scholarly journals Individual Detection and Tracking of Group Housed Pigs in Their Home Pen Using Computer Vision

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisette. E. van der Zande ◽  
Oleksiy Guzhva ◽  
T. Bas Rodenburg
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Enriched Environment ◽  
Tracking Algorithm ◽  
Individual Activity ◽  
Detection Model ◽  
Detection And Tracking ◽  
Tracking By Detection ◽  
Enriched Environments ◽  
The Individual

Modern welfare definitions not only require that the Five Freedoms are met, but animals should also be able to adapt to changes (i. e., resilience) and reach a state that the animals experience as positive. Measuring resilience is challenging since relatively subtle changes in animal behavior need to be observed 24/7. Changes in individual activity showed potential in previous studies to reflect resilience. A computer vision (CV) based tracking algorithm for pigs could potentially measure individual activity, which will be more objective and less time consuming than human observations. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of state-of-the-art CV algorithms for pig detection and tracking for individual activity monitoring in pigs. This study used a tracking-by-detection method, where pigs were first detected using You Only Look Once v3 (YOLOv3) and in the next step detections were connected using the Simple Online Real-time Tracking (SORT) algorithm. Two videos, of 7 h each, recorded in barren and enriched environments were used to test the tracking. Three detection models were proposed using different annotation datasets: a young model where annotated pigs were younger than in the test video, an older model where annotated pigs were older than the test video, and a combined model where annotations from younger and older pigs were combined. The combined detection model performed best with a mean average precision (mAP) of over 99.9% in the enriched environment and 99.7% in the barren environment. Intersection over Union (IOU) exceeded 85% in both environments, indicating a good accuracy of the detection algorithm. The tracking algorithm performed better in the enriched environment compared to the barren environment. When false positive tracks where removed (i.e., tracks not associated with a pig), individual pigs were tracked on average for 22.3 min in the barren environment and 57.8 min in the enriched environment. Thus, based on proposed tracking-by-detection algorithm, pigs can be tracked automatically in different environments, but manual corrections may be needed to keep track of the individual throughout the video and estimate activity. The individual activity measured with proposed algorithm could be used as an estimate to measure resilience.

DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUE - BASED DRONE DETECTION AND TRACKING

2021 ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Xuan Tung Truong
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Tracking Algorithm ◽  
Single Shot ◽  
Complex Environments ◽  
Security Risks ◽  
Security Breaches ◽  
Detection And Tracking ◽  
Illegal Activities ◽  
Fine Tune

The usage of small drones/UAVs is becoming increasingly important in recent years. Consequently, there is a rising potential of small drones being misused for illegal activities such as terrorism, smuggling of drugs, etc. posing high-security risks. Hence, tracking and surveillance of drones are essential to prevent security breaches. This paper resolves the problem of detecting small drones in surveillance videos using deep learning algorithms. Single Shot Detector (SSD) object detection algorithm and MobileNet-v2 architecture as the backbone were used for our experiments. The pre-trained model was re-trained on custom drone synthetic dataset by using transfer learning’s fine-tune technique. The results of detecting drone in our experiments were around 90.8%. The combination of drone detection, Dlib correlation tracking algorithm and centroid tracking algorithm effectively detects and tracks the small drone in various complex environments as well as is able to handle multiple target appearances.

scholarly journals Research on the Detection and Tracking Algorithm of Moving Object in Image Based on Computer Vision Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Chunsheng Chen ◽  
Din Li
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Edge Detection ◽  
Moving Object ◽  
Tracking Algorithm ◽  
Tracking Accuracy ◽  
Running Time ◽  
Detection And Tracking ◽  
Camshift Algorithm ◽  
Computer Vision Technology ◽  
Background Difference

In order to improve the video image processing technology, this paper presents a moving object detection and tracking algorithm based on computer vision technology. Firstly, the detection performance of the interframe difference method and the background difference model method is compared comprehensively from both theoretical and experimental aspects, and then the Robert edge detection operator is selected to carry out edge detection of the vehicle. The research results show that the algorithm proposed in this paper has the longest running time per frame when tracking a moving target, which is about 2.3 times that of the single frame running time of the CamShift algorithm. The algorithm has high running efficiency and can meet the requirements of real-time tracking of a foreground target. The algorithm has the highest tracking accuracy, the time consumption is reduced, and the error of the tracking frame deviating from the real position of the target is the least.

scholarly journals WattScale

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Srinivasan Iyengar ◽  
Stephen Lee ◽  
David Irwin ◽  
Prashant Shenoy ◽  
Benjamin Weil
Keyword(s):  
Cooling System ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Ground Truth ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Ground Truth Data ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Data Driven Approach ◽  
Execution Mode ◽  
The Individual

Buildings consume over 40% of the total energy in modern societies, and improving their energy efficiency can significantly reduce our energy footprint. In this article, we present WattScale, a data-driven approach to identify the least energy-efficient buildings from a large population of buildings in a city or a region. Unlike previous methods such as least-squares that use point estimates, WattScale uses Bayesian inference to capture the stochasticity in the daily energy usage by estimating the distribution of parameters that affect a building. Further, it compares them with similar homes in a given population. WattScale also incorporates a fault detection algorithm to identify the underlying causes of energy inefficiency. We validate our approach using ground truth data from different geographical locations, which showcases its applicability in various settings. WattScale has two execution modes—(i) individual and (ii) region-based, which we highlight using two case studies. For the individual execution mode, we present results from a city containing >10,000 buildings and show that more than half of the buildings are inefficient in one way or another indicating a significant potential from energy improvement measures. Additionally, we provide probable cause of inefficiency and find that 41%, 23.73%, and 0.51% homes have poor building envelope, heating, and cooling system faults, respectively. For the region-based execution mode, we show that WattScale can be extended to millions of homes in the U.S. due to the recent availability of representative energy datasets.

scholarly journals A SIGHT OVER THE HEALTH OF WASTE PICKERS: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK PROPOSITION

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
LAYSCE ROCHA DE MOURA ◽  
SYLMARA LOPES FRANCELINO GONÇALVES DIAS ◽  
LUCIANO ANTONIO PRATES JUNQUEIRA
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Individual Activity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Waste Pickers

Abstract This study aims to identify articles focused on the waste picker’s health to support the construction of an analytical framework that considers the individual and the environment in the scope of their labor activity. For this purpose, it is intended to answer the following question: which aspects can be considered in the analysis of the waste picker’s health in their labor activity? Methodologically, it has an exploratory nature and use the Systematic Review of Literature. The results pointed out to four categories of analysis grouped into the following aspects: meanings, individual, activity and environment. The analytical framework proposed presents contributions for an extended understanding of waste picker’s health, its aspects and interrelationships. Finally, it is suggested that empirical studies could be carried out to validate the proposed structure.

Multi Object Detection and Tracking from Video File

2014 ◽  
Vol 533 ◽  
pp. 218-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rapee Krerngkamjornkit ◽  
Milan Simic
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Background Subtraction ◽  
Moving Objects ◽  
Gaussian Mixture Models ◽  
Gaussian Mixture ◽  
Video Tracking ◽  
Partial Occlusion ◽  
Video File ◽  
Detection And Tracking ◽  
Over Time

This paper describes computer vision algorithms for detection, identification, and tracking of moving objects in a video file. The problem of multiple object tracking can be divided into two parts; detecting moving objects in each frame and associating the detections corresponding to the same object over time. The detection of moving objects uses a background subtraction algorithm based on Gaussian mixture models. The motion of each track is estimated by a Kalman filter. The video tracking algorithm was successfully tested using the BIWI walking pedestrians datasets [. The experimental results show that system can operate in real time and successfully detect, track and identify multiple targets in the presence of partial occlusion.

Applications for a people detection and tracking algorithm using a time-of-flight camera

2014 ◽  
Vol 75 (17) ◽  
pp. 10769-10786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Stahlschmidt ◽  
Alexandros Gavriilidis ◽  
Jörg Velten ◽  
Anton Kummert
Keyword(s):  
Time Of Flight ◽  
Tracking Algorithm ◽  
People Detection ◽  
Detection And Tracking
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