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Wenbo Ren has a total of 14 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:


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  • Open Access

    Real-Time Parking Space Detection Based on Deep Learning and Panoramic Images

    by Wu Wei, Hongyang Chen, Jiayuan Gong, Kai Che, Wenbo Ren, Bin Zhang

    In the domain of automatic parking systems, parking space detection and localization represent fundamental challenges that must be addressed. As a core research focus within the field of intelligent automatic parking, they constitute the essential prerequisite for the realization of fully autonomous parking. Accurate and effective detection of parking spaces is still the core problem that needs to be solved in automatic parking systems. In this study, building upon existing public parking space datasets, a comprehensive panoramic parking space dataset named PSEX (Parking Slot Extended) with complex environmental diversity was constructed by integrating the concept of GAN (Generative Adversarial Network)-based image style transfer. Meanwhile, an improved algorithm based on PP-Yoloe (Paddle-Paddle Yoloe) is used to detect the state (free or occupied) and angle (T-shaped or L-shaped) of the parking space in real-time. For the many and small labels of the parking space, the ResSpp in it is replaced by the ResSimSppf module, the SimSppf structure is introduced at the neck end, and Silu is replaced by Relu in the basic structure of the CBS (Conv-BN-SiLU), and finally an auxiliary detector head is added at the prediction head. Experimental results show that the proposed SimSppf_mepre-Yoloe model achieves an average improvement of 4.5% in mAP50 and 2.95% in mAP50:95 over the baseline PP-Yoloe across various parking space detection tasks. In terms of efficiency, the model maintains comparable inference latency with the baseline, reaching up to 33.7 FPS on the Jetson AGX Xavier platform under TensorRT optimization. And the improved enhancement algorithm can greatly enrich the diversity of parking space data. These results demonstrate that the proposed model achieves a better balance between detection accuracy and real-time performance, making it suitable for deployment in intelligent vehicle and robotic perception systems.


  • Open Access

    Multivariable Algorithm Using Signal-Processing Techniques to Identify Islanding Events in Utility Grid with Renewable Energy Penetration

    by Ming Li, Anqing Chen, Peixiong Liu, Wenbo Ren, Chenghao Zheng

    This paper designs a multi-variable hybrid islanding-detection method (HIDM) using signal-processing techniques. The signals of current captured on a test system where the renewable energy (RE) penetration level is between 50% and 100% are processed by the application of the Stockwell transform (ST) to compute the Stockwell islanding-detection factor (SIDF) and the co-variance islanding-detection factor (CIDF). The signals of current are processed by the application of the Hilbert transform (HT), and the Hilbert islanding-detection factor (HIDF) is computed. The signals of current are also processed by the application of the Alienation Coefficient (ALC), and the Alienation Islanding Detection Factor (AIDF) is computed. A hybrid islanding-detection indicator (HIDI) is derived by multiplying the SIDF, CIDF, AIDF, and an islanding weight factor (IWF) element by element. Two thresholds, designated as the hybrid islanding-detection indicator threshold (HIDIT) and the hybrid islanding-detection indicator fault threshold (HIDIFT), are selected to detect events of islanding and also to discriminate such events from fault events and operational events. The HIDM is effectively tested using an IEEE-13 bus power network, where solar generation plants (SGPs) and wind generation plants (WGPs) are integrated. The HIDM effectively identified and discriminated against events such as islanding, faults, and operational. The HIDM is also effective at identifying islanding events on a real-time distribution feeder. The HIDM is also effective at detecting islanding events in the scenario of a 20 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). It is established that the HIDM has a small non-detection zone (NDZ). The effectiveness of the HIDM is better relative to the islanding-detection method (IDM) supported by the discrete wavelet transform (DWT), an IDM using a hybridization of the slantlet transform, and the Ridgelet probabilistic neural network (RPNN). An IDM using wavelet transform multi-resolution (WT-MRA)-based image data and an IDM based on the use of a deep neural network (DNN) were used. The study was performed using the MATLAB software (2017a) and validated in real-time using the data collected from a practical distribution power system network.


  • Open Access

    Identification of Driver Status Hazard Level and the System

    by Jiayuan Gong, Shiwei Zhou, Wenbo Ren

    According to the survey statistics, most traffic accidents are caused by the driver’s behavior and status irregularities. Because there is no multi-level dangerous state grading system at home and abroad, this paper proposes a complex state grading system for real-time detection and dynamic tracking of the driver’s state. The system uses OpenMV as the acquisition camera combined with the cradle head tracking system to collect the driver’s current driving image in real-time dynamically, combines the YOLOX algorithm with the OpenPose algorithm to judge the driver’s dangerous driving behavior by detecting unsafe objects in the cab and the driver’s posture, and combines the improved Retinaface face detection algorithm with the Dlib feature-point algorithm to discriminate the fatigue driving state of the driver. The experimental results show that the accuracy of the three driver danger levels (R1, R2, and R3) obtained by the proposed system reaches 95.8%, 94.5%, and 96.3%, respectively. The experimental results of this system have a specific practical significance in driver-distracted driving warnings.


  • Open Access

    Research on Urban Traffic Incident Detection Based on Vehicle Cameras

    by Zhuofei Xia, Jiayuan Gong, Hailong Yu, Wenbo Ren, Jingnan Wang

    Situational detection in the traffic system is of great significance to traffic management and even urban management. Traditional detection methods are generally based on roadside equipment monitoring roads, and it is difficult to support large-scale and fine-grained traffic incident detection. In this study, we propose a detection method applied to the mobile edge, which detects traffic incidents based on the video captured by vehicle cameras, so as to overcome the limitations of roadside terminal perception. For swarm intelligence detection, we propose an improved YOLOv5s object detection network, adding an atrous pyramid pooling layer to the network and introducing a fusion attention mechanism to improve the model accuracy. Compared with the raw YOLOv5s, the mAP metrics of our improved model are increased by 3.3% to 84.2%, enabling it to detect vehicles, pedestrians, traffic accidents, and fire traffic incidents on the road with high precision in real time. This provides information for city managers to help them grasp the abnormal operation status of roads and cities in a timely and effective manner.


  • Open Access

    Analysis and Visualization of New Energy Vehicle Battery Data

    by Wenbo Ren, Xinran Bian, Jiayuan Gong, Anqing Chen, Ming Li, Zhuofei Xia, Jingnan Wang

    In order to safely and efficiently use their power as well as to extend the life of Li-ion batteries, it is important to accurately analyze original battery data and quickly predict SOC. However, today, most of them are analyzed directly for SOC, and the analysis of the original battery data and how to obtain the factors affecting SOC are still lacking. Based on this, this paper uses the visualization method to preprocess, clean, and parse collected original battery data (hexadecimal), followed by visualization and analysis of the parsed data, and finally the K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) algorithm is used to predict the SOC. Through experiments, the method can completely analyze the hexadecimal battery data based on the GB/T32960 standard, including three different types of messages: vehicle login, real-time information reporting, and vehicle logout. At the same time, the visualization method is used to intuitively and concisely analyze the factors affecting SOC. Additionally, the KNN algorithm is utilized to identify the K value and P value using dynamic parameters, and the resulting mean square error (MSE) and test score are 0.625 and 0.998, respectively. Through the overall experimental process, this method can well analyze the battery data from the source, visually analyze various factors and predict SOC.