automatically or based on manual input a target is selected for tracking within the image frames at 120 after the target is identified it is modeled for efficient processing at 130 at block 140 the current image is aligned to a prior image taking into account any camera adjustments that may have been made at block 180 after aligning the prior and past images in the image frames the motion of objects within the frame is determined at 150 generally a target that is being tracked is a moving target and the identification of independently moving objects improves the efficiency of locating the target by ignoring background detail at 160 color matching is used to identify the portion of the image or the portion of the moving objects in the image corresponding to the target based on the color matching and or other criteria such as size shape speed of movement etc the target is identified in the image at 170 in an integrated security system the tracking of a target generally includes controlling one or more cameras to facilitate the tracking at 180 in a multi camera system the target tracking system 100 determines when to u201c hand off u201d the tracking from one camera to another for example when the target travels from.