Species pattern evaluation
Methods of evaluating populations of deer are disclosed that include receiving a series of images containing deer; utilizing artificial intelligence object detection to identify deer from the series of images; utilizing spatial relationships between points to create an image scale; identifying a set of metrics associated with the deer; evaluating the gender of the deer; and utilizing a repeat matching technique to evaluate if the deer is a likely reappearance of a previously identified deer.
1. A method of evaluating a population of deer comprising:
a. receiving a series of images containing deer;
b. utilizing artificial intelligence object detection to identify a first deer in a first image from the series of images;
c. utilizing artificial intelligence object detection to identify two points on the first deer in the first image;
d. utilizing a spatial relationship between the two points to create an image scale;
e. utilizing the image scale to identify a set of metrics associated with the first deer;
f. evaluating the gender of the first deer;
g. evaluating the gender of a second deer traveling with the first deer;
h. reevaluating the gender of the first deer based in part on the result of the evaluating the gender of the second deer;
i. utilizing a first repeat matching technique to evaluate if the first deer in the first image is a likely reappearance of a previously identified deer;
j. wherein the image scale relates distance within the series of images to physical distance on the first deer.
2. The method of evaluating a population of deer of claim 1 wherein the first repeat matching technique is individual repeat matching.
3. The method of evaluating a population of deer of claim 1 wherein the first repeat matching technique is group composition group matching.
4. The method of evaluating a population of deer of claim 1 wherein the first repeat matching technique is habit matching.
5. The method of evaluating a population of deer of claim 1 wherein the first repeat matching technique is individual repeat matching, wherein a second repeat matching technique is utilized, and the second repeat matching technique is group composition group matching.
6. The method of evaluating a population of deer of claim 1 wherein the first repeat matching technique is individual repeat matching, wherein a second repeat matching technique is utilized, and the second repeat matching technique is habit matching.