motiontrackerbeta 0.1.1

a GUI based open-source motion tracking application

Motion Tracker Beta

An easy-to-use, standalone and open source motion tracking application aimed at researchers and engineers, written in Python.

Features

• Intutitive graphical user interface
• Capable of handling the most common video formats
• Capable of tracking various properties of multiple objects simultaneously
• Diverse set of built in tracking algorithms, based on the OpenCV libary
• Rich selection of numerical differentiation algorithms powered by the PyNumDiff libary
• Built in plotting an exporting features

For the complete list of features please check the documentation.

Dependencies

The Graphical user interface was created with the PyQt5 framework. For the handling of video files and to do the actual tracking the OpenCV library was used with its built in tracking algorithms. Numerical differentiations are carried out using the PyNumDiff. Plots and figures are generated by matplotlib. For the complete list of required packages check pyproject.toml requirements.txt

Installation

Download & install via PyPI

$ pip install MotionTrackerBeta

• Run the application

$ MotionTrackerBeta

Download & install the wheel file

• Download the .whl file from the lattest release
• Execute

$ pip install <path-to-wheel-file.whl>

• Run the application

$ MotionTrackerBeta

Note: If you would like to use Chebysev filters in the post processing of tracked data, run $ pip install pychebfun!

Download binaries (Windows)

• Download the binaries from the latest release
• Extract it to your specified location
• Open application with Motion Tracker Beta.exe

Download the installer (Windows)

• Download the installer from the latest release
• Run the installer and follow the instructions
• After successfull installation the software is accessible under the name Motion Tracker Beta

Usage

For a detailed guide about the software check out the documentation.

License

Motion Tracker Beta is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Author

The software was developed by Kristof Floch at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

Contact

• E-mail: [e-mail]