Practical applications of automatic image analysis for overhead lines
Paper in proceeding, 2013

This paper proposes novel techniques for automatically extracting information from overhead lines based on automatic image/video processing. Three application scenarios are presented: (a) detecting snow and ice coverage on insulators for overhead lines; (b) detecting swing angles of insulators; (c) quantifying the visibility of insulators at transmission lines with typical backgrounds. Experiments have been conducted on recorded videos/images of insulators (with different prototypes) for overhead lines in a remote test station in Norway. Results show that the proposed automatic image analysis methods are promising for extracting the status (snow/ice coverage, swing angle, visibility) of insulators and might be applied in the future for other components of the overhead line.

image analysis

overhead line

electric insulator

insulator visibility

insulator snow detection

visibility measures

insulator ice detection

Author

Irene Yu-Hua Gu

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering

Sonja Berlijn

Statnett

Igor Gutman

Mathias Bollen

Luleå University of Technology

22nd International Conference & exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2013), Stockholm, 10-13 June, 2013

Vol. 2013 615 CP Article no. 0802-
978-184919732-8 (ISBN)

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Signal Processing

Computer Vision and Robotics (Autonomous Systems)

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1049/cp.2013.0802

ISBN

978-184919732-8

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