Automatic detection of animals in mowing operations using thermal cameras

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 7587-7597

  Steen, Kim Arild ^a   Villa Henriksen, Andrés ^a   Therkildsen, Ole Roland ^a   Green, Ole ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Human wildlife relationship; Image processing; Thermal imaging; Wildlife friendly farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHICKEN; DENMARK; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CHICKENS; DENMARK; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RABBITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84863215533     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120607587     Document Type: Article

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