1. A spatio-temporal object tracking system for identifying an object traversing a plurality of video sensor views, including: a video acquisition system for sensing a plurality of views of an area of interest; an object detection module for detecting an object entering one of the views; a local object tracking module for tracking a motion of the object through the one view; a global object tracking module for tracking the object through the plurality of views; a local timing module for measuring time data of the object in the one view; and, a global timing module for measuring time data of the object through the plurality of views.