Research on Machine Vision–Based Intelligent Tracking System for Maintenance Personnel
Upon returning to the depot, rail transit vehicles require necessary maintenance. The working condition of train maintenance personnel directly impacts the safety of both staff and equipment. Therefore, effective monitoring and control of activities within train roof access platforms are essential....
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| description | Upon returning to the depot, rail transit vehicles require necessary maintenance. The working condition of train maintenance personnel directly impacts the safety of both staff and equipment. Therefore, effective monitoring and control of activities within train roof access platforms are essential. Traditional manual monitoring demands substantial manpower and is prone to human error, whereas machine vision–based intelligent monitoring offers a promising alternative, reducing the dispatch control center (DCC) workload while enhancing safety management. Our intelligent monitoring approach involves three key steps: train maintenance personnel identification, tracking of maintenance activities to generate movement trajectories, and analysis of movement patterns to detect anomalous behavior. This study primarily addresses the challenges of personnel identification and process tracking. In the scenario of train maintenance, facial recognition is limited by posture variations, making direct video tracking impractical. Pedestrian reidentification (Re-ID) also struggles with posture and attire changes. To address these issues, we propose a hybrid approach: facial recognition confirms personnel identity upon entry, followed by pedestrian feature extraction for Re-ID-based tracking throughout the maintenance process. To handle occlusion, we designed a Re-ID method based on body part recognition, segmenting features into head–shoulder, body, arm, and leg components, with higher weights assigned to visible parts. This method achieved improved mean average precision (mAP) and Rank-1 values of 87.6% and 95.7%, respectively, on the Market1501 dataset. A tracking and monitoring system was developed, effectively identifying and tracking maintenance activities, demonstrating a strong practical value. Furthermore, this work lays the groundwork for future research into trajectory-based abnormal behavior detection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-830519ef1b5949a791042b984217a09d2025-08-20T02:21:06ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation2042-31952025-01-01202510.1155/atr/2728315Research on Machine Vision–Based Intelligent Tracking System for Maintenance PersonnelYinglin Ma0Hongmei Shi1Yao Wang2Baofeng Li3School of Traffic and TransportationSchool of Mechanical, Electronic and Control EngineeringSchool of Mechanical, Electronic and Control EngineeringBeijing Sifang Tongchuang Rail Transit Equipment Co., LtdUpon returning to the depot, rail transit vehicles require necessary maintenance. The working condition of train maintenance personnel directly impacts the safety of both staff and equipment. Therefore, effective monitoring and control of activities within train roof access platforms are essential. Traditional manual monitoring demands substantial manpower and is prone to human error, whereas machine vision–based intelligent monitoring offers a promising alternative, reducing the dispatch control center (DCC) workload while enhancing safety management. Our intelligent monitoring approach involves three key steps: train maintenance personnel identification, tracking of maintenance activities to generate movement trajectories, and analysis of movement patterns to detect anomalous behavior. This study primarily addresses the challenges of personnel identification and process tracking. In the scenario of train maintenance, facial recognition is limited by posture variations, making direct video tracking impractical. Pedestrian reidentification (Re-ID) also struggles with posture and attire changes. To address these issues, we propose a hybrid approach: facial recognition confirms personnel identity upon entry, followed by pedestrian feature extraction for Re-ID-based tracking throughout the maintenance process. To handle occlusion, we designed a Re-ID method based on body part recognition, segmenting features into head–shoulder, body, arm, and leg components, with higher weights assigned to visible parts. This method achieved improved mean average precision (mAP) and Rank-1 values of 87.6% and 95.7%, respectively, on the Market1501 dataset. A tracking and monitoring system was developed, effectively identifying and tracking maintenance activities, demonstrating a strong practical value. Furthermore, this work lays the groundwork for future research into trajectory-based abnormal behavior detection.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/atr/2728315 |
| spellingShingle | Yinglin Ma Hongmei Shi Yao Wang Baofeng Li Research on Machine Vision–Based Intelligent Tracking System for Maintenance Personnel Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | Research on Machine Vision–Based Intelligent Tracking System for Maintenance Personnel |
| title_full | Research on Machine Vision–Based Intelligent Tracking System for Maintenance Personnel |
| title_fullStr | Research on Machine Vision–Based Intelligent Tracking System for Maintenance Personnel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research on Machine Vision–Based Intelligent Tracking System for Maintenance Personnel |
| title_short | Research on Machine Vision–Based Intelligent Tracking System for Maintenance Personnel |
| title_sort | research on machine vision based intelligent tracking system for maintenance personnel |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/atr/2728315 |
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