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Cross-arms Identification with Adaptive Digital Image Processing

by Jose F. R. Da Silva, Ruy A. C. Altafim, andre R. Hirakawa
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 121 - Number 23
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: Jose F. R. Da Silva, Ruy A. C. Altafim, andre R. Hirakawa
10.5120/21843-5118

Jose F. R. Da Silva, Ruy A. C. Altafim, andre R. Hirakawa . Cross-arms Identification with Adaptive Digital Image Processing. International Journal of Computer Applications. 121, 23 ( July 2015), 36-39. DOI=10.5120/21843-5118

@article{ 10.5120/21843-5118,
author = { Jose F. R. Da Silva, Ruy A. C. Altafim, andre R. Hirakawa },
title = { Cross-arms Identification with Adaptive Digital Image Processing },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { July 2015 },
volume = { 121 },
number = { 23 },
month = { July },
year = { 2015 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 36-39 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume121/number23/21843-5118/ },
doi = { 10.5120/21843-5118 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Jose F. R. Da Silva
%A Ruy A. C. Altafim
%A andre R. Hirakawa
%T Cross-arms Identification with Adaptive Digital Image Processing
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 121
%N 23
%P 36-39
%D 2015
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

This paper presents an adaptive digital image processing algorithm to improve the identification and classification process of wood cross-arms in the context of automated image inspection robot for distribution power lines. Processing of images that come from outdoor environment is a very difficult task due to the interference of variation of lightning conditions, especially over non uniform objects like wood cross-arms. Usual approaches take advantage of threshold and reference variation in accordance to the best condition to extract desired image object. The proposed adaptive algorithm is based on the Adaptive Digitized Straight Line Segments (ADSLS) that sum up the capability of dynamic change of image segmentation process like binarization and contour extraction. Proposed algorithm was tested on the identification and classification of different type of wood cross-arm with polyurethane protective treatment and results shown improvement in the image segmentation process.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Adaptive Digital Image Processing ADSLS