An application of the image processing system for detecting and controlling pigeon's peck location.
A microcomputer system equipped with an image processing peripheral board was applied for detecting and controlling the pigeon's peck location. The peripheral board digitized a TV image of an experimental chamber at the instant of the occurrence of a response, and a simple machine language routine analyzed the digitized image to determine the location of pigeon's beak in real-time. Using this system, pigeons were trained to peck a target area of a long response key and their peck locations were analyzed.
Hori
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Department of Psychology, Keio University, Tokyo Japan.
Watanabe
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D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D010856:Columbidae; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011589:Psychology, Experimental / Q000295:instrumentation*