用3D视觉取代猪耳牌,实现无创精准个体识别
A Non-Invasive Alternative to RFID: Self-Sufficient 3D Identification of Group-Housed Livestock

- 基于3D点云与动态校准机制,自适应跟踪牲畜形态变化
- 在商用饲喂站数据上实现访问级别100%识别准确率
- 适合需长期追踪的养殖场景,无需人工标注标签
在群体饲养环境中对单个畜禽进行精准识别是智慧养殖的关键。当前行业普遍依赖侵入式的射频识别(RFID)耳标,存在易丢失、安装不便及天线覆盖范围受限等问题。本文提出一种非侵入式视觉识别系统,利用商业电子饲喂站(EFS)采集的3D点云数据,构建时序自适应识别架构(TARA)。该框架采用半监督学习策略,通过访问级别的多数投票生成高质量伪标签,以应对标注稀缺问题。同时引入动态重校准机制,持续更新个体身份档案以适应牲畜形态变化。在实际养殖场采集的群体母猪数据集上,本方法在访问级别实现100%识别准确率。结果表明,基于3D点云的视觉分析可成为优于RFID的可靠替代方案,为全自动个体监测奠定基础。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Accurate identification of individual farm animals in group-housed environments is a cornerstone of precision livestock management. However, current industry standards rely heavily on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ear tags, which are invasive, prone to loss, and restricted by the spatial limitations of antenna fields. In this paper, we propose a non-intrusive, vision-based identification system leveraging 3D point cloud data captured within a commercial electronic feeding station (EFS). Departing from traditional supervised frame-level inference, we introduce the Temporal Adaptive Recognition Architecture (TARA), a self-sufficient, semi-supervised framework designed to maintain identity consistency over time. TARA employs a dynamic recalibration mechanism that updates individual identity profiles to account for morphological changes in the livestock. To facilitate training in label-scarce environments, we utilize a visit-level majority voting strategy to generate high-fidelity pseudo-labels from raw temporal sequences. Experimental results on a group housed sow dataset collected from an operational commercial barn demonstrate that our approach achieves 100% identification accuracy at the visit level. These results suggest that vision-based 3D point cloud analysis offers a robust, superior alternative to RFID-based systems, paving the way for fully autonomous individual animal monitoring.
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