Design of people counting system using MATLAB

Automatic counting of people, entering or exiting a region of interest, is very important for both business and security applications. To properly manage security in various places, it is of great importance to introduce video surveillance. This paper introduces an automatic people counting system which can count multiple people who interact in the region of interest, by using only one camera. The algorithm uses Viola Jones method of facial recognition to detect people. Using a single overhead mounted camera, the system counts the number of people going in to an observed area. Counting is performed by analyzing the image to detect faces. We have tested the performance of the system, achieving a correct people counting rate of 85%.