Looking to do a proof of concept, and new to Kinect. I believe this is possible, but trying to gauge difficulty with links to tutorials etc explaining how this may work.
Looking to have the Kinect look at a walkway, and essentially detect people movement. This does not mean Skeletal movement, but essentially "foot traffic". I want to determine the noise of traffic, i.e. are there alot of people walking past, or a few. (Note this does not mean counting, just a rough indication. Can this be just pixel movement etc?)
Secondly, if a person then stops and faces the Kinect, pick them up as a user, and track rudimentary movements.
The second part I'm relatively comfortable with, the first I'm not.
Any help is appreciated is pointing me in the right direction. We are a Microsoft house, so any indication if Microsoft SDK, or OpenKinect is the best path would be great too.