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International Workshop on Visual Form

IWVF 2001: Visual Form 2001 pp 779–786Cite as

Motion Tracking of Animals for Behavior Analysis

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In this paper, we are presenting our results for motion tracking animals in stabling. This system was used in order to record the behavior of pigs in stabling. We used an object-oriented method for our application instead of a block-oriented method. First of all, we calculated a reference image. This image was used in order to separate the objects from the background. Then, object pixels were grouped into an object by the line-coincidence method. Movement parameters are calculated for each object. Finally, an object correction is done for those objects that were occluded by the boundary of the stabling. The resulting tracking path and the movement parameters are displayed on screen for the user.

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  1. Institute of Computer Vision and Applied Computer Sciences, Arno-Nitzsche-Str. 45, 04277, Leipzig

    Petra Perner

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  1. Istituto di Cibernetica, Via Toiano 6, 80072, Arco Felice (Naples), Italy

    Carlo Arcelli  & Gabriella Sanniti di Baja  & 

  2. Dipartimento di Informatica e Sitemistica, Universitá di Napoli “Frederico II”, Via Claudio 21, 80125, Naples, Italy

    Luigi P. Cordella

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Perner, P. (2001). Motion Tracking of Animals for Behavior Analysis. In: Arcelli, C., Cordella, L.P., di Baja, G.S. (eds) Visual Form 2001. IWVF 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2059. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45129-3_72

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