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Deep learning-based method for automatic verification of platen status in distribution cabinet

Ning CHEN1, Rongsheng LIN2, Cheng YUAN1, Jin SHANG1, Fan BAI3, Dingjiang HUANG2,*()   

  1. 1. State Grid Shanghai Extra High Voltage Company, Shanghai 200063, China
    2. School of Data Science and Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
    3. Shanghai Thinking Things Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200439, China
  • Received:2024-07-12 Online:2026-07-25 Published:2026-07-18
  • Contact: Dingjiang HUANG E-mail:djhuang@dase.ecnu.edu.cn

Abstract:

In a substation, the platen is a core component on the distribution cabinet. In case of failure or unintentional human operation, the state verification of the platen of the distribution cabinet is important in the manual inspection of the substation as platen is prone to misinvestment and misreturn. Therefore, a new deep learning-based automatic checking method is proposed for the status of switchgear platen. First, the template platen frame data are extracted from the Excel-formatted panel diagram, in which every switchgear cabinet corresponds to a panel diagram. The panel diagram is an electronic record of the components in the switchgear cabinet, which contains the correct casting and retiring status of each platen, the name of the platen, and other information, i.e., the template platen frame data. Then the YOLOv5s algorithm is used to detect the platen target on the captured image to obtain the predicted platen detection frame data. The connectionist temporal classification (CTC) probability of paddle-to-paddle optical character recognition (PP-OCRv4) is used as the text similarity measure between the predicted and stencil platen names. Finally, based on the relationship between the spatial location of the platen, the matching probability scores of predicted and stencil platen frames are calculated from the row-column dimensions and combined with a correction strategy. Based on maximizing the row and column probability, a one-to-one correspondence is realized between the predicted platen frame in the captured image and stencil platen frame recorded in the disk diagram. Subsequently, the cast-in and cast-out status of the platen is checked, and the staff is notified with an alarm if the status is inconsistent. In the image dataset captured in the field scene of the substation, there were a total of 2685 platens, and the proposed platen checking method successfully matched the predicted platen frames with the stencil platen frames with 100% accuracy. Thus, the method is robust and can be used in the actual platen checking of the substation switchboard cabinets to improve manpower efficiency.

Key words: platen status verification, intelligent patrol inspection, object detection, text detection and recognition

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