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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Deep Learning-Based Instance Segmentation of Galloping High-Speed Railway Overhead Contact System Conductors in Video Images.

Xiaotong Yao, Huayu Yuan, Shanpeng Zhao, Wei Tian, Dongzhao Han, Xiaoping Li, Feng Wang, Sihua Wang

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Xiaotong YaoSchool of Electronic & Information Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Huayu YuanSchool of Electronic & Information Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Shanpeng ZhaoSchool of Automatic & Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Wei TianChina Railway Beijing Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100038, China.
Dongzhao HanChina Railway Beijing Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100038, China.
Xiaoping LiSchool of Automatic & Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Feng WangSchool of Automatic & Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Sihua WangSchool of Automatic & Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.

Funding

China Railway Beijing Group Co., Ltd. Science and Technology Research and Development Plan 2024AGD03National Natural Science Foundation of China 52467017Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province 25JRRA174Systematic Major Scientific and Technological Projects of China Railway P2024G001
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Abstract

The conductors of high-speed railway OCSs (Overhead Contact Systems) are susceptible to conductor galloping due to the impact of natural elements such as strong winds, rain, and snow, resulting in conductor fatigue damage and significantly compromising train operational safety. Consequently, monitoring the galloping status of conductors is crucial, and instance segmentation techniques, by delineating the pixel-level contours of each conductor, can significantly aid in the identification and study of galloping phenomena. This work expands upon the YOLO11-seg model and introduces an instance segmentation approach for galloping video and image sensor data of OCS conductors. The algorithm, designed for the stripe-like distribution of OCS conductors in the data, employs four-direction Sobel filters to extract edge features in horizontal, vertical, and diagonal orientations. These features are subsequently integrated with the original convolutional branch to form the FDSE (Four Direction Sobel Enhancement) module. It integrates the ECA (Efficient Channel Attention) mechanism for the adaptive augmentation of conductor characteristics and utilizes the FL (Focal Loss) function to mitigate the class-imbalance issue between positive and negative samples, hence enhancing the model's sensitivity to conductors. Consequently, segmentation outcomes from neighboring frames are utilized, and mask-difference analysis is performed to autonomously detect conductor galloping locations, emphasizing their contours for the clear depiction of galloping characteristics. Experimental results demonstrate that the enhanced YOLO11-seg model achieves 85.38% precision, 77.30% recall, 84.25% AP@0.5, 81.14% F1-score, and a real-time processing speed of 44.78 FPS. When combined with the galloping visualization module, it can issue real-time alerts of conductor galloping anomalies, providing robust technical support for railway OCS safety monitoring.

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conductor galloping monitoringdeep learninghigh-speed railway OCSinstance segmentationYOLO11

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