arXiv:2602.07566cs.CVcs.AI2026-02

通过解耦表征学习,实现跨摄像头牛只精准识别。

Cross-Camera Cow Identification via Disentangled Representation Learning

  • 基于子空间可辨识性理论,分离出跨摄像头不变的牛只身份特征。
  • 在7个跨摄像头任务中平均准确率达86.0%,显著优于基线方法。
  • 适用于复杂光照与视角变化的真实牧场环境,适合智能养殖应用。

精确识别个体牛只,是智慧畜牧数字化管理的基础。现有动物识别方法在单摄像头受控场景下表现良好,但在跨摄像头部署时面临严重性能下降问题——当模型从源摄像头迁移到新监控节点,因光照、背景、视角及成像设备差异,识别效果急剧恶化,限制了非接触式技术在动态真实环境中的大规模应用。为此,本文提出一种基于解耦表示学习的跨摄像头牛只识别框架,结合牛只视觉识别中的子空间可辨识性保证(SIG)理论,建模底层物理数据生成过程,设计了原则驱动的特征解耦模块,将观测图像分解为多个正交潜在子空间,有效分离出跨摄像头稳定的、与身份相关的生物特征,显著提升对未见摄像头的泛化能力。研究构建了一个覆盖五个不同摄像头节点的高质量数据集,包含多种异构采集设备和复杂的光照与角度变化。在七个跨摄像头任务上的大量实验表明,该方法平均准确率达到86.0%,显著优于源端基线(51.9%)和最强的跨摄像头基线方法(79.8%)。本工作建立了一种基于子空间理论的特征解耦框架,为非受控智慧牧场环境下的精准动物监测提供了新范式。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Precise identification of individual cows is a fundamental prerequisite for comprehensive digital management in smart livestock farming. While existing animal identification methods excel in controlled, single-camera settings, they face severe challenges regarding cross-camera generalization. When models trained on source cameras are deployed to new monitoring nodes characterized by divergent illumination, backgrounds, viewpoints, and heterogeneous imaging properties, recognition performance often degrades dramatically. This limits the large-scale application of non-contact technologies in dynamic, real-world farming environments. To address this challenge, this study proposes a cross-camera cow identification framework based on disentangled representation learning. This framework leverages the Subspace Identifiability Guarantee (SIG) theory in the context of bovine visual recognition. By modeling the underlying physical data generation process, we designed a principle-driven feature disentanglement module that decomposes observed images into multiple orthogonal latent subspaces. This mechanism effectively isolates stable, identity-related biometric features that remain invariant across cameras, thereby substantially improving generalization to unseen cameras. We constructed a high-quality dataset spanning five distinct camera nodes, covering heterogeneous acquisition devices and complex variations in lighting and angles. Extensive experiments across seven cross-camera tasks demonstrate that the proposed method achieves an average accuracy of 86.0%, significantly outperforming the Source-only Baseline (51.9%) and the strongest cross-camera baseline method (79.8%). This work establishes a subspace-theoretic feature disentanglement framework for collaborative cross-camera cow identification, offering a new paradigm for precise animal monitoring in uncontrolled smart farming environments.

牛只识别跨摄像头解耦学习智能养殖

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