A New Method for Railway Fastener Detection Using the Symmetrical Image and Its EA-HOG Feature

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (02) ◽  
pp. 2055006
Author(s):  
Jiajia Liu ◽  
Jianying Yuan ◽  
Yongfang Jia
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Sparse Representation ◽  
Efficient Method ◽  
Important Task ◽  
New Method ◽  
Automatic Inspection ◽  
Test Image ◽  
Recognition Result ◽  
The Status ◽  
Railway Operation

Railway fastener recognition and detection is an important task for railway operation safety. However, the current automatic inspection methods based on computer vision can effectively detect the intact or completely missing fasteners, but they have weaker ability to recognize the partially worn ones. In our method, we exploit the EA-HOG feature fastener image, generate two symmetrical images of original test image and turn the detection of the original test image into the detection of two symmetrical images, then integrate the two recognition results of symmetrical image to reach exact recognition of original test image. The potential advantages of the proposed method are as follows: First, we propose a simple yet efficient method to extract the fastener edge, as well as the EA-HOG feature of the fastener image. Second, the symmetry images indeed reflect some possible appearance of the fastener image which are not shown in the original images, these changes are helpful for us to judge the status of the symmetry samples based on the improved sparse representation algorithm and then obtain an exact judgment of the original test image by combining the two corresponding judgments of its symmetry images. The experiment results show that the proposed approach achieves a rather high recognition result and meets the demand of railway fastener detection.

scholarly journals Improving skeleton algorithm for helping Caenorhabditis elegans trackers

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo E. Layana Castro ◽  
Joan Carles Puchalt ◽  
Antonio-José Sánchez-Salmerón
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Transformation Function ◽  
Simple Solution ◽  
New Method ◽  
Vision Systems ◽  
Distance Transformation ◽  
Automatic Computer ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Computer Vision Systems

AbstractOne of the main problems when monitoring Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes (C. elegans) is tracking their poses by automatic computer vision systems. This is a challenge given the marked flexibility that their bodies present and the different poses that can be performed during their behaviour individually, which become even more complicated when worms aggregate with others while moving. This work proposes a simple solution by combining some computer vision techniques to help to determine certain worm poses and to identify each one during aggregation or in coiled shapes. This new method is based on the distance transformation function to obtain better worm skeletons. Experiments were performed with 205 plates, each with 10, 15, 30, 60 or 100 worms, which totals 100,000 worm poses approximately. A comparison of the proposed method was made to a classic skeletonisation method to find that 2196 problematic poses had improved by between 22% and 1% on average in the pose predictions of each worm.

Study on the Structural Model of Human Pose

2013 ◽  
Vol 464 ◽  
pp. 387-390
Author(s):  
Wei Hua Wang
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
New Method ◽  
Domain Modeling ◽  
Key Technology ◽  
Broad Application ◽  
Structural Relation ◽  
Human Pose ◽  
Human Image

The analysis and understand of human behavior is broad application in the computer vision domain, modeling the human pose is one of the key technology. In order to simplify the model of the human pose and expediently describe the human pose, a lot of condition was appended to confine the process of human pose modeling or the application environments in the current research. In this paper, a new method for modeling the human pose was proposed. The human pose was modeled by the structural relation according to the physiological structural, the advantages of the model are the independent of move, the independent of scale of the human image and the dependent of view angle, it can be used to modeling the human behavior in video.

scholarly journals New Edge Detection Method for Indonesian Batik

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Adi Purnomo Shidi ◽  
Suyoto Suyoto
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Computer Vision ◽  
Edge Detection ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
New Method ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Unique Pattern ◽  
Detection Analysis ◽  
Edge Detection Method

Abstrak. Metode Baru Deteksi Tepi untuk Batik Indonesia. Didalam paper ini, diusulkan sebuah metode pendeteksi baru untuk motif batik. Deteksi tepi sudah sangat sering digunakan didalam pemrosesan gambar. Batik motif adalah salah satu contoh gambar yang memiliki bentuk yang unik dan menarik untuk dianalisis. Metode yang digunakan pada paper ini adalam metode canny dan prewit dan akan menghasilkan metode baru yaitu metode Thomas. Perbedaan antara metode dan hasil akan dilihat dari sisi ketepatan, qualitas hasil dan kejelasan. Contoh batik yang akan digunakan adalah motif parang, motife lereng dan udan liris. Ketiga batik tersebut memiliki pola  yang unik. Kata kunci : Canny, Prewitt, Thomas, Batik, Parang, Lereng, Udan liris. Abstract. New Edge Detection Method for Indonesian Batik. In this paper, we propose a new edge detection analysis method on batiks motif. Edge detection has been oftenly  used in computer vision and image processing. Indonesian  Batiks motif are some example of graphic picture that has unique pattern that interesting to analyse. The method that used for example on this paper are canny and prewit and produce a new method, thomas method. the different  amongs the method, the result of comparison appears on quality, accuracy and clarity. The example that we use are parang batiks motive, lereng batiks motive, and udan liris batiks motive. Three of batiks motive above are have unique pattern. Keywords: Canny, Prewitt, Thomas, Batik, Parang, Lereng, Udan liris.

An Efficient Image-Based Method for Detection of Fastener on Railway

2011 ◽  
Vol 346 ◽  
pp. 731-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Feng Yang ◽  
Man Hua Liu ◽  
Hui Zhao ◽  
Wei Tao
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Efficient Method ◽  
Template Matching ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Feature Descriptor ◽  
Complex Environment ◽  
Computation Efficiency ◽  
The Status ◽  
Direction Field

This paper presents an efficient method to detect the fastener based on the technologies of image processing and optical detection. As feature descriptor, the Direction Field of fastener image is computed for template matching. This fastener detection method can be used to determine the status of fastener on the corresponding track, i.e., whether the fastener is on the track or missing. Experimental results are presented to show that the proposed method is computation efficiency and is robust for fastener detection in complex environment.

Computer Vision Based Technique for Surface Defect Detection of Apples

2014 ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
C. J. Prabhakar ◽  
S. H. Mohana
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Defect Detection ◽  
Surface Defects ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Automatic Inspection ◽  
Segmentation Technique ◽  
Surface Defect Detection ◽  
Fruit Grading

The automatic inspection of quality in fruits is becoming of paramount importance in order to decrease production costs and increase quality standards. Computer vision techniques are used in fruit industry for fruit grading, sorting, and defect detection. In this chapter, we review recent approaches for automatic inspection of quality in fruits using computer vision techniques. Particularly, we focus on the review of advances in computer vision techniques for automatic inspection of quality of apples based on surface defects. Finally, we present our approach to estimate the defects on the surface of an apple using grow-cut and multi-threshold based segmentation technique. The experimental results show that our method effectively estimates the defects on the surface of apples significantly more effectively than color based segmentation technique.

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