To address power transmission line (PTL) traversing complex environments leading to data collection being difficult and costly, we propose a novel auto-synthesis dataset approach for fitting recognition using prior series data. The approach mainly includes three steps: (1) formulates synthesis rules by the prior series data; (2) renders 2D images based on the synthesis rules utilizing advanced virtual 3D techniques; (3) generates the synthetic dataset with images and annotations obtained by processing images using the OpenCV. The trained model using the synthetic dataset was tested by the real dataset (including images and annotations) with a mean average precision (mAP) of 0.98, verifying the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed approach. The recognition accuracy by the test is comparable with training by real samples and the cost is greatly reduced to generate synthetic datasets. The proposed approach improves the efficiency of establishing a dataset, providing a training data basis for deep learning (DL) of fitting recognition.
Keywords: Blender; YOLOX; fitting recognition; inspection robot; prior series data; synthesis dataset.