Moving target tracking is the key part of intelligent visual surveillance system. Among the various tracking algorithms, the Beysian tracking algorithms and the kernel tracking algorithm are two algorithms that frequently used. The Beysian tracking algorithms mainly conclude Kalman filtering algorithm, extended Kalman filtering algorithm and particle filtering algorithm. Mean Shift is the most representative algorithm of the kernel target tracking. In this survey, the status and development of target tracking algorithms has been studied more extensively with providing a few examples of modified tracking algorithms. Then a comparison was presented based on the limitations and scope of applications. Finally, the paper showed further research prospects of moving target tracking are introduced.
