Systems and methods for efficient object tracking as a service via edge

A method comprising:

• receiving features associated with an object to be tracked, wherein the features comprise an output of a neural network after an image of the object is input to the neural network:
• receiving an estimated location of the object;
• determining a region of interest by specifying a rectangular area within a field of view of one or more sensors of a first connected vehicle as the region of interest that includes the estimated location of the object;
• transmitting the features and the region of interest to the first connected vehicle;
• receiving object data associated with the object from the first connected vehicle, the object data comprising a location of the object as determined by the first connected vehicle;
• and
• updating an object track associated with the object based on the object data, the object track comprising the location of the object at a plurality of time steps.