Young Researcher Paper Award 2023
🥇Winners

Notice of retraction
Vol. 34, No. 8(3), S&M3042

Notice of retraction
Vol. 32, No. 8(2), S&M2292

Print: ISSN 0914-4935
Online: ISSN 2435-0869
Sensors and Materials
is an international peer-reviewed open access journal to provide a forum for researchers working in multidisciplinary fields of sensing technology.
Sensors and Materials
is covered by Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics), Scopus (Elsevier), and other databases.

Instructions to authors
English    日本語

Instructions for manuscript preparation
English    日本語

Template
English

Publisher
 MYU K.K.
 Sensors and Materials
 1-23-3-303 Sendagi,
 Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0022, Japan
 Tel: 81-3-3827-8549
 Fax: 81-3-3827-8547

MYU Research, a scientific publisher, seeks a native English-speaking proofreader with a scientific background. B.Sc. or higher degree is desirable. In-office position; work hours negotiable. Call 03-3827-8549 for further information.


MYU Research

(proofreading and recording)


MYU K.K.
(translation service)


The Art of Writing Scientific Papers

(How to write scientific papers)
(Japanese Only)

Sensors and Materials, Volume 32, Number 10(3) (2020)
Copyright(C) MYU K.K.
pp. 3429-3442
S&M2349 Research Paper of Special Issue
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2020.2921
Published: October 30, 2020

Offline Deep-learning-based Defective Track Fastener Detection and Inspection System [PDF]

Chen-Chiung Hsieh, Ya-Wen Lin, Li-Hung Tsai, Wei-Hsin Huang, Shang-Lin Hsieh, and Wei-Hung Hung

(Received April 9, 2020; Accepted August 11, 2020)

Keywords: track fastener, defect inspection, deep learning, Yolo model, fastener positioning

Railway track fasteners are used to fasten the railway track onto the crosstie and improve the train’s stability and safety. Automatic detection systems have been developed for track safety. Most of these systems deployed line scan sensors to capture high-quality track images. These sensors can capture high-resolution images, but they are also expensive. In addition, the recognition kernels range from traditional computer vision to deep learning methods. In this study, we set up a track fastener sensing device on a flat track car by using general sport cameras and LED lamps to capture images of track fasteners. You Only Look Once (Yolo) v3 is also used instead of earlier convolution neural networks (CNNs) for defect inspection. A cloud server is built for users to queue their captured fastener videos to the first buffer for upload, and uploaded videos can be queued to a second buffer for defective track fastener detection. The trained Yolo v3 neural network classification module is encapsulated as a web application interface (API) for performing the task. In experiments, track fastener videos along a total of 70 km of track were captured with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 at a speed of up to 35 km/h. Six normal and four defective fastener types were defined for inspection. We split the dataset into 80% for training and 20% for testing. The average precision rates for normal and defective fasteners were 83 and 89%, respectively. Finally, the coordinates of defective fasteners were interpolated from GPS positions recorded by a sport camera. The nearest hectometer stake and the offset of each defective fastener were calculated to assist track workers to find the defective fasteners and fix them.

Corresponding author: Chen-Chiung Hsieh


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Cite this article
Chen-Chiung Hsieh, Ya-Wen Lin, Li-Hung Tsai, Wei-Hsin Huang, Shang-Lin Hsieh, and Wei-Hung Hung, Offline Deep-learning-based Defective Track Fastener Detection and Inspection System, Sens. Mater., Vol. 32, No. 10, 2020, p. 3429-3442.



Forthcoming Regular Issues


Forthcoming Special Issues

Special Issue on Applications of Novel Sensors and Related Technologies for Internet of Things
Guest editor, Teen-Hang Meen (National Formosa University), Wenbing Zhao (Cleveland State University), and Cheng-Fu Yang (National University of Kaohsiung)
Call for paper


Special Issue on Advanced Sensing Technologies for Green Energy
Guest editor, Yong Zhu (Griffith University)
Call for paper


Special Issue on Room-temperature-operation Solid-state Radiation Detectors
Guest editor, Toru Aoki (Shizuoka University)
Call for paper


Special Issue on International Conference on Biosensors, Bioelectronics, Biomedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS and Applications 2023 (Bio4Apps 2023)
Guest editor, Dzung Viet Dao (Griffith University) and Cong Thanh Nguyen (Griffith University)
Conference website
Call for paper


Special Issue on Advanced Sensing Technologies and Their Applications in Human/Animal Activity Recognition and Behavior Understanding
Guest editor, Kaori Fujinami (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Call for paper


Special Issue on Piezoelectric Thin Films and Piezoelectric MEMS
Guest editor, Isaku Kanno (Kobe University)
Call for paper


Copyright(C) MYU K.K. All Rights Reserved.