A Matching Algorithm T-AKAZE for Image Recognition of Hydroelectric Equipment Failure

Abstract

Aiming at the shortcomings of the current image-based fault identification algorithm for hydropower station equipment, such as low efficiency and poor accuracy, an improved image matching algorithm based on AKAZE, T-AKAZE was proposed. In this paper, AKAZE algorithm is firstly used to obtain image feature points. Then, the improved algorithm T-AKAZE is used for coarse matching of feature points. On the basis of Tanimoto coarse matching, RANSAC algorithm is used for fine matching to improve the algorithm accuracy. In order to verify the matching effect of the improved algorithm, ORB algorithm, AKAZE algorithm and ORB+Tanimoto algorithm were compared and analyzed. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has good robustness for image matching of different scales and similarity, and its timeliness also meets the application requirements, which provides convenience for the staff to identify the fault of hydropower station equipment.