Intelligent Video Surveillance for Animal Behavior Monitoring

The behavior of animals reflects their internal state. Changes in behavior, such as a lack of sleep, can be detected as early warning signs of health issues. Zoologists are often required to use video recordings to study animal activity. These videos are generally not sufficiently indexed, so the process is long and laborious, and the observation results may vary between the observers. This study looks at the difficulty of measuring elephant sleep stages from surveillance videos of the elephant bran at night. To assist zoologists, we propose using deep learning techniques to automatically locate elephants in each camera surveillance, then mapping the elephants detected onto the barn plan. Instead of watching all of the videos, zoologists will examine the mapping history, allowing them to measure elephant sleeping stages faster. Overall, our approach monitors elephants in their barn with a high degree of accuracy.