A Trend of Diagnosis for Electric Power Equipment using Image Data

Japanese electric power companies aim to utilize existing equipment fully and to maintain facilities effectively. And digital camera and digital video technologies have realized high performance and low price recentlly. In this explanation, we describe a trend of diagnosis for electric power equipment using digital image data. Especially, we intorduce a cross arm reuse judgement system, an analog meter reader system, and an abnormal points of power lines detection support system.