Patent ID: 8634635

Claim:
A behavior analysis system, comprising: an arena; at least a first camera and a second camera, said first camera positioned to capture images of the arena from a first view, and said second camera positioned to capture images of the arena from a second view, the first view being different from the second view; a database containing definitions of behaviors of living organisms; a computer coupled to the first camera, the second camera and the database; said computer comprising memory storing a computer program; said computer program configures the computer to receive as an input at least the first view images and the second view images; said computer program including a behavior analysis module; said behavior analysis module configured to: identify at least first view objects from the first view images and second view objects from the second view images; determine at least a first living organism and a second living organism using the first view objects and the second view objects; determine at least one spatial relationship over time between the first living organism and the second living organism based on stereo-view analysis of spatial relationships between the first living organism and the second living organism from the first view images and the second view images; and identify which of the behaviors stored in the database correspond to the at least one spatial relationship over time between the first living organism and the second living organism.