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ClassifyMe: A Field-Scouting Software for the Identification of Wildlife in Camera Trap Images.


ABSTRACT: We present ClassifyMe a software tool for the automated identification of animal species from camera trap images. ClassifyMe is intended to be used by ecologists both in the field and in the office. Users can download a pre-trained model specific to their location of interest and then upload the images from a camera trap to a laptop or workstation. ClassifyMe will identify animals and other objects (e.g., vehicles) in images, provide a report file with the most likely species detections, and automatically sort the images into sub-folders corresponding to these species categories. False Triggers (no visible object present) will also be filtered and sorted. Importantly, the ClassifyMe software operates on the user's local machine (own laptop or workstation)-not via internet connection. This allows users access to state-of-the-art camera trap computer vision software in situ, rather than only in the office. The software also incurs minimal cost on the end-user as there is no need for expensive data uploads to cloud services. Furthermore, processing the images locally on the users' end-device allows them data control and resolves privacy issues surrounding transfer and third-party access to users' datasets.

SUBMITTER: Falzon G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7022311 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<i>ClassifyMe</i>: A Field-Scouting Software for the Identification of Wildlife in Camera Trap Images.

Falzon Greg G   Lawson Christopher C   Cheung Ka-Wai KW   Vernes Karl K   Ballard Guy A GA   Fleming Peter J S PJS   Glen Alistair S AS   Milne Heath H   Mather-Zardain Atalya A   Meek Paul D PD  

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20191227 1


We present <i>ClassifyMe</i> a software tool for the automated identification of animal species from camera trap images<i>.</i> <i>ClassifyMe</i> is intended to be used by ecologists both in the field and in the office. Users can download a pre-trained model specific to their location of interest and then upload the images from a camera trap to a laptop or workstation<i>.</i> <i>ClassifyMe</i> will identify animals and other objects (e.g., vehicles) in images, provide a report file with the most  ...[more]

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