Tracking the object features in video based on OpenCV

The aim of this paper is the design and implementation of a solution for monitoring of the properties of an object, specifically a human hand in the video. Solutions available today require for their operation some special hardware, such as a depth sensor. The system described in this paper aims to acquire the properties of the object only with the aid of commercially available camera equipment. The designed system processes input data in real time, where the data are read from locally stored file or from a connected camera device. The solution itself serves as an interface between a man and a computer, and allows control the other programs by analysis and processing of the image of human hand. The solution is providing the output in several ways. The proposed tool is developed as an application, having well-designed graphical user interface, which to some extent makes control of the different variables affecting the process of processing of the input data.