A Vision-Based System for Power Transmission Facilities Detection

Abstract:

In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a vision system for power transmission facilities detection based on UAV videos. The vision system consists of two main parts, the client part and the server part. The aim of the system is to detect the power transmission facilities in complex background. In order to achieve this aim, several novel methods are proposed for detecting the power transmission facilities which include the power line, the power tower, and the insulator. The experiment results on real image data demonstrate that the proposed methods are accurate and effective. The system is presented to demonstrate the performance of the detection methods.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 423-426)
• Pages: 2547-2554
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.423-426.2547
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Deng Lu Wu*, Bing Feng Li, Wen Tao Li, Yong Xia, Yan Dong Tang
• Keywords: LSD, Power Transmission Facilities, Projection Method, Support Vector Machine (SVM), Vision System

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