Combining feature aggregation and geometric similarity for re-identification of patterned animals

no code implementations • 11 Aug 2023 • Veikka Immonen, Ekaterina Nepovinnykh, Tuomas Eerola, Charles V. Stewart, Heikki Kälviäinen

Image-based re-identification of animal individuals allows gathering of information such as migration patterns of the animals over time.

NORPPA: NOvel Ringed seal re-identification by Pelage Pattern Aggregation

1 code implementation • 6 Jun 2022 • Ekaterina Nepovinnykh, Ilia Chelak, Tuomas Eerola, Heikki Kälviäinen

We propose a method for Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) re-identification.

Content-Based Image Retrieval Retrieval

SealID: Saimaa ringed seal re-identification dataset

no code implementations • 5 Jun 2022 • Ekaterina Nepovinnykh, Tuomas Eerola, Vincent Biard, Piia Mutka, Marja Niemi, Heikki Kälviäinen, Mervi Kunnasranta

The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is an endangered subspecies only found in the Lake Saimaa, Finland, and is one of the few existing freshwater seal species.

EDEN: Deep Feature Distribution Pooling for Saimaa Ringed Seals Pattern Matching

no code implementations • 28 May 2021 • Ilia Chelak, Ekaterina Nepovinnykh, Tuomas Eerola, Heikki Kälviäinen, Igor Belykh

In this paper, pelage pattern matching is considered to solve the individual re-identification of the Saimaa ringed seals.