The precise recording of passenger numbers is essential for transport companies—it helps optimize timetables, make better use of capacities, and organize local public transport more efficiently.

A modern solution for this is camera-based passenger-counting. Intelligent image processing systems automatically and precisely record how many people board and alight—all without any manual counting. With Adigo nPax, the Norwegian company Adigo Mechatronics has developed such a system especially for ferries. An industrial camera from IDS Imaging Development Systems supplies the required images. But how exactly does this technology work, what advantages does it offer, and where is it already being used?

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