How can I detect and track people using OpenCV?

Question

I have a camera that will be stationary, pointed at an indoors area. People will walk past the camera, within about 5 meters of it. Using OpenCV, I want to

Answer 1

This is clearly a non-trivial task. You'll have to look into scientific publications for inspiration (Google Scholar is your friend here). Here's a paper about human detection and tracking: Human tracking by fast mean shift mode seeking