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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Vision
  • Artificial Intelligence

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  • Traditional insulator defect detection faces challenges with small features and background confusion.
  • Accurate defect detection is vital for high-voltage power transmission line reliability and safety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an advanced defect detection model for high-voltage insulators.
  • To improve the accuracy and robustness of detecting small and subtle defects.

Main Methods:

  • An enhanced Detection Transformer (DETR) model, named IF-DETR, was developed.
  • A multi-scale backbone network was employed for superior small object feature extraction.
  • A fusion module (ECA-Net and SAU) was integrated to enhance contextual information.
  • A novel insulator defect (IDIoU) loss function was introduced to stabilize the matching process.

Main Results:

  • The IF-DETR model demonstrated significant effectiveness in detecting small insulator defects.
  • The model achieved a 2.3% increase in Average Precision (AP) compared to existing advanced methods.
  • Experimental results confirm the model's superiority in accuracy and feature extraction.

Conclusions:

  • The IF-DETR model represents a notable advancement in insulator defect detection technology.
  • This method enhances the safety and reliability of power transmission systems through improved inspection.
  • The approach has broad implications for high-voltage infrastructure maintenance and inspection.