*Introduction*
Our project embarked on an innovative journey to adapt the capabilities of COLMAP, a powerful Structure from Motion (SfM) and Multi-View Stereo (MVS) software, for a unique application: tracking the motion of a moving object using a static camera setup. This adaptation required a deep understanding of COLMAP’s functionality, particularly its ability to estimate camera motion, and re-engineering it to calculate the path of a moving object.
*Objective*
The primary goal was to harness COLMAP’s motion estimation algorithms, originally designed for 3D model reconstruction from multiple images, and apply them to track a moving object’s path. This involved a reverse-engineering process where the camera’s estimated motion was used to infer the object’s trajectory.