People counter including setting interface and method for setting the same

A people counter for counting a moving object moving from region to region within an image received from a camera through an image analysis system, comprising:

• a setting interface which provides a screen on which the image is displayed and allows a user to select one or more preset visible components for count of the moving object and superimpose the selected visible component on the image in a drag & drop manner using a point device in order to set and manipulate the visible component;
• a line setting unit which provides a moving object crossing boundary line as one of the visible components;
• a reference width setting unit which provides a reference width for indication of a reference of a width of the moving object crossing the line, as one of the visible components;
• and
• a count unit which detects the width of the moving object crossing the line in the received image through a preset image analysis system and counts the moving object based on the reference width by means of a preset counting scheme,
• wherein the reference width setting unit provides a graphics user interface which displays the reference width located on the line and allows a user to make a real time manipulation for the reference width using the pointing device,
• the reference width setting unit sets the reference width with two bars indicated in both directions on the line so that the user can use the pointing device to adjust the reference width symmetrically and simultaneously with respect to a middle point between the two bars, and
• the reference width setting unit provides a reference width consisting of a first reference width used to count one moving object, a second reference width which is set to be smaller than the first reference width and does not count the moving object, and a third reference width which is set to be larger than the first reference width and counts one or more moving objects, all of which are simultaneously adjusted according to a predetermined rule when the first reference width is adjusted.