The invention discloses a method for identifying the mode of a switch of a substation based on
infrared detection. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, inputting an image to be identified, acquiring a switch area of the image by
image registration, and sequentially graying, binarizing and
thinning the switch area; 2, linearly detecting the image of the thinned switch area by using a Hough
transformation algorithm; and 3, determining a detection result, and identifying the state of the switch by using a switch state determination condition. An
H matrix between two images is obtainedby matching of the features of
scale invariant feature transform (SIFT), the switch area in the image is found, and then the state of the switch is identified. Experiments show that: by the method, the problem of identification of a power switch can be effectively solved; an important significance is provided for automatic monitoring of the
power equipment of an intelligent substation; the burdens on an inspector of the substation can be reduced; and detection efficiency is greatly improved.