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Area of Science:

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Computer Vision

Background:

  • Overhead transmission line insulators degrade due to harsh environmental factors like rain, lightning, and UV radiation.
  • Insulator degradation leads to defects (flashover, physical damage), threatening grid security.
  • Accurate and efficient defect identification is crucial for maintaining power grid stability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an integrated RGB color space analysis and multi-scale feature compensation method for detecting insulator string defects.
  • To enhance the accuracy and efficiency of defect identification in high-voltage transmission line insulators.
  • To improve overall grid security by ensuring insulator integrity.

Main Methods:

  • Preliminary insulator segmentation using RGB component thresholds and morphological operations.
  • Coarse and fine localization of insulator strings via texture analysis and bounding box generation.
  • A multi-scale compensation detection network with multi-level detection heads for enhanced feature information.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method demonstrated superior performance compared to eight mainstream object detection models.
  • Achieved a significant improvement in mean Average Precision (mAP) by approximately 4.1% points at an IoU threshold of 0.5.
  • Successfully enhanced defect recognition accuracy by compensating for missing high- and low-frequency information.

Conclusions:

  • The integrated RGB color space analysis and multi-scale feature compensation method is highly effective for insulator defect detection.
  • This approach offers a substantial advancement in identifying defects, contributing to improved grid security.
  • The method's superior performance validates its potential for practical application in power infrastructure monitoring.