A classification model for power corridors based on the improved PointNet++ network

Abstract

Aiming at the existing deep learning classification model for power corridor point cloud still need to improve the classification efficiency and the robustness of the classification model to meet the requirements of practical applications. An improved classification model based on PointNet++ is proposed. Based on the fact that the main features of the power corridor scene are power lines, poles, and vegetation, the initial data are first optimally filtered, and then the ensemble abstraction module of the classical PointNet++ is modified to better adapt to the power corridor scene. Finally, h-Swish is used as the activation function to realize the accurate classification of the features of the power corridor scene, and the training time of deep learning is also greatly reduced. The experimental results show that the improved algorithm achieves an average F1 value of 97.58%, which is 3.62 percentage points higher than the classical PointNet++. Therefore, the algorithm has great potential in point cloud classification.

Keywords

• Deep learning
• PointNet++
• Power corridor
• Activation function