Repellence system and repellence method for repelling animals

A repellence system for repelling animals from a railway track comprising:

• an imaging device configured to generate image data from the railway track, the imaging device being mounted to a train and directed in a forward direction of the train along the railway track;
• one or more deterrence devices configured to carry out deterrence actions for repelling animals from the railway track;
• wherein the repellence system further comprises:
• a repellence sub-system having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the repellence sub-system being configured to:
• a) receive image data of the railway track from the imaging device during movement of the train in the forward direction along the railway track;
• b) detect an animal in the image data with the repellence sub-system,
• c) identify an animal species of the detected animal in the image data with the repellence sub-system;
• d) provide species-specific deterrence instructions to the one or more deterrence devices based on the identified animal species for carrying out species-specific deterrence actions with the one or more deterrence devices, the species-specific deterrence instructions being specific to the identified animal species;
• and
• e) initiate the species-specific deterrence actions with the one or more deterrence devices and direct the deterrence actions towards the detected animal and towards the railway track for repelling the detected animal from the railway track;
• wherein:
• the imaging device is mounted to a cockpit of the train and directed in the forward moving direction of the train;
• the one or more deterrence devices comprise a deterrence sound device mounted to the cockpit of the train and directed towards the railway track and in the forward direction of the train;
• the deterrence sound device is configured to generate species-specific deterrence sound actions as the deterrence actions in response to the species-specific deterrence instructions such that the deterrence actions are directed towards the railway track in the forward direction of the train;
• and
• the repellence sub-system is configured to determine a moving direction of the detected animal based on the image data from the imaging device, and initiate the species-specific deterrence actions with the one or more deterrence devices based on the moving direction of the detected animal.