Automatic meter reading

Details Automatic meter reading Automatic meter reading

2004-08-25

2008-03-25

Ahmed, Samir (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Image sensing

Optical

C382S198000, C382S209000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07349588

ABSTRACT:
A meter is read. An image on a face of the meter is captured. Optical character recognition of digits of a digital display on the face of the meter is performed. At least one stored template is used to perform the optical character recognition of digits.

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patent: 5559894 (1996-09-01), Lubliner et al.
patent: 5729008 (1998-03-01), Blalock et al.
patent: 6233368 (2001-05-01), Badyal et al.
patent: 6704449 (2004-03-01), Ratner
Good research gone right: ABB develops a meter reader that mimics the human eye, available from: http://www.abb.com. 2004.

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