Automatic autonomous vision-based power line inspection: A review of current status and the potential role of deep learning

R Jenssen, D Roverso - International Journal of Electrical Power & …, 2018 - Elsevier
To maintain the reliability, availability, and sustainability of electricity supply, electricity
companies regularly perform visual inspections on their transmission and distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing methods for power line corridor surveys

L Matikainen, M Lehtomäki, E Ahokas, J Hyyppä… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
To secure uninterrupted distribution of electricity, effective monitoring and maintenance of
power lines are needed. This literature review article aims to give a wide overview of the …

UAV-lidar aids automatic intelligent powerline inspection

H Guan, X Sun, Y Su, T Hu, H Wang, H Wang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent decades, a substantial increase in electricity demand has put pressure on
powerline systems to ensure an uninterrupted power supply. In order to prevent power …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Photogrammetric 3D Mapping: A survey of techniques, applications, and challenges

S Jiang, W Jiang, L Wang - IEEE Geoscience and Remote …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three-dimensional mapping is an increasingly important feature for recent photogrammetry
and remote sensing (RS) systems. Currently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have …

UAV-based oblique photogrammetry for outdoor data acquisition and offsite visual inspection of transmission line

S Jiang, W Jiang, W Huang, L Yang - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Regular inspection of transmission lines is an essential work, which has been implemented
by either labor intensive or very expensive approaches. 3D reconstruction could be an …

[HTML][HTML] Early detection of tree encroachment in high voltage powerline corridor using growth model and UAV-borne LiDAR

Y Chen, J Lin, X Liao - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation …, 2022 - Elsevier
UAV-borne LiDAR is an innovative and effective technique for tree encroachment detection
in high voltage powerline corridor. However, the periodical inspection of the whole …

Remote sensing for monitoring photovoltaic solar plants in Brazil using deep semantic segmentation

MVCV Costa, OLF Carvalho, AG Orlandi, I Hirata… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Brazil is a tropical country with continental dimensions and abundant solar resources that
are still underutilized. However, solar energy is one of the most promising renewable …

[HTML][HTML] Lidar-based real-time detection and modeling of power lines for unmanned aerial vehicles

F Azevedo, A Dias, J Almeida, A Oliveira, A Ferreira… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
The effective monitoring and maintenance of power lines are becoming increasingly
important due to a global growing dependence on electricity. The costs and risks associated …

Automatic clearance anomaly detection for transmission line corridors utilizing UAV-Borne LIDAR data

C Chen, B Yang, S Song, X Peng, R Huang - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Transmission line corridor (ie, Right-of-Ways (ROW)) clearance management plays a
critically important role in power line risk management and is an important task of the routine …

Intelligent damage classification and estimation in power distribution poles using unmanned aerial vehicles and convolutional neural networks

MM Hosseini, A Umunnakwe… - … on Smart Grid, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Damage estimation is part of daily operation of power utilities, often requiring a manual
process of crew deployment and damage report to quantify and locate damages …