System and method for detecting, tracking, and classifiying objects

1. A method for discerning a vehicle at an access control point, the method comprising:

obtaining a first video sequence of the access control point from a first camera operable to capture video of the vehicle approaching a first gate;

detecting an object of interest from the first video sequence;

tracking the object from the first video sequence to obtain tracked-object data;

classifying the object to obtain classified-object data;

determining that the object is the vehicle based on the classified-object data;

determining if the vehicle is being tailgated based on the classified-object data;

determining that the vehicle is present in a predetermined detection zone of the access control point based on the tracked-object data; and

controlling activation of the first gate at the access control point based on the determining if the vehicle is being tailgated.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining a second video sequence of the access control point from a second camera operable to capture video of the vehicle approaching a second gate;

detecting the object of interest from the second video sequence; and

tracking the object from the second video sequence.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

obtaining a third video sequence of the access control point from a third camera operable to capture video of the vehicle between the first gate and the second gate

detecting the object of interest from the third video sequence; and

tracking the object from the third video sequence.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein controlling activation of the first gate further comprises controlling activation of the second gate based on determining if the vehicle is being tailgated.

5. A device for discerning a vehicle at an access control point, the device comprising:

a memory containing instructions; and

at least one processor, operably connected to the memory, that executes the instructions to perform operations comprising:

obtaining a video sequence of the access control point from a first camera operable to capture video of the vehicle approaching a first gate;

detecting an object of interest from the video sequence;

tracking the object from the video sequence to obtain tracked-object data;

classifying the object to obtain classified-object data;

determining that the object is the vehicle based on the classified-object data;

determining if the vehicle is being tailgated based on the classified-object data;

determining that the vehicle is present in a predetermined detection zone of the access control point based on the tracked-object data; and

controlling activation of the first gate at the access control point based on the determining if the vehicle is being tailgated.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining a second video sequence of the access control point from a second camera operable to capture video of the vehicle approaching a second gate;

detecting the object of interest from the second video sequence; and

tracking the object from the second video sequence.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprising:

obtaining a third video sequence of the access control point from a third camera operable to capture video of the vehicle between the first gate and the second gate;

detecting the object of interest from the third video sequence; and

tracking the object from the third video sequence.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein controlling activation of the gate further comprises controlling activation of the second gate based on determining if the vehicle is being tailgated.

9. A method for discerning a vehicle at an access control point, the method comprising:

obtaining a video sequence of the access control point from a first camera operable to capture video of the vehicle approaching a first outer gate;

detecting an object of interest from the video sequence;

tracking the object from the video sequence to obtain tracked-object data;

classifying the object to obtain classified-object data;

determining that the object is the vehicle based on the classified-object data;

determining that the vehicle is present in a predetermined detection zone of the access control point based on the tracked-object data; and

controlling activation of the first outer gate at the access control point based on the determining that the vehicle is present in the predetermined detection zone.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

obtaining a second video sequence of the access control point from a second camera operable to capture video of the vehicle approaching a second gate

detecting the object of interest from the second video sequence; and

tracking the object from the second video sequence.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

obtaining a third video sequence of the access control point from a third camera operable to capture video of the vehicle between the first gate and the second gate;

detecting the object of interest from the third second video sequence; and

tracking the object from the third video sequence.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein controlling activation of the gate further comprises controlling activation of a second gate based on determining that the vehicle is present in the predetermined detection zone.

13. A device for discerning a vehicle at an access control point, the device comprising:

a memory containing instructions; and

at least one processor, operably connected to the memory, that executes the instructions to perform operations comprising:

obtaining a video sequence of the access control point from a first camera operable to capture video of the vehicle approaching a first outer gate;

detecting an object of interest from the video sequence;

tracking the object from the video sequence to obtain tracked-object data;

classifying the object to obtain classified-object data;

determining that the object is the vehicle based on the classified-object data;

determining that the vehicle is present in a predetermined detection zone of the access control point based on the tracked-object data; and

controlling activation of the first outer gate at the access control point based on the determining that the vehicle is present in the predetermined detection zone.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining a second video sequence of the access control point from a second camera operable to detecting the object of interest from the second video sequence; and

tracking the object from the second video sequence capture video of the vehicle approaching a second gate.