Simple demo program for color based tracking

Simple script to read a video file and track a single red marker in 2D using hue and saturation.

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Simple script to read a video file and track a single red marker in 2D using the hue and saturation values. The largest red blob is detected and the mean co-ordinate position of this blob is tracked. This code does not have any tracking built-in: it treats each frame independently.

This assumes that the video is a constant frame rate video. The resulting co-ordinate time series are stored in the variables: t, Xc and Yc.

Download from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thnv0IQqXFE
for a sample video on which this program was tested.

Cite As

Prakash Manandhar (2026). Simple demo program for color based tracking (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/31463-simple-demo-program-for-color-based-tracking), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0