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IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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    Low-Voltage AC Series Arc Fault Identification Method Based on the Randomness of Differential Voltage at Double-Ended Monitoring Points

    Quanyi GongQun GaoKe PengYuxin Liu...
    1-17页
    查看更多>>摘要:In low-voltage ac distribution systems, differences in load categories have a significant effect on the waveform of ac series arc currents. In contrast, arc voltage characteristics are less affected by load type, so it is easier to establish a uniform fault detection criterion by identifying arc voltage. Based on analyzing the characteristics of arc voltage and differential voltage at upstream and downstream monitoring points, a fault detection algorithm based on the randomness of differential voltage at double-ended monitoring points is proposed. The method can effectively identify the line voltage drop and fault arc voltage and exclude the impact of load fluctuations. In this process, while the differential voltage at the monitoring points is being denoised, the high-frequency fault characteristics in the fault signal are also suppressed to a certain extent. A band-stop filter with zero as the center is, therefore, proposed to amplify the fault characteristics in the high-frequency range. Ultimately, the arc eigenvalues are obtained, and the detection strategy is determined by measuring the similarity and difference of the filtered signals between cycles. The experimental results show that the method can effectively achieve series arc fault detection in low-voltage lines. It also has good recognition accuracy and generalization ability for unknown loads with strong noise immunity. It is a new detection method in electric power Internet of Things (IoT) technology with high engineering practical value.

    A Novel On-Site Primary Accelerometer Calibration Method Based on Homodyne Self-Traceable Grating Interferometer

    Zhikun ChangXiao DengHaoran ZhangXiaoling Han...
    1-10页
    查看更多>>摘要:As a key component in motion state sensing, the accuracy of accelerometers directly affects the performance and safety of their systems. However, their sensitivity can be influenced due to various factors during operation, necessitating both pre-deployment and periodic calibration. Traditional primary calibration methods rely on laser interferometers, yet their trueness and stability are compromised by environmental disturbances affecting the laser wavelength, making on-site traceability challenging. Addressing these issues, this study combines a Cr self-traceable grating with a homodyne Littrow grating interferometer and primary vibration calibration technique. Leveraging the high line density, stability, and traceability of the self-traceable grating, it achieves high accuracy and on-site traceable calibration. In experiments, the effectiveness of this calibration system was validated using commercial accelerometers, achieving a measurement uncertainty of 0.25%. This calibration technique not only enhances the accuracy and environmental adaptability of accelerometer calibration but also addresses the critical issue of on-site traceability, representing the future direction of in-field accelerometer calibration.

    RGSA: Sensor-Based Group Activity Recognition Model With Relation Gating and Spatiotemporal Attention

    Ruohong HuanAi BoMeijiao CaoPeng Chen...
    1-18页
    查看更多>>摘要:Sensor-based group activity recognition (GAR) is a challenging task that requires handling complex individual actions and interindividual relations. An imperative exists to explore a relation learning framework for effectively modeling and dynamically extracting group-relevant actions and interactions in group activities. To solve this issue, we present relation gating and spatiotemporal attention (RGSA), a novel model for sensor-based GAR with RGSA. RGSA employs a graph structure to model individual interactions achieving dynamic updating of the group relation graph through the graph-passing process. By introducing a relation gating mechanism and proposing the interaction feature correlation reward, RGSA selects group-relevant relations through deep reinforcement learning. Subsequently, an enhanced set of relations is obtained. In addition, RGSA introduces a temporal attention mechanism. This mechanism assesses the coherence of actions by calculating the consistency between an individual action at a specific timestep and the entire group activity. It quantifies the contribution of the action at that timestep, helping to exclude the interference of irrelevant actions. Meanwhile, RGSA introduces a spatial attention mechanism that selectively integrates and stores interactional information between neighboring individuals based on the contribution of their interactions. It facilitates a more comprehensive capture of the dynamic features of group activity. Experiments are conducted on two datasets, revealing that RGSA proficiently identifies group activities while effectively suppressing interference from noncorrelated relations and irrelevant actions in GAR. It ensures a sustained high accuracy in recognizing group activities even in the presence of interference.

    Multiscale Profile Characterization Based on Atomic Force Microscopy

    Kaixuan WangDingyi WangJian SunJialin Shi...
    1-9页
    查看更多>>摘要:The accurate cross-scale measurement of surface profiles is essential in various fields, such as materials science and nanotechnology. Traditional measurement techniques, such as atomic force microscopy (AFM), provide high-resolution data but are limited in range, making it challenging to characterize surfaces with both fine and large-scale features comprehensively. This limitation creates a conflict in achieving precise, wide-range measurements necessary for advanced applications. To address this challenge, we propose a novel nested-feedback splicing measurement strategy that integrates AFM with an electrodynamic displacement system. This approach combines the high resolution of AFM with the extensive range capabilities of electrodynamic stages, allowing for detailed characterization across multiple scales. Our results demonstrate that the developed system significantly improves measurement accuracy, particularly in capturing detailed surface profiles over large areas. The experimental data validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, showing enhanced precision in multiscale topographic characterization and seamless integration between fine and large-scale measurements. This advancement paves the way for more comprehensive surface analyses in scientific research and industrial applications, highlighting the system’s potential to revolutionize precision measurement technology.

    Definition of Pruned Frequency-Domain Volterra Models Based on Knowledge About the Input Spectrum

    Marco FaiferChristian LauranoRoberto OttoboniSergio Toscani...
    1-12页
    查看更多>>摘要:The Volterra representation is one of the most widely employed approaches to the behavioral modeling of nonlinear time invariant systems in the frequency domain. Its main drawback is that the input-output relationship is defined by a set of coefficients, whose cardinality rapidly grows with the considered nonlinearity degree and with the number of input harmonics. The purpose of this work is proposing a method that, assuming to know which are the strongest spectral components in the typical input signals, allows writing a subclass of Volterra models whose behaviors are defined by a dramatically lower number of coefficients, with minor impact on accuracy. According to this information, input spectral components are classified into large, small and linear. The output spectrum is computed by considering all the possible interactions between large components, as from the Volterra theory. On the contrary, small components interact only with large components, but not with each other. Linear components are linearly transferred to the output. The effectiveness of the pruning technique is evaluated with both numerical simulations and experiments. Results highlight the advantages and the flexibility enabled by the proposed approach, which become even more evident in the presence of significant noise during identification.

    BiDNet: A Real-Time Semantic Segmentation Network With Antifeature Interference and Detail Recovery for Industrial Defects

    Jiawei PanDeyu ZengZongze WuShengli Xie...
    1-16页
    查看更多>>摘要:In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for surface defect detection with the development of intelligent manufacturing. The semantic segmentation is suitable for achieving precise and intelligent surface defect detection. However, three issues prevail in current surface defect segmentation methods: feature interference, detail missing, and computationally expensive. To address these limitations, we propose the bilateral decoder network (BiDNet), a novel real-time semantic segmentation framework with shallow and deep branches. Computationally expensive is due to the high resolution of the shallow feature maps. To solve this problem, BiDNet uses shallow branches for shallow feature maps with a high resolution to ensure speed and deep branches for deep feature maps with a low resolution to guarantee accuracy. Feature interference is caused by the direct fusion of deep feature maps of different sizes. To solve this problem, we propose a multiscale feature channel attention (MFCA) mechanism to compute the contribution of feature maps from different layers and accordingly fuse them better. The detail missing is due to the gradual downsampling in the encoder stage. To solve this problem, we propose a multiscale feature spatial attention (MFSA) mechanism to compute the importance of each position of the feature map for different branches to recover the details better. Extensive experiments on mobile phone screen surface defect (MSD), magnetic tile defect (MTD), and our glass surface defect (GSD) dataset show that our performance consistently outperforms the state of the art. The code is available at: https://github.com/jiaweipan997/BiDNet.

    S2F2AN: Spatial–Spectral Fusion Frequency Attention Network for Chinese Herbal Medicines Hyperspectral Image Segmentation

    Hui ZhangXiongjie JiangLizhu LiuHai Wang...
    1-13页
    查看更多>>摘要:Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), as a treasure of the Chinese nation, is critically important for ensuring therapeutic efficacy through quality identification. Due to the subtle spatial feature differences among certain homologous CHM, existing identification methods based on red, green, blue (RGB) imaging often lack accuracy. In contrast, hyperspectral image (HSI) offers high spatial resolution and rich spectral information, effectively addressing this limitation. However, current HSI-based classification methods frequently fail to fully exploit spatial and spectral features, resulting in low accuracy when directly applied to the identification of CHM with subtle spectral differences. To achieve the differentiation of homologous CHM, we developed a proprietary hyperspectral imaging system to construct the first HSI dataset specifically for CHM quality assessment, featuring pixel-level annotations. To efficiently utilize the spatial and spectral information of HSI and enhance identification accuracy, we conceptualized feature extraction as a frequency filtering problem and designed a spatial-spectral fusion frequency attention network ( $\text {S}^{2}\text {F}^{2}$ AN). The network comprises a spatial-spectral frequency attention (SSFA) module, consisting of parallel continuous spatial frequency modules and spectral frequency attention modules, which perform multiscale adaptive filtering in the frequency domain to filter out redundant features and enhance the representation of the most discriminative spatial and spectral features, achieving spatial-spectral feature perception under a global receptive field. In addition, we proposed a cross-feature fusion (CFF) module that facilitates the mutual guidance of spatial and spectral features, ensuring the retention and fusion of key features. The experimental results indicate that on our self-constructed dataset, the average values of MIoU, MDice, and MPa reached 0.936, 0.967, and 0.974, respectively, surpassing existing methods.

    Noncontinuous Scanning Method for Cooperative Targets Based on Correlated Double Sampling

    Kun WuHongtao ZhangMaosheng HouJianli Zheng...
    1-9页
    查看更多>>摘要:The laser scanning projection systems scan to determine the position of the center of a cooperative target and then calculate the coordinate transformation between the projected surface and the projection instrument. This enables the laser projection system to accurately project the positions and contours of components. To solve the problem of ambient light interference during the calibration of a laser scanning projection system, this study proposes a detection module that uses correlated double sampling (CDS) technology. Experimental verification shows that this detection module can accurately identify whether the laser spot is located in the highly reflective region of the cooperative target, even when the signal interference ratio is −29.5 dB. In accordance with the features of the CDS technique, a noncontinuous scanning method was developed to quickly determine the center position of the cooperative target. The proposed methods were used to detect and scan cooperative targets at a distance of 5000 mm using a self-constructed laser scanning projection system. The results show that the noncontinuous scanning method reduces the number of sampling points by 97.5% compared with the raster scanning method, with a positioning deviation of 0.052 mm.

    Transfer Learning for Multiappliance-Task Nonintrusive Load Monitoring

    Yao SunJianwei FengLiang YuanMei Su...
    1-12页
    查看更多>>摘要:An accurate identification of the electricity consumption status of users is crucial in the development of smart grids. The nonintrusive load monitoring (NILM) technology plays a pivotal role in effectively recognizing the users’ energy consumption behavior. Among various NILM methods, deep learning has shown outstanding performance. However, when deep learning is applied to different data domains, it will face challenges, such as limited labeled data and extensive training times. To address these issues, transfer learning has been employed in NILM. However, existing methods have shown limited accuracy and efficiency in disaggregating multiple appliances. This article proposes a novel transfer learning approach for NILM, which incorporates dual objectives: energy disaggregation and appliance state detection. By employing a regression-classification framework within a subtask-gated network (SGN), the approach enhances the model’s generalization capabilities and significantly improves posttransfer performance. In addition, the model adapts from single appliance to multiappliance settings under the transfer learning framework. Furthermore, attention mechanisms are utilized to refine the extraction of generalized features, enabling the multiappliance models to outperform their single-appliance counterparts. Experimental results show that the proposed method improves mean absolute error (MAE) by 60% and increases the $F1$ score by 200% compared with other transfer learning methods, highlighting its effectiveness in multiappliance-task NILM.