Detection and Identification of Animals Using Stereo Vision

Automating the detection and identification of animals is a task that has an interest in many biological research fields and in the development of electronic security systems. We present a system based on stereo vision to achieve this task. A number of criteria are being used to identify the animals, but the emphasis is on reconstructing the shape of the animal in 3D and comparing it with a knowledge base. Using infrared cameras to detect animals is also investigated. The presented system is a work in progress.