Inferring electric grid asset characteristics using photogrammetry

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for identifying characteristics of electric grid assets are disclosed. A method includes obtaining a plurality of images, each image depicting at least one utility pole of an electric grid; detecting, in each of the plurality of images, keypoints of the at least one utility pole depicted in the image; determining, using the keypoints from at least two images of a particular utility pole, at least one measurement of the particular utility pole; determining, using the measurement of the particular utility pole, an electrical characteristic of an asset supported by the particular utility pole; and providing the electrical characteristic as an output. The two or more images include images of the particular utility pole captured from multiple different camera perspectives. The asset can include a capacitor, a transformer, a switch, a power line.