Journal of Applied Sciences ›› 2021, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 281-292.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0255-8297.2021.02.010

• Signal and Information Processing • Previous Articles    

Orientation Method for Rail Weld Region Based on Level Set

LIU Xingwu1, XIONG Bangshu1, LIAO Feng2, CHEN Xinyun3   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, Jiangxi, China;
    2. Hongdu Aircraft Design Institute of AVIC, Nanchang 330024, Jiangxi, China;
    3. China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., Ltd., Zhuhai 519040, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2020-01-07 Published:2021-04-01

Abstract: An orientation method for rail weld region based on level set is proposed to improve the adaptability, stability and accuracy of weld positioning under different illumination conditions. Firstly, in order to separate welds from rail waists, rail heads and background, level set is used to segment the contours in preprocessed weld image. Secondly, area sorting and domain connecting are used in combination to eliminate contour interference and achieve coarse positioning of weld contour. The weld contour is then accurately positioned by using double sorting method. Finally, the rail weld region is automatically positioned by sorting the abscissa of weld contour. Positioning experiments for the weld region of 60kg/m rail are conducted under different illumination conditions. Experiments demonstrate the advantages of strong adaptability, high accuracy and good stability, and prove that the proposed method can be used for automatically detecting the weld misalignment in welded rail site.

Key words: rail weld, automatic positioning, level set, weld region, sorting method

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