How do you track a moving object using Labview and Vision Assistant

I am using Vision and Labview to create a program that tracks and follow a moving object using a high end camera. Basically what it does is it detects a foreign object and locks on to it and follows it where ever it goes in a control sized room.
I have no idea how to do this. Please help. Or is there an available example.
Thanks.

Hello,
It sounds like you want to look into a Vision technique called Pattern Matching. Using our Vision tools, you can look for a image, called a template, within another image. Vision will scan over the entire image of interest trying to see if there are any matches with the template. It will return the number of matches and their coordinates within the image of interest. You would take a picture of the object and use it as the template to search for. Then, take a picture of the entire room and use pattern matching to determine at what coordinates that template is found in the picture. Doing this multiple times, you can track the movement of the object as it moves throughout the room. If you have a motion system that will have to move the camera for you, it will complicate matters very much, but would still be possible to do. You would have to have a feedback loop that, depending on where the object is located, adjusts the angle of the camera appropriately.
There are a number of different examples a that perform pattern matching. There are three available in the example finder. In LabVIEW, navigate to "Help » Find Examples". On the "Browse" tab, browse according to "Directory Structure". Navigate to "Vision » 2. Functions". There are examples for "Pattern Matching", "Color Pattern Matching", and "Geometric Matching". There are also dozens of pattern matching documents and example programs on our website. From the homepage at www.ni.com, you can search in the top-right corner the entire site for the keywords, "pattern matching".
If you have Vision Assistant, you can use this to set up the pattern matching sequence. When it is complete and customized to your liking, you can convert that into LabVIEW code by navigating to "Tools » Create LabVIEW VI..." This is probably the easiest way to customize any type of vision application in general.
I hope this helps you get started. Take care and good luck!
Regards,Aaron B.
Applications Engineering
National Instruments

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