Development of a real-time computer vision system for tracking loose-housed pigs

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-174

  Ahrendt, Peter ^a   Gregersen, Torben ^a   Karstoft, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Location; Loose housed pigs; Real time computer vision; Tracking

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SYSTEMS; FISH-EYE; FISH-EYE LENS; GAUSSIAN MODEL; LIVESTOCK ANIMALS; LOOSE HOUSED PIGS; REAL-TIME COMPUTER VISION; SOFTWARE CORRECTION; TIME SPAN; TRACKING; TRACKING ALGORITHM; VIDEO FRAME;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; EXPERIMENTS; FARM BUILDINGS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

MAMMALS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIVESTOCK; PIG; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOFTWARE; TRACKING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79955973513     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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