Method for real-time counting of pedestrians for statistical purposes coupled with facial recognition function and apparatus applying method

Abstract

A method for detecting and counting pedestrians in real-time for statistical purposes together with facial recognition of such pedestrians acquires video for analysis. Images showing pedestrians are extracted, such pedestrians being identified by a first detection model and pedestrian frames are outputted. A facial identification operation is executed based on the pedestrian frames and facial sub-frames are extracted. Removal of duplications of individual pedestrians in the images in the facial sub-frames is executed by a second detection model. Path of movement of detected pedestrians is tracked and labeled based on a specified algorithm when the faces of individual pedestrians are not recorded in a database. When the path of movement passes through a specified location, the face-imaged pedestrian is considered a target object, a total number of the target objects is counted. An apparatus applying the method is also disclosed.