System and method for online real-time multi-object tracking

A method comprising:

• receiving image frame data from at least one camera;
• detecting objects in the image frame data;
• extracting an appearance feature from each of the objects;
• generating similarity data corresponding to a similarity between objects detected in a first image frame compared with objects detected in a second image frame;
• maintaining a template for each of the objects detected in the image frame data, wherein the template corresponds to the appearance feature extracted from each of the objects updating the template based on the similarity data;
• and
• matching the objects detected in the first image frame with the objects detected in the second image frame based on the similarity data.

A non-transitory machine-useable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

• receive image frame data from at least one camera;
• detect objects in the image frame data;
• extract an appearance feature from each of the objects;
• generate similarity data corresponding to a similarity between objects detected in a first image frame compared with objects detected in a second image frame;
• maintain a template for each of the objects detected in the image frame data, wherein the template corresponds to the appearance feature extracted from each of the objects;
• update the template based on the similarity data;
• and
• match the objects detected in the first image frame with the objects detected in the second image frame based on the similarity data.