From 8cef2f310522451957ed41ae80834b3ab9bde414 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brendan Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 08:06:06 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md Remove the official program README. --- README.md | 171 ------------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 171 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1feef1d..5916d32 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -15,174 +15,3 @@ People Counting in Real-Time using live video stream/IP camera in OpenCV. - Acts as a measure towards footfall analysis and in a way to tackle COVID-19 scenarios. --- - -## Table of Contents - -* [Simple Theory](#simple-theory) - - [SSD detector](#ssd-detector) - - [Centroid tracker](#centroid-tracker) -* [Running Inference](#running-inference) - - [Install the dependencies](#install-the-dependencies) - - [Test video file](#test-video-file) - - [Webcam](#webcam) - - [IP camera](#ip-camera) -* [Features](#features) - - [Real-Time alert](#real-time-alert) - - [Threading](#threading) - - [Scheduler](#scheduler) - - [Timer](#timer) - - [Simple log](#simple-log) -* [References](#references) - ---- - -## Simple Theory - -### SSD detector - -- We are using a SSD ```Single Shot Detector``` with a MobileNet architecture. In general, it only takes a single shot to detect whatever is in an image. That is, one for generating region proposals, one for detecting the object of each proposal. -- Compared to other two shot detectors like R-CNN, SSD is quite fast. -- ```MobileNet```, as the name implies, is a DNN designed to run on resource constrained devices. For e.g., mobiles, ip cameras, scanners etc. -- Thus, SSD seasoned with a MobileNet should theoretically result in a faster, more efficient object detector. - -### Centroid tracker - -- Centroid tracker is one of the most reliable trackers out there. -- To be straightforward, the centroid tracker computes the ```centroid``` of the bounding boxes. -- That is, the bounding boxes are ```(x, y)``` co-ordinates of the objects in an image. -- Once the co-ordinates are obtained by our SSD, the tracker computes the centroid (center) of the box. In other words, the center of an object. -- Then an ```unique ID``` is assigned to every particular object deteced, for tracking over the sequence of frames. - ---- - -## Running Inference - -### Install the dependencies - -First up, install all the required Python dependencies by running: ``` -pip install -r requirements.txt ``` - -> NOTE: Supported Python version is 3.11.3 (there can always be version conflicts between the dependencies, OS, hardware etc.). - -### Test video file - -To run inference on a test video file, head into the root directory and run the command: - -``` -python people_counter.py --prototxt detector/MobileNetSSD_deploy.prototxt --model detector/MobileNetSSD_deploy.caffemodel --input utils/data/tests/test_1.mp4 -``` - -### Webcam - -To run on a webcam, set ```"url": 0``` in ```utils/config.json``` and run the command: - -``` -python people_counter.py --prototxt detector/MobileNetSSD_deploy.prototxt --model detector/MobileNetSSD_deploy.caffemodel -``` - -### IP camera - -To run on an IP camera, setup your camera url in ```utils/config.json```, e.g., ```"url": 'http://191.138.0.100:8040/video'```. - -Then run the command: -``` -python people_counter.py --prototxt detector/MobileNetSSD_deploy.prototxt --model detector/MobileNetSSD_deploy.caffemodel -``` - ---- - -## Features - -The following features can be easily enabled/disabled in ```utils/config.json```: - -```json -{ - "Email_Send": "", - "Email_Receive": "", - "Email_Password": "", - "url": "", - "ALERT": false, - "Threshold": 10, - "Thread": false, - "Log": false, - "Scheduler": false, - "Timer": false -} -``` - -### Real-Time alert - -If selected, we send an email alert in real-time. Example use case: If the total number of people (say 10 or 30) are exceeded in a store/building, we simply alert the staff. - -- You can set the max. people limit in config, e.g., ```"Threshold": 10```. -- This is quite useful considering scenarios similar to COVID-19. Below is an example: - - -> ***1. Setup your emails:*** - -In the config, setup your sender email ```"Email_Send": ""``` to send the alerts and your receiver email ```"Email_Receive": ""``` to receive the alerts. - -> ***2. Setup your password:*** - -Similarly, setup the sender email password ```"Email_Password": ""```. - -Note that the password varies if you have secured 2 step verification turned on, so refer the links below and create an application specific password: - -- Google mail has a guide here: https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps -- For 2 step verified accounts: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833 - -### Threading - -- Multi-Threading is implemented in ```utils/thread.py```. If you ever see a lag/delay in your real-time stream, consider using it. -- Threading removes ```OpenCV's internal buffer``` (which basically stores the new frames yet to be processed until your system processes the old frames) and thus reduces the lag/increases fps. -- If your system is not capable of simultaneously processing and outputting the result, you might see a delay in the stream. This is where threading comes into action. -- It is most suitable to get solid performance on complex real-time applications. To use threading: set ```"Thread": true,``` in config. - -### Scheduler - -- Automatic scheduler to start the software. Configure to run at every second, minute, day, or workdays e.g., Monday to Friday. -- This is extremely useful in a business scenario, for instance, you could run the people counter only at your desired time (maybe 9-5?). -- Variables and any cache/memory would be reset, thus, less load on your machine. - -```python -# runs at every day (09:00 am) -schedule.every().day.at("9:00").do(run) -``` - -### Timer - -- Configure stopping the software execution after a certain time, e.g., 30 min or 8 hours (currently set) from now. -- All you have to do is set your desired time and run the script. - -```python -# automatic timer to stop the live stream (set to 8 hours/28800s) -end_time = time.time() -num_seconds = (end_time - start_time) -if num_seconds > 28800: - break -``` - -### Simple log - -- Logs the counting data at end of the day. -- Useful for footfall analysis. Below is an example: - - ---- - -## References - -***Main:*** - -- SSD paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.02325 -- MobileNets paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.04861 -- Centroid tracker: https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2018/07/23/simple-object-tracking-with-opencv/ - -***Optional:*** - -- Object detection with SSD/MobileNets: https://pyimagesearch.com/2017/09/11/object-detection-with-deep-learning-and-opencv/ -- Schedule: https://pypi.org/project/schedule/ - ---- - -*saimj7/ 19-08-2020 - © Sai_Mj.*