Author Affiliations
Engineering Research Center of Metallurgical Automation and Measurement Technology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430081, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Flow of track detection algorithm
Fig. 2. Flow of Euclidean clustering based on elevation constraints
Fig. 3. Rail track diagram. (a) Track section; (b) rail section
Fig. 4. Sleeper details. (a) Top view of non-bridge area; (b) side view of non-bridge area; (c) top view of bridge area; (d) side view of bridge area
Fig. 5. Extraction effect of subgrade area
Fig. 6. Detection effect of rail surface point cloud under different grid sizes. (a)(f) Grid size is 0.04 m; (b)(g) grid size is 0.06 m; (c)(h) grid size is 0.08 m; (d)(i) grid size is 0.10 m; (e)(j) grid size is 0.12 m
Fig. 7. Effect of sleeper point cloud detection in different areas. (a) Non-bridge area; (b) bridge area
Fig. 8. Point cloud detection effect of rail surface and sleeper in different areas. (a)(d) Effect of rail surface extraction; (b)(e) effect of sleeper extraction; (c)(f) overall effect
Evaluation indicator | dgrid=0.04 m | dgrid=0.06 m | dgrid=0.08 m | dgrid=0.10 m | dgrid=0.12 m |
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Area 1 | Area 2 | Area 1 | Area 2 | Area 1 | Area 2 | Area 1 | Area 2 | Area 1 | Area 2 |
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r | 75.6 | 50.1 | 96.2 | 96.0 | 98.0 | 99.2 | 98.2 | 99.4 | 98.2 | 61.1 | p | 98.2 | 99.8 | 98.6 | 99.3 | 99.5 | 99.3 | 99.6 | 99.4 | 99.7 | 99.7 | q | 75.5 | 50.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 98.4 | 97.9 | 98.7 | 98.0 | 61.0 |
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Table 1. Accuracy of rail extraction under different grid sizes unit: %
Evaluation indicator | Yang’s method | Proposed method |
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Area 1 | Area 2 | Average | Area 1 | Area 2 | Average |
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r | 95.0 | 99.1 | 97.1 | 98.5 | 99.5 | 99.0 | p | 99.4 | 98.9 | 99.2 | 98.0 | 99.4 | 99.1 | q | 94.5 | 98.1 | 96.3 | 96.6 | 98.9 | 97.8 |
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Table 2. Comparison of extraction results of rail surface using two methods unit: %
Evaluation indicator | dth=0.25 m | dth=0.26 m | dth=0.27 m | dth=0.28 m | dth=0.29 m | dth=0.30 m | dth=0.31 m |
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r | 4.9 | 39.5 | 88.6 | 99.4 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.9 | p | 99.9 | 99.5 | 98.9 | 93.6 | 88.1 | 61.1 | 48.2 | q | 4.9 | 39.5 | 87.8 | 93.1 | 87.8 | 61.1 | 48.2 |
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Table 3. Accuracy of sleeper extraction in different basic thresholds dth of non-bridge area unit: %
Evaluation indicator | dth=0.22 m | dth=0.23 m | dth=0.24 m | dth=0.25 m | dth=0.26 m | dth=0.27 m | dth=0.28 m |
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r | 48.2 | 78.6 | 96.9 | 99.3 | 99.5 | 99.7 | 99.9 | p | 93.9 | 94.8 | 95.8 | 94.7 | 91.8 | 88.3 | 80.9 | q | 46.8 | 75.3 | 92.9 | 94.1 | 91.4 | 88.1 | 80.8 |
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Table 4. Accuracy of sleeper extraction in different basic thresholds dth of bridge area unit: %