Automatic mouse state classification based on Markov model and event histograms of mouse activities

Mouse is well used as the test-bed of new drags. Very new psychotropic drugs are tested on mouse. However, the observation of a mouse is not precise enough and is not automatic enough. For ensuring the safety of the drags, we need relatively long observation of a mouse. This paper proposes the framework of automatic video observation of mouse activities. This includes mouse activity measurement method, the classification method of mouse activities, classification methods of mouse state and experimental implementation of the proposed method.