using cvBlob library solely for object identification and tracking between frames

[Athanasios Silis]

Hi all,
I am looking for a solution of which cvBlob may be a superset.

I am already doing contour detection through openCv (actually through an openframeworks wrapper for openCv, that utilizes cvFindContours). From the wrapper I can extract blobs with centroid & outline  information.

I wish to keep this wrapper in place for the time being and from my initial investigation it looks like cvBlob is an alternative to the cvFindContours. As a result, I want to ask if it is possible to utilize some of the higher functions of the cvBlob only. Tthat is, I was to feed to cvBlob the outlines (each is a vector of points) and let cvBlob do the rest (or what I think it can do), which is:

-label blobs so that on consecutive frames, each blob can be identified uniquely by a name tag.
-provide the tilting information for each blob
-anything else that may be  interesting

I am mostly looking for a "yes/no" answer at the moment. I shall dig in cvBlob and find how to do it if someone knows it can be done.

Thank you very much for your help.