Feature Request: Tool for Measuring Time Spent on Object Detection and Tracking

[YoungjaeDev]

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Description

Hello Roboflow team,

I am currently working on a project involving object detection and tracking, and I have encountered a need that might also benefit others in the community. Specifically, I am looking for a way to measure the time spent on detecting and tracking specific objects within a scene. This feature could be incredibly useful for applications where understanding the duration of object interactions or presence is crucial, such as in surveillance, research studies, or any scenario where time metrics could provide additional insights.

Could you advise if there is an existing tool or feature within Roboflow that facilitates this? If not, I believe integrating a functionality that allows users to measure and record the time taken for objects to be detected and tracked over time would be a valuable addition. This could potentially include features like timestamping object appearances and calculating the duration of their presence or tracking within a video feed.

Thank you for considering this request. I am looking forward to any guidance you can provide or discussing possible solutions that could be implemented to support this requirement.

Best regards,

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Are you willing to submit a PR?

• Yes I'd like to help by submitting a PR!

[AshAnand34]

I'm new to the Roboflow Supervision library, but I found that the inference_file_example.py script already measures how long each object is detected and tracked in a zone using the FPSBasedTimer. This script shows how to calculate and display the dwell time for each object, which seems to address the feature request. It you need to measure time spent on detection/tracking in specific scenes, this example is a good starting point.