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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:50:02 +0200
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 # People-Counting-in-Real-Time
-People Counting in Real-Time with an IP camera.
+> People Counting in Real-Time using live video stream/IP camera in OpenCV.
+
+> This repo is a simple improvement/modification to https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2018/08/13/opencv-people-counter/
+
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+- The primary aim is to use the project as a business perspective, ready to scale.
+- Use case: counting the number of people in the stores/buildings/shopping malls etc., in real-time.
+- Sending an alert to the staff if the people are way over the limit.
+- Acts as a measure towards footfall analysis and in a way to tackle COVID-19.
+
+--- 
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+## Table of Contents
+* [Theory](#theory)
+* [Running Inference](#running-inference)
+* [Features](#features)
+* [References](#references)
+* [Next Steps](#next-steps)
+
+## Theory