Tele-Reading Device of an Analogical Meters Index for Energy

After presenting the global energetic context and the need to develop a measure device of energy consumption exploiting the ICT environment, we present a remote reading device of analogical meter index using image processing techniques. The tele-reading device of meter index is composed of an acquisition system, digitization and images pre-processing. The extraction and recognition of figures caught a particular attention and was realized by exploiting various techniques including the recognition that we have developed and which is based on the characterization notion by the associated cavities. Development and exploitation prospects of the device are presented within a framework of an industrial partnership. Copyright (C) 2010 Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l. - All rights reserved.