Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society  2023, Vol. 38 Issue (8): 2244-2254    DOI: 10.19595/j.cnki.1000-6753.tces.220155
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An Improved Monocular Ranging Method for Infrared Image of Power Equipment Based on the Pixel Width Recognition of Objects
Yang Fan1, Wang Mengjun1, Tan Tian1, Lu Xu2, Hu Ran2
1. The State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology Chongqing University Chongqing 400044 China;
2. Electric Power Research Institute Shenzhen Power Supply Co. Ltd Shenzhen 518000 China

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Abstract  The shooting distance is one of the main factors affecting the infrared imaging effect. Its accurate measurement is the main method to improve the fault accuracy of the infrared imaging detection equipment. This paper studies an improved algorithm of the infrared imaging monocular ranging of power equipment based on target pixel width recognition, aiming at the requirement of automatic ranging of the infrared thermal imager in the process of power equipment patrol inspection. Automatic distance recognition is realized by the pixel width of power equipment in the infrared image. The problem of complex distance recognition caused by infrared imaging of power equipment due to shooting angle transformation and incomplete equipment shooting is solved. The automatic distance recognition of 12 kinds of common power equipment is realized.
The device type in the image must be identified first to obtain the device's distance in the image. This paper automatically identifies the device type in the infrared image based on the single shot MultiBox detector (SSD) algorithm, and obtains the coordinates of the device type and identification frame. The average accuracy can reach 98.24 %. Since most of the power equipment is columnar in shape and large in size, to increase the proportion of equipment in the picture as much as possible when taking infrared images, the angle will tilt when taking pictures. As a result, the acquired images will have the following problems: (1) The whole equipment cannot be seen in the picture; (2) The pixel width of the target detection frame cannot represent the pixel width corresponding to the actual width of the device due to the oblique shooting angle. Therefore, this paper analyzes the characteristics of power infrared patrol inspection. It is found that even though the equipment angle is inclined, the overall appearance of the power equipment is cylindrical, and the maximum width of the equipment will not change. Even if the equipment is not photographed entirely, its width can still be reflected. Accordingly, the paper proposes an improved monocular ranging algorithm based on the target pixel width. The minimum adjacent rectangle of the equipment is recognized through image processing, the pixel width of the target is calculated, and the final output device type and distance. The results show that the average error of the 12 types of equipment is 0.257 m, the maximum recognition error is 0.398 m, and the average error rate is 1.31 %.
The experimental results show that the improved algorithm can meet the requirements of monocular distance measurement of power equipment infrared images. Based on the distance measurement method in this paper, the automatic distance recognition of the infrared intelligent diagnostic device of power equipment can be realized, and the correction of the imaging temperature can be realized through the relationship between the distance and the infrared imaging temperature. Therefore, the infrared detection accuracy can be improved, and the accurate infrared temperature measurement of power equipment can be realized.
Key wordsElectric equipment      infrared image      monocular ranging      single shot MultiBox detector (SSD)     
Received: 26 January 2022     
PACS: TM507  
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Yang Fan,Wang Mengjun,Tan Tian等. An Improved Monocular Ranging Method for Infrared Image of Power Equipment Based on the Pixel Width Recognition of Objects[J]. Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society, 2023, 38(8): 2244-2254.
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