Automatic recognition and classification of cattle chewing activity by an acoustic monitoring method with a single-axis acceleration sensor

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-65

  Tani, Yukinori ^a   Yokota, Yasunari ^a   Yayota, Masato ^a   Ohtani, Shigeru ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Automatic classification; Ingestive behavior; Pattern matching; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; BIOACOUSTICS; MAMMALS; MONITORING; PATTERN MATCHING;

ACCELERATION SENSORS; ACOUSTIC MONITORING; AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; AUTOMATIC DETECTION; AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CONTEXT-BASED; EATING HABITS; INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR; ITALIAN RYEGRASS; JAW MOVEMENTS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; RUMINANTS; SINGLE-AXIS; WAVE FORMS;

SENSORS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AUTOMATION; CATTLE; DECISION MAKING; DETECTION METHOD; FORAGE; HORN; INGESTION RATE; MONITORING SYSTEM; MOVEMENT; NOISE; PASTURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SENSOR; SILAGE;

EID: 84873555109     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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