Attention Mechanism-Based Method for Intrusion Target Recognition in Railway

The detection of foreign object intrusion is crucial for ensuring the safety of railway operations.To address challenges such as low efficiency,suboptimal detection accuracy,and slow detection speed inherent in conventional comprehensive video monitoring systems for railways,a railway foreign object intrusion recognition and detection system is conceived and implemented using edge computing and deep learning technologies.In a bid to raise detection accuracy,the convolutional block attention module(CBAM),including spatial and channel attention modules,is seamlessly integrated into the YOLOv5 model,giving rise to the CBAM-YOLOv5 model.Furthermore,the distance intersection-over-union_non-maximum suppression(DIo U_NMS)algorithm is employed in lieu of the weighted nonmaximum suppression algorithm,resulting in improved detection performance for intrusive targets.To accelerate detection speed,the model undergoes pruning based on the batch normalization(BN)layer,and Tensor RT inference acceleration techniques are employed,culminating in the successful deployment of the algorithm on edge devices.The CBAM-YOLOv5 model exhibits a notable 2.1%enhancement in detection accuracy when evaluated on a selfconstructed railway dataset,achieving 95.0%for mean average precision(m AP).Furthermore,the inference speed on edge devices attains a commendable 15 frame/s.

A review on foreign object detection for magnetic coupling-based electric vehicle wireless charging

With the rapid development and widespread application of electric vehicles(EVs)around the world,the wireless power transfer(WPT)technology is also accelerating for commercial applications in EV wireless charging(EV-WPT)because of its high reliability,safety,and convenience,especially high suitability for the future self-driving scenario.Foreign object detection(FOD),mainly including metal object detection and living object detection,is required urgently and timely for the practical application of EV-WPT technology to ensure electromagnetic safety.In the last decade,especially in the past three years,many pieces of research on FOD have been reported.This article reviews FOD state-of-the-art technology for EV-WPT and compares the pros and cons of different approaches in terms of sensitivity,reliability,adaptability,complexity,and cost.Future challenges for research and development are also discussed to encourage commercialisation of EV-WPT technique.

Rail Detection Based on LSD and the Least Square Curve Fitting

It is necessary to rely on the rail gauge to determine whether the object beside the track will affect train operation safety or not.A convenient and fast method based on line segment detector(LSD)and the least square curve fitting to identify the rail in the image is proposed in this paper.The image in front of the train can be obtained through the camera on-board.After preprocessing,it will be divided equally along the longitudinal axis.Utilizing the characteristics of the LSD algorithm,the edges are approximated into multiple line segments.After screening the terminals of the line segments,it can generate the mathematical model of the rail in the image based on the least square.Experiments show that the algorithm in this paper can fit the rail curve accurately and has good applicability and robustness.