Explorando las Profundidades: Reconstrucción de Cuevas y Detección de Murciélagos mediante Imágenes Infrarrojas

Israel Cruz Rangel; José-Ángel Arroyo-Romero; Isabel Bárcenas-Reyes; José-Joel González-Barbosa; Juan Bautista Hurtado-Ramos; Francisco-Javier Ornelas-Rodríguez; Alfonso Ramírez-Pedraza

doi:10.36561/ING.28.9

Authors

Israel Cruz Rangel Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9112-7025
José-Ángel Arroyo-Romero Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9185-4307
Isabel Bárcenas-Reyes Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8386-6560
José-Joel González-Barbosa Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6720-8282
Juan Bautista Hurtado-Ramos Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2663-2463
Francisco-Javier Ornelas-Rodríguez Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2465-188X
Alfonso Ramírez-Pedraza Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación, México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0366-6249

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36561/ING.28.9

Keywords:

Bat, 3D reconstruction, YOLO, Automated Counting

Abstract

Our objective is to bring detailed and precise information about caves and the bat’s population dynamics which allows to comprehend the habitat’s shapes and dimensions, monitor population size, and development of conservation and specific control plans. And facilitate the study of the relations between bats and their environment. Thus, increasing prevention and understanding of zoonotic diseases. In this article we present the development of a portable multi-sensor platform, integrated by a RGB depth camera, two Infra-Red (IR) cameras, and IR illuminators. With an autonomy of two hours. This platform can detect chiroptera (bats) and reconstruct their nesting caves. Performing real time algorithm, to transform the caves into a point cloud, helping in observation and detection of chiroptera. This platform was tested in real conditions with different caves of the Guanajuato state by the personnel of “Comité Estatal para el Fomento y la Protección Pecuaria”.

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