| Determine the maximum motion dynamic expected per image in the form of pixel radius |
| FOR (each frame in the image sequence) |
| (i) Perform fuzzy rule-based technique |
| (ii) Perform connected component analysis on result of fuzzy rule-based technique |
| IF (current frame is the first frame in sequence to contain object of interest) |
| Store all components detected by connected component analysis |
| Each component stored has the following auxiliary information: |
| (i) All pixels included in the component |
| (ii) Centroid of the component |
| (iii) Eight extrema points on the edge of the component |
| Else |
| FOR (each new component detected) |
| FOR (each of the sorted components from previous frame) |
| FOR (each of the extrema points of stored components) |
| FOR (each pixel included in the current new component) |
| Calculate the distance from current extrema point to current |
| pixel in current new component |
| IF (distance < max motion dynamic expected) |
| (i) Store current new component and auxiliary |
| information for subsequent frames |
| (ii) Break to next new component |
| END-IF |
| END-FOR |
| END-FOR |
| END-FOR |
| IF (frame processed in a multiple of 20) |
| Calculate the total distance travelled by the current new component |
| IF (distance travelled is greater than user-defined threshold) |
| Store current new component and auxiliary information for |
| subsequent frames |
| ELSE |
| Discard the current new component |
| END-IF |
| END-IF |
| END-FOR |
| END-IF |
| END-FOR |
