Method, apparatus, and system for initializing a meter reading device
US9927257B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY04S20/30
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of initializing a meter reading device that communicates a current meter value of a meter to a central metering facility includes capturing, by a camera, an optical image of the meter that displays meter information and determining an initial meter value from the meter information in the optical image of the meter. The method further includes initializing the meter reading device using the initial meter value.
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