Object Tracking Basics MCQ 15 Questions
Time: ~25 mins Intermediate

Object Tracking Basics MCQ

Linking detections across frames: identity, motion models, occlusions, and evaluation (MOTA, IDF1).

Easy: 5 Q Medium: 6 Q Hard: 4 Q
Video

Frames

Associate

ID

MOT

Multi

Occlusion

Drop

Object tracking

Tracking maintains identities of objects over time—single-object (SOT) focuses on one target; multi-object (MOT) handles many with births, deaths, and occlusions.

Association

Match current detections to existing tracks using motion prediction, appearance, and optimization (Hungarian, network flow).

Challenges

Motion

Constant velocity, Kalman prediction, or learned motion for gating candidates.

Appearance

Re-ID embeddings help after occlusion—DeepSORT style.

MOTA / IDF1

Classic MOT metrics mix detection accuracy and identity consistency.

Online

Causal processing for robotics; offline can use future frames globally.

Loop

Predict state → associate detections → update tracks

Pro tip: Good detection is prerequisite—tracking rarely fixes a broken detector.