Electronic Science and Technology ›› 2023, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 34-40.doi: 10.16180/j.cnki.issn1007-7820.2023.06.006

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A Research on the Spacing Measurement Between Two Trains Located at A Curved Track by Machine Vision Technology

WANG Huimin1,BI Jiazhen1,SHEN Tuo1,2,ZHANG Xuanxiong1   

  1. 1. School of Optical Electronic Information and Computer Engineering,University of Shanghai for Science and Technology,Shanghai 200093,China
    2. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rail Infrastructure Durability and System Safety,Tongji University,Shanghai 201804,China
  • Received:2021-12-07 Online:2023-06-15 Published:2023-06-20
  • Supported by:
    National Key R&D Pragram of China(2022YFB4300501)

Abstract:

Real-time detection of the distance between trains is an important way to ensure the safety of rail transit and improve train capacity. In particular, the distance measurement between trains on curved rails is difficult to distance measurement. In order to calculate and optimize the real-time distance measurement formula of the train at the curve, a method of distance measurement of the train at the curve based on machine vision is proposed. In this method, monocular camera is used for track image acquisition, OpenCV algorithm is used to process and analyze the acquired images, and neural network method is used to fit the track line of curved rail, realizing the dynamic extraction of track feature points. The distance formula between trains can be calculated and optimized by building a mathematical model. The experimental results show that the overall error rate of the testing system is less than 9.11% when the duration interval is 40~50 ms. The method for the spacing measurement can be integrated together with other information in the collected images for the information fusion and referred as an important condition in the rail system for a train running.

Key words: track detection, neural network, OpenCV, machine vision, curve distance, distance measurement, monocular ranging, mathematical modeling

CLC Number: 

  • TN99