Projects:2017s2-295 Feral Animal Detection using IR Thermal Imagery

Introduction

In Australia, especially in South Australia, numerous native species are killed by feral cats each year. In order to protect these animals and control the quantity of feral cats, it is necessary to design and build a system that can detect those cats, that is, automated sensor hardware image processing system, which could detect the local feral cat distribution. Image processing technology means that an image is analysed by a computer to achieve the desired result. This project is mainly to collect image data, and get on screening analysis of feral cats or other species for recording and distinguishing to simulate the situations in real world. It is worth mentioning that this is the second cycle of the project. This year, the project aims to rebuild the hardware and detection system, and process the resulting images to extract the shape of animals. At the end of this thesis, there are some conclusions after comparing with the initial dataset to find if the new system improves accuracy.