Tracking Small Artists

James Russell; Reinhard Klette; Chia-Yen Chen

Arts and Technology. First International Conference, ArtsIT 2009, Yi-Lan, Taiwan, September 24-25, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

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Tracking Small Artists

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-11577-6_21,
    author={James Russell and Reinhard Klette and Chia-Yen Chen},
    title={Tracking Small Artists},
    proceedings={Arts and Technology. First International Conference, ArtsIT 2009, Yi-Lan, Taiwan, September 24-25, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={ARTSIT},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={Rats reptiles footprints image processing pseudo coloring},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-11577-6_21}
}

James Russell
Reinhard Klette
Chia-Yen Chen
Year: 2012
Tracking Small Artists
ARTSIT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11577-6_21

James Russell¹, Reinhard Klette², Chia-Yen Chen³

1: University of California - Berkeley
2: University of Auckland
3: National University of Kaohsiung

Abstract

Tracks of small animals are important in environmental surveillance, where pattern recognition algorithms allow species identification of the individuals creating tracks. These individuals can also be seen as artists, presented in their natural environments with a canvas upon which they can make prints. We present tracks of small mammals and reptiles which have been collected for identification purposes, and re-interpret them from an esthetic point of view. We re-classify these tracks not by their geometric qualities as pattern recognition algorithms would, but through interpreting the ‘artist’, their brush strokes and intensity. We describe the algorithms used to enhance and present the work of the ‘artists’.

Keywords: Rats reptiles footprints image processing pseudo coloring

Published: 2012-05-28

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11577-6_21