Gea Farm Technologies Gmbh

Elmar Nieswand

Andreas Springer

Karsten Schönrock

Manfred Pohlkamp

Heinz Francke

The invention relates to a device and method for providing information about animals walking through an animal passage (I), the information comprising at least the number of animals walking through the animal passage, using a detection device having a sensor device connected to a processor for capturing animal data about animals walking through the animal passage, and an analysis device for recognizing animals in the data/signals captured by the sensor device for the purpose of outputting counter impulses when animals are detected in said signals, the sensor device being designed for producing 3D images, and the analysis device being designed for detecting animals in the 3D data of the 3D images and for counting the animals using said detection.

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Herne, Germany

Elmar Nieswand