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.