CrowdPet

CrowdPet addresses the problem of identifying animals in images, also known as animal visual biometrics. The problem is: given a photo or photos of an animal, an automatic search should be made in the photos of previously registered animals (profiles) and return the profile of that animal that possibly is the one being searched, thus identifying it. One innovative aspect to consider is the open-set identification problem. A robust identification method should be able to point out when an individual could not be identified, i.e., when it was not previously registered. CrowdPet is a SciPet project and has received funding from FAPESP through the PIPE program, phases 1 and 2.