Correcting for Perspective Distortion in Electroluminescence Images of Photovoltaic Panels

Claire Mantel; Sergiu Spataru; Harsh Parikh; Dezso Sera; Gisele  A. dos Reis Benatto; Nicholas Reidel; Sune Thorsteinsson; Peter B Poulsen; Soren  Forchhammer

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547724

Correcting for Perspective Distortion in Electroluminescence Images of Photovoltaic Panels

Claire Mantel, Sergiu Spataru, Harsh Parikh, Dezso Sera, Gisele A. dos Reis Benatto, Nicholas Reidel, Sune Thorsteinsson, Peter B Poulsen, Soren Forchhammer

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Abstract

With the significant growth in the number of photovoltaic (PV) installations and their size, regular PV system inspection has become a challenge. Aerial drone imaging, based on visual, thermographic, and more recently luminescence, can be viable solutions for PV inspection. However, to achieve effective detection and quantification of failure based on images acquired form Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, there is need for image quality enhancement and correction of distortions, inherent to the drone measurement process. In this work we propose methods to automatically correct the perspective distortion in electroluminescent (EL) images of PV panels. We identified two main cases of perspective distortion: when the imaging plane is parallel to the panel plane or not, and propose methods to correct both. For both cases, the proposed method yields good results, as assessed by visual evaluation.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC)
Antal sider	5
Forlag	IEEE Press
Publikationsdato	jun. 2018
Sider	0433-0437
ISBN (Trykt)	978-1-5386-8530-3
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-1-5386-8529-7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547724
Status	Udgivet - jun. 2018
Begivenhed	7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion - Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, USA Varighed: 10 jun. 2018 → 15 jun. 2018 http://www.wcpec7.org/WCPEC-7/

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Konference	7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
Lokation	Hilton Waikoloa Village
Land/Område	USA
By	Waikoloa
Periode	10/06/2018 → 15/06/2018
Internetadresse	http://www.wcpec7.org/WCPEC-7/

Navn	I E E E Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Conference Record
ISSN	0160-8371

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Mantel, C., Spataru, S., Parikh, H., Sera, D., A. dos Reis Benatto, G., Reidel, N., Thorsteinsson, S., Poulsen, P. B., & Forchhammer, S. (2018). Correcting for Perspective Distortion in Electroluminescence Images of Photovoltaic Panels. I Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC) (s. 0433-0437). IEEE Press. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547724

Mantel, Claire ; Spataru, Sergiu ; Parikh, Harsh et al. / Correcting for Perspective Distortion in Electroluminescence Images of Photovoltaic Panels. Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC). IEEE Press, 2018. s. 0433-0437 (I E E E Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Conference Record).

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Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC). IEEE Press, 2018. s. 0433-0437 (I E E E Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Conference Record).

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Correcting for Perspective Distortion in Electroluminescence Images of Photovoltaic Panels

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