Real time human tracking system for defense application

Identifying human presence in a visual surveillance system is crucial for variety of applications. Various tracking systems are also refined with a vision to detect human beings. However lesser resolution pictures make them a challenging one. So a stereo vision based human detection and tracking system is proposed for recognition of intruders in the human access controlled areas and can help in observing and inspecting illegal activities. In this depth range of the system is used in parameter estimation. The human presence is identified by skin detection where segmentation is done in HSV color space. Human tracking is a separate hardware system coupled through a serial port. For targeting servo motors are used, along a buzzer and a laser light for pointing the target. Here the presence of animals is also eliminated by a change in algorithm. The proposed implementation need only less protection and climate conditions are least influenced.