Measure Dry Beach Length of Tailings Pond Using Deep Learning Algorithm

Abstract

The length of dry beach determines the safety and stability of tailings dam. In order to measure the dry beach length more accurately, we put forward a method of measuring the dry beach length of tailings dam based on deep learning. This method is carried out in three steps:(1) installing monitoring cameras on both sides of tailings dam. (2) training the network model based on Mask R-CNN algorithm, identify waterline and outputs waterline coordinates. (3) measuring the length of dry beach by video screen in real time through inputting the waterline coordinates into the functional relationship between waterline coordinates and measured values. The results show that this model can accurately measure the length of dry beach, and is suitable for the conditions of insufficient illumination, blurred image, rain and snow.