Res. Agr. Eng., 2017, 63(10):S13-S17 | DOI: 10.17221/32/2017-RAE

Low-cost infrared sensor for wildlife detection in vegetationOriginal Paper

Jakub Lev1, Vadym Shapoval2, Jan Barto¹ka3, Franti¹ek Kumhála*,2
1 Department of Physics,
2 Department of Agricultural Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
3 Department of System Engineering, Faculty of Economic and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

The protection of wild animals from mutilation or being killed during haymaking is still a serious problem connected with high working speeds and widths of modern harvesting machines. That is why the main aim of this study was to test low-cost, high-speed and low-noise infrared array sensor Melexis MLX90621 for the application of wildlife detection with the potential to be used in front of the mower equipment. The tests with two different crops with or without a hidden dog were made. Results showed that the sensor is able to detect an animal hidden in the crop with very high probability. Nevertheless, direct sunlight conditions can cause the problems when using infrared technology. A simultaneous use of other sensors working on different principle than infrared technology can be thus recommended.

Keywords: haymaking; wild animals' protection; internet protocol camera; infrared array sensor

Published: December 31, 2017  Show citation

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Lev J, Shapoval V, Barto¹ka J, Kumhála F. Low-cost infrared sensor for wildlife detection in vegetation. Res. Agr. Eng. 2017;63(Special Issue):S13-17. doi: 10.17221/32/2017-RAE.
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