2D Whisker Parameter Analysis

Introduction

The code is desiged to automatically extract 2D seal whisker parameters and saved on data under SealWhisker.mat file, and the program is setup to automatically detect black or green background.

Parameters Saved Under SealWhisker.mat

Parameters Name	Explanation
Whisker Length	Length of Seal whisker
row	Row number of whisker
col	Col number of Whisker
SealNum	Harbor number of Whisker
Side	Left/right side of whisker (1/0)
D_base	Base diameter
D_tip	Tip diameter
Ratio_R	D_base/D_tip
whisker_xx	All x positions alonge the centerline
whisker_yy	All y positions alonge the centerline
Valid	valid or not valid whisker (1/0), it is automatically set to valid value (1), but user can changed value directly from SealWhisker.mat files after running the program
dis_tip_base	The stright line length from tip to base
Std_upper_concave_xx	concave x positions on upper side of whisker
Std_upper_concave_yy	concave y positions on upper side of whisker
Std_upper_convex _xx	convex x positions on upper side of whisker
Std_upper_convex_yy	convex y positions on upper side of whisker
Std_upper_concave_xx	concave x positions on upper side of whisker
Std_upper_concave_yy	concave y positions on upper side of whisker
Std_upper_convex _xx	convex x positions on upper side of whisker
Std_upper_convex_yy	convex y positions on upper side of whisker

How to use code

Running new_whisker_parameters.m

• Step1 : user needs to edit the whisker infomation
  • Whiker numbers (Row, col, left/right )
  • Harbor number
• Step2 : crop the ruler image with 11 bars (users need to double clicks the mouse after they cropped the image)
• Step3 : crop the whisker which one needs to be extracted the parameters (users need to double clicks the mouse after they cropped the image)
• Step4 : On croppted whisker image, find the whisker's base and tip position by pressing enter key (two times)
  • First time press enter key, the mouth arrow would changed to cross shape
  • The second time press enter key, to locate base/tip position (base must be the first to locate)

Optional Steps - if you think the whisker is not valid

• Option 1 : open SealWhisker.mat file, and find the ifvalid variable, change last row value from 1 to 0;
• Option 2 : Delete last row for all vairbales under SealWhisker.mat by runing delet_row.m file

Reference image

The follow images are whisker with extracted concave/convex points

Figure 2: whisker and centerlines.png

Figure 2: rotated_whiskers.png