfect alignment of successive images. The detection noise is further reduced by analyzing the detection consistency across successive image frames. This approach has effectively detects the moving object while reducing the noise.

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