Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 57, Issue 8, 081008(2020)

Detection of Insulation Piercing Connectors and Bolts on the Transmission Line Using Improved Faster R-CNN

Yang Xue, Haidong Wu*, Ning Zhang, Zhicheng Yu, Xiaokang Ye, and Xi Hua
Author Affiliations
  • School of Automation Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
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    Faster R-CNN model for detecting images of insulation piercing connectors and bolts
    RPN model
    Anchors of different scales and lengths
    RoI pooling network
    Model structure diagram. (a) Faster R-CNN model; (b) improved Faster R-CNN model
    Residual block structure diagram of ResNet
    Detection results of improved Faster R-CNN model for connectors and bolts under different conditions. (a) Vertically inward bolt; (b) downward bolt; (c) upward bolt; (d) bolt shielded by its own wire clip
    Detection network structure of insulation piercing connectors and bolts on the transmission line based on improved Faster R-CNN
    Detection flow chart of insulation piercing connectors and bolts on the transmission line based on improved Faster R-CNN
    • Table 1. Comparison of results obtained from different training sample amount

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      Table 1. Comparison of results obtained from different training sample amount

      Number ofimagesAP of insulationpiercing connector /%AP ofbolt/%mAP /%
      150091.890.291.0
      300093.391.592.4
    • Table 2. Comparison of Faster R-CNN model results based on three different networks

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      Table 2. Comparison of Faster R-CNN model results based on three different networks

      ModelAP of insulationpiercingconnector /%AP ofbolt /%mAP /%
      Faster R-CNN+ZFNet88.286.487.3
      Faster R-CNN+VGG-1690.388.989.6
      Faster R-CNN+ResNet5093.391.592.4
    • Table 3. Comparison of effects of different number of proposals after first stage NMS on mAP

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      Table 3. Comparison of effects of different number of proposals after first stage NMS on mAP

      ModelNumber ofproposalsBatch size inRPN stageBatch size in 2nd stagemAP /%
      3001286492.4
      Faster R-CNN+ResNet502501286491.1
      2001286490.3
      1501286488.5
    • Table 4. Comparison of effects of different batch sizes on mAP

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      Table 4. Comparison of effects of different batch sizes on mAP

      ModelNumber ofproposalsBatch sizein RPN stageBatch size in 2nd stagemAP /%
      3001286492.4
      Faster R-CNN+ResNet50300643291.6
      300321689.4
    • Table 5. Comparison of effects of different object detection models on mAP

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      Table 5. Comparison of effects of different object detection models on mAP

      ModelAP of insulationpiercing connector /%AP of bolt/%mAP /%Time per image /ms
      Faster R-CNN+ResNet5093.391.592.42639
      SSD84.580.382.368
      YOLO v385.683.584.644
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    Yang Xue, Haidong Wu, Ning Zhang, Zhicheng Yu, Xiaokang Ye, Xi Hua. Detection of Insulation Piercing Connectors and Bolts on the Transmission Line Using Improved Faster R-CNN[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(8): 081008

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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Jul. 16, 2019

    Accepted: Sep. 10, 2019

    Published Online: Apr. 3, 2020

    The Author Email: Haidong Wu (15221167190@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP57.081008

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