Enhanced Feature Extraction with AL-YOLOv9s Lightweight Model: Application in Key Component Recognition Within Highly Integrated Device Environments

In environments containing highly integrated devices, accurately monitoring the status of circuit breaker lockouts is essential for maintaining the stability of power systems. Traditional detection methods are often inadequate due to complex equipment configurations and severe operational challenges. This paper presents an enhanced detection model, the AL-YOLOv9s, which improves the efficiency and accuracy of detecting circuit breaker lockouts. The AL-YOLOv9s model is based on the advanced YOLOv9s algorithm and incorporates an enhanced efficient multi-scale attention module to boost feature extraction capabilities. It also integrates channel and spatial attention mechanisms to optimize the feature fusion process, thereby improving detection performance. Additionally, the model has been optimized to a size of 4.7M, making it suitable for lightweight field applications without compromising accuracy. Experimental results demonstrate that the AL-YOLOv9s model achieves high standards in accuracy and portability, thus offering an effective and practical solution for lockout detection.