Object Counting using Ultralytics YOLOv8

The field of computer vision is expanding rapidly, and object counting in specific areas or domains has become increasingly common in recent months. This article provides a technical implementation overview of how to perform Object Counting using Ultralytics YOLOv8.💙

Fig-1.1: Object Counting — A comprehensive guide to technical implementation

You will learn the process, which includes selecting a video, choosing a pretrained or fine-tuned model for object detection, using a tracking algorithm to follow detected objects over frames, and applying object counting logic to count objects in a real video stream.

The best part? You won’t need to write any code, as Ultralytics offers ready-to-use code snippets for object counting.

What’ll be covered:

What is object detection and tracking?

What is object counting?

⭐ 1. Understanding the object counting code.

⭐ 2. How to perform object counting on video streams?

⭐ 3. Object counting visual demo

⭐ 4. Complete object counting code

Let’s dive in 🚀

What is object detection and tracking?

Object detection involves identifying and locating objects within a video stream or an image. This process highlights the…