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PREDATOR - Tracker that learns and improves

PREDATOR - Tracker that learns and improves

Zdenek Kalal
1 HN recommenders · discussed 2011–2023
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About this video

A demo of PREDATOR (TLD), a real-time object tracker that learns the appearance of its target and improves while it tracks. The technology was later developed commercially.

Why it appears in the archive

HN found it a nifty demo and cites it as a primitive but effective learning tracker that predates modern deep-learning trackers.

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From the Hacker News discussion

tom_b · 2011-04 · rec

My friend forwarded me the video demo link for this: [VIDEO] Very nifty. I'm looking forward to reading the machine learning code involved in this.

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jackcviers3 · 2021-07 · reference

Incorrect. Recognition applications have been able to track objects across disparate frames of video even when obscures from camera view, for at least a decade now [1]. 1. [VIDEO]

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rasz · 2023-08 · reference

OK, 11 years ago then. This time with some very primitive ML: OpenTLD [VIDEO] Was good enough for commercialization [LINK] . I think their tech is powering this [LINK]

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