An automatic system for recognizing fly courtship patterns via an image processing method.

ABSTRACT: Fruit fly courtship behaviors composed of a series of actions have always been an important model for behavioral research. While most related studies have focused only on total courtship behaviors, specific courtship elements have often been underestimated. Identifying these courtship element details is extremely labor intensive and would largely benefit from an automatic recognition system. To address this issue, in this study, we established a vision-based fly courtship behavior recognition system. The system based on the proposed image processing methods can precisely distinguish body parts such as the head, thorax, and abdomen and automatically recognize specific courtship elements, including orientation, singing, attempted copulation, copulation and tapping, which was not detectable i

SUBMITTER: Chen CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943763 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature