An Efficient Direction Field-Based Method for the Detection of Fasteners on High-Speed Railways

An Efficient Direction Field-Based Method for the Detection of Fasteners on High-Speed Railways

Railway inspection is an important task in railway maintenance to ensure safety. The fastener is a major part of the railway which fastens the tracks to the ground. The current article presents an efficient method to detect fasteners on the basis of image processing and pattern recognition technique...

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Main Authors: Haibo Zhang, Hui Zhao, Yongjie Zhang, Wei Tao, Manhua Liu, Jinfeng Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-07-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
machine vision
fastener recognition
Direction Field (DF)
LDA
pattern matching
VOSSLOH fastener
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/11/8/7364/

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