The present application relates to the technical field of
computer vision and unmanned aerial
vehicle inspection, in particular to a target area photometry and
exposure mapping method and
system in
transmission tower inspection. The method comprises determining the target area of key components of the
tower and its outer expansion ring background area, calculating the target brightness statistics and highlight
risk index in the target area, and calculating the
exposure compensation in combination with the background brightness statistics; under the constraints of the upper limit of
shutter time and the upper limit of sensitivity, the
exposure compensation is quickly mapped to the target
shutter time, target sensitivity and target
exposure compensation value; the mapping parameters are subjected to step limitation,
exponential smoothing and
hysteresis processing to obtain the exposure parameters; when the exposure is stable and the
image quality meets the conditions, a photograph trigger
signal is output, forming a continuous closed-
loop control. The present application solves the problems of uncontrollable exposure,
slow convergence and easy oscillation of the traditional method in strong reflection and
high dynamic range scenes, and improves the inspection
image quality and defect recognition reliability.