Range of velocities for a camera to detect?

im doing a project on Moving Object Detection using MATLAB and using a Logitech Webcam C210. My professor keeps asking me on the range of velocities that the camera can process for the output to be detected. I do not have an answer for this. Do i have 2 actually go up to a highway and record different speeds of different objects?????

Answer 1

[Jan]

Yes. Only testing means that the system is tested. It is not reliable to proove the validity of the complex sytsem by theoretical assumptions.

Every automatic pattern recognition system has a specific error rate. Due to the complexity of the system, it must be determined by exhaustive experiments. Without a determined error rate, it is not an instrument for scientific measurements.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

That's the best way. You at least have to know what the spatial calibration is - in other words how many pixels correspond to how many meters. And be aware that that factor can vary depending on the geometry because the same number of pixels will be a smaller distance if it's closer to the camera and larger if it's far away from the camera.