Outdoor 3D Acquisition System for Small and Fast Targets. Application to honeybee monitoring at the beehive entrance

Guillaume Chiron (1) , Petra Gomez-Krämer (1) , Michel Ménard (1)

1 L3I - Laboratoire Informatique, Image et Interaction - EA 2118

In response to recent biologists needs, we propose to lay the foundations of a stereo vision-based system for monitoring honeybees in 3D at the beehive entrance. In this context, this article highlights difficulties and introduces some solutions for problems related to the detection of the bees and tracking them in 3D under uncontrolled conditions. This study is a prerequisite for our next step that aims to detect and analyze behaviors of the bees based on their trajectories and additional external data such as the weather or health conditions.

Mots clés: Stereo Vision; RGB-D cameras; 3D Tracking; Honeybees monitoring; Beehive entrance

Domaines: Vision par ordinateur et reconnaissance de formes [cs.CV]

Guillaume Chiron, Petra Gomez-Krämer, Michel Ménard. Outdoor 3D Acquisition System for Small and Fast Targets. Application to honeybee monitoring at the beehive entrance. GEODIFF 2013, Feb 2013, Barcelona, France. pp.10-19, ⟨10.5220/0004346300100019⟩. ⟨hal-00826421⟩