Reference for ultralytics/solutions/heatmap.py

def heatmap_effect(self, box):
    """
    Efficiently calculate heatmap area and effect location for applying colormap.

    Args:
        box (List[float]): Bounding box coordinates [x0, y0, x1, y1].
    """
    x0, y0, x1, y1 = map(int, box)
    radius_squared = (min(x1 - x0, y1 - y0) // 2) ** 2

    # Create a meshgrid with region of interest (ROI) for vectorized distance calculations
    xv, yv = np.meshgrid(np.arange(x0, x1), np.arange(y0, y1))

    # Calculate squared distances from the center
    dist_squared = (xv - ((x0 + x1) // 2)) ** 2 + (yv - ((y0 + y1) // 2)) ** 2

    # Create a mask of points within the radius
    within_radius = dist_squared <= radius_squared

    # Update only the values within the bounding box in a single vectorized operation
    self.heatmap[y0:y1, x0:x1][within_radius] += 2

def process(self, im0):
    """
    Generate heatmap for each frame using Ultralytics.

    Args:
        im0 (np.ndarray): Input image array for processing.

    Returns:
        (SolutionResults): Contains processed image `plot_im`,
            'in_count' (int, count of objects entering the region),
            'out_count' (int, count of objects exiting the region),
            'classwise_count' (dict, per-class object count), and
            'total_tracks' (int, total number of tracked objects).
    """
    if not self.initialized:
        self.heatmap = np.zeros_like(im0, dtype=np.float32) * 0.99
        self.initialized = True  # Initialize heatmap only once

    self.extract_tracks(im0)  # Extract tracks
    self.annotator = SolutionAnnotator(im0, line_width=self.line_width)  # Initialize annotator

    # Iterate over bounding boxes, track ids and classes index
    for box, track_id, cls in zip(self.boxes, self.track_ids, self.clss):
        # Apply heatmap effect for the bounding box
        self.heatmap_effect(box)

        if self.region is not None:
            self.annotator.draw_region(reg_pts=self.region, color=(104, 0, 123), thickness=self.line_width * 2)
            self.store_tracking_history(track_id, box)  # Store track history
            # Get previous position if available
            prev_position = None
            if len(self.track_history[track_id]) > 1:
                prev_position = self.track_history[track_id][-2]
            self.count_objects(self.track_history[track_id][-1], track_id, prev_position, cls)  # object counting

    plot_im = self.annotator.result()
    if self.region is not None:
        self.display_counts(plot_im)  # Display the counts on the frame

    # Normalize, apply colormap to heatmap and combine with original image
    if self.track_data.id is not None:
        normalized_heatmap = cv2.normalize(self.heatmap, None, 0, 255, cv2.NORM_MINMAX).astype(np.uint8)
        colored_heatmap = cv2.applyColorMap(normalized_heatmap, self.colormap)
        plot_im = cv2.addWeighted(plot_im, 0.5, colored_heatmap, 0.5, 0)

    self.display_output(plot_im)  # Display output with base class function

    # Return SolutionResults
    return SolutionResults(
        plot_im=plot_im,
        in_count=self.in_count,
        out_count=self.out_count,
        classwise_count=dict(self.classwise_counts),
        total_tracks=len(self.track_ids),
    )