Systems and methods for object tracking and classification

A computer-implemented system operative to classify at least one object of interest in a video, the system comprising:

• a tracking component implemented using at least one processing device and configured to:
• access a frame of the video, the frame including at least one object of interest to be classified;
• perform object detection on the frame to detect the object of interest;
• track the object of interest over a plurality of frames in the video over time using a persistent tracking capability;
• isolate a segment of the frame that includes the object of interest;
• and
• continue to track, using a classification of the object of interest, the object of interest after the object of interest has left and returned to a field of view of the video;
• and
• a classification component communicatively coupled to said tracking component, said classification component implemented using the at least one processing device and configured to:
• classify the object of interest tracked by the tracking component, by processing the segment using deep learning;
• and
• generate an output that indicates the classification of the object of interest.

An object classification computing device operative to classify at least one object of interest in a video, the object classification computing device comprising:

• one or more memory devices;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to said one or more memory devices, said one or more processors configured to:
• access a frame of the video, the frame including at least one object of interest to be classified;
• perform object detection on the frame to detect the object of interest;
• track the object of interest over a plurality of frames in the video over time using a persistent tracking capability;
• isolate a segment of the frame that includes the object of interest;
• classify the object of interest tracked by the processor, by processing the segment using deep learning;
• generate an output that indicates the classification of the object of interest;
• and
• continue to track, using a classification of the object of interest, the object of interest after the object of interest has left and returned to a field of view of the video.