Xunguang Yan1,2, Wenrui Wang1, Fanglin Lu1, Hongyong Fan3, Bo Wu1, Jianfeng Yu1,*
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.82, No.1, pp. 1439-1458, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.057797
- 03 January 2025
Abstract To maintain the reliability of power systems, routine inspections using drones equipped with advanced object detection algorithms are essential for preempting power-related issues. The increasing resolution of drone-captured images has posed a challenge for traditional target detection methods, especially in identifying small objects in high-resolution images. This study presents an enhanced object detection algorithm based on the Faster Region-based Convolutional Neural Network (Faster R-CNN) framework, specifically tailored for detecting small-scale electrical components like insulators, shock hammers, and screws in transmission line. The algorithm features an improved backbone network for Faster R-CNN, which significantly boosts the More >