Precise Positioning Method for Insulator Sheds Based on Depth Horizontal Histogram

The insulator cleaning robot is essential to grid maintenance and personal safety, where the precise positioning of insulator sheds is the basis. However, due to the great differences in shape and color of the insulator, as well as the cluttered background in the substation, the traditional methods...

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Main Authors: Jinbin Li, Xu Jian, Jun Chen, Chuanqi Wu, Xin Chen, Chenyu Hu
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2022-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9787555/
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author Jinbin Li
Xu Jian
Jun Chen
Chuanqi Wu
Xin Chen
Chenyu Hu
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Xu Jian
Jun Chen
Chuanqi Wu
Xin Chen
Chenyu Hu
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description The insulator cleaning robot is essential to grid maintenance and personal safety, where the precise positioning of insulator sheds is the basis. However, due to the great differences in shape and color of the insulator, as well as the cluttered background in the substation, the traditional methods based on color and texture features can not achieve accurate positioning of the insulator shed. Aiming at the problem that the traditional features of insulator are easily submerged in the background, we propose a new depth horizontal histogram (DHH) feature and use it to achieve the accurate and fast positioning of insulator shed. In order to reduce the influence of complex background on insulator positioning, we directly bandpass filter the depth image of the insulator from the RGB-D (RGB and Depth) camera. To obtain the effective DHH feature, the filtered image is processed by rotation, horizontal projection, and morphology. Finally, we perform gradient detection on the DHH and achieve the precise positioning of the insulator sheds. The experiments show that, compared with traditional methods, our method can achieve precise positioning of the insulator shed and performs better in speed, accuracy, and adaptability.
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spelling doaj.art-a3361827c5014ed9887787cbb885e8002022-12-22T03:21:58ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-0110595225953310.1109/ACCESS.2022.31802039787555Precise Positioning Method for Insulator Sheds Based on Depth Horizontal HistogramJinbin Li0Xu Jian1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7033-4442Jun Chen2Chuanqi Wu3Xin Chen4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9924-6833Chenyu Hu5State Grid Hubei Electric Power Company Ltd., Electric Power Research Institute, Wuhan, ChinaState Grid Hubei Electric Power Company Ltd., Electric Power Research Institute, Wuhan, ChinaState Grid Hubei Electric Power Company Ltd., Electric Power Research Institute, Wuhan, ChinaState Grid Hubei Electric Power Company Ltd., Electric Power Research Institute, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Automation, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Automation, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, ChinaThe insulator cleaning robot is essential to grid maintenance and personal safety, where the precise positioning of insulator sheds is the basis. However, due to the great differences in shape and color of the insulator, as well as the cluttered background in the substation, the traditional methods based on color and texture features can not achieve accurate positioning of the insulator shed. Aiming at the problem that the traditional features of insulator are easily submerged in the background, we propose a new depth horizontal histogram (DHH) feature and use it to achieve the accurate and fast positioning of insulator shed. In order to reduce the influence of complex background on insulator positioning, we directly bandpass filter the depth image of the insulator from the RGB-D (RGB and Depth) camera. To obtain the effective DHH feature, the filtered image is processed by rotation, horizontal projection, and morphology. Finally, we perform gradient detection on the DHH and achieve the precise positioning of the insulator sheds. The experiments show that, compared with traditional methods, our method can achieve precise positioning of the insulator shed and performs better in speed, accuracy, and adaptability.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9787555/Insulator cleaning robotinsulator sheds positioningthe DHH featuregradient detection
spellingShingle Jinbin Li
Xu Jian
Jun Chen
Chuanqi Wu
Xin Chen
Chenyu Hu
Precise Positioning Method for Insulator Sheds Based on Depth Horizontal Histogram
IEEE Access
Insulator cleaning robot
insulator sheds positioning
the DHH feature
gradient detection
title Precise Positioning Method for Insulator Sheds Based on Depth Horizontal Histogram
title_full Precise Positioning Method for Insulator Sheds Based on Depth Horizontal Histogram
title_fullStr Precise Positioning Method for Insulator Sheds Based on Depth Horizontal Histogram
title_full_unstemmed Precise Positioning Method for Insulator Sheds Based on Depth Horizontal Histogram
title_short Precise Positioning Method for Insulator Sheds Based on Depth Horizontal Histogram
title_sort precise positioning method for insulator sheds based on depth horizontal histogram
topic Insulator cleaning robot
insulator sheds positioning
the DHH feature
gradient detection
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9787555/
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