CN216717506U - Intelligent metering water meter - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the utility model provides an intelligent metering water meter, which comprises: the water meter comprises a water meter main body, a camera module and a communication module, wherein the water meter main body is provided with a dial plate with a number or a pointer, the camera module is used for capturing image information of the dial plate, and the communication module is electrically connected with the camera module and is used for sending the image information captured by the camera module to remote terminal equipment. The intelligent metering water meter of the utility model utilizes the camera module and the NB-IOT communication unit to jointly acquire water meter dial information and transmits the water meter dial information to the remote terminal through the low-cost Internet of things technology. The meter reading mode does not need manual door entry, is high in efficiency and low in cost, and is suitable for large-area popularization.

Description

Intelligent metering water meter

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of water meters, in particular to an intelligent metering water meter.

Background

The existing metering meters such as a metering water meter, an electric meter and the like generally need to arrange a specially-assigned person to go to the door regularly for reading. Especially for the urban environment with concentrated users, if manual meter reading is continuously adopted, the cost is higher, the efficiency is lower, and data errors are easy to generate. At present, the metering device with the remote meter reading function cannot be widely and commercially popularized due to low utilization rate and high networking cost.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide an intelligent water meter so as to solve the technical problems of high cost and low efficiency of the existing intelligent water meter.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

the embodiment of the utility model provides an intelligent metering water meter, which comprises: the water meter comprises a water meter main body, a camera module and a communication module, wherein the water meter main body is provided with a digital or pointer dial, the camera module is used for capturing image information of the dial, and the communication module is electrically connected with the camera module and used for sending the image information captured by the camera module to remote terminal equipment.

The communication module is an NB-IOT communication unit.

The solar photovoltaic power generation system further comprises a power module, wherein the power module comprises a storage battery or a photovoltaic solar cell.

Wherein, the water gauge main part includes: the sealed indicating device comprises a shell with a cavity, an impeller and a partition board arranged in the cavity, and a sealed indicating assembly arranged above the partition board, wherein the partition board separates the sealed indicating assembly from the impeller to form two independent spaces, a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe communicated with the cavity are further arranged on the shell, the upper end of the cavity is open, and the sealed indicating assembly is arranged at the upper end opening.

The edge of the upper end opening is also connected with a transparent protective cover, the camera module is connected in the transparent protective cover, and the protective cover is in screwed connection with the edge of the upper end opening.

The transparent protective cover is internally provided with a light supplementing lamp, the light supplementing lamp is electrically connected to the power supply module, and a light outlet of the light supplementing lamp faces the dial plate.

And an indicator lamp is further arranged in the transparent protective cover and used for indicating whether the current power supply module, the camera module and the communication module are in a normal working state or not.

The camera module is also electrically connected with a storage module, and the storage module is used for storing dial plate image information captured by the camera module.

The intelligent metering water meter of the utility model utilizes the camera module and the NB-IOT communication unit to jointly acquire water meter dial information and transmits the water meter dial information to the remote terminal through the low-cost Internet of things technology. The meter reading mode does not need manual door entry, is high in efficiency and low in cost, and is suitable for large-area popularization.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention may be implemented according to the content of the description, and in order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the following detailed description will be given of preferred embodiments.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent water meter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationship illustrated in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be connected or detachably connected or integrated; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the utility model. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above should not be understood to necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art.

Referring to fig. 1, the present embodiment provides an intelligent water meter, which includes: the water meter comprises a water meter body 1, a camera module 2 and a communication module 9, wherein the water meter body 1 is provided with a dial plate with a number or a pointer, the camera module 2 is used for capturing image information of the dial plate, the communication module 9 is electrically connected to the camera module 2 and used for sending the image information captured by the camera module 2 to remote terminal equipment, and the remote terminal equipment comprises a mobile phone, a tablet, a data service center platform and the like.

In order to reduce the transmission cost of communication data and the difficulty of installation and assembly, the communication module 9 adopts an NB-IOT communication unit. The narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) becomes an important branch of the world-wide Internet. The NB-IoT is constructed in a cellular network, only consumes about 180kHz bandwidth, and can be directly deployed in a GSM network, a UMTS network or an LTE network so as to reduce the deployment cost, realize smooth upgrade and have low power consumption.

This intelligence measurement water gauge still includes power module, power module includes battery or photovoltaic solar cell. When the storage battery is used as a power module, a charging interface or electric connection to the mains supply is required to be arranged. When the photovoltaic solar cell is adopted, the solar cell can be applied outdoors, and can be automatically charged through the photovoltaic solar cell in a better lighting environment without external power transmission.

Wherein, water gauge main part 1 includes: the device comprises a watchcase 4 with a cavity, an impeller 5 and a partition board arranged in the cavity, and a sealing indication assembly 3 arranged above the partition board, wherein the partition board separates the sealing indication assembly 3 from the impeller 5 to form two independent spaces, the watchcase 4 is further provided with a water inlet pipe 11 and a water outlet pipe 12 which are communicated with the cavity, the upper end of the cavity is open, the sealing indication assembly 3 is arranged at the upper end opening, and the impeller 5 is further provided with an impeller box 7. The seal indication assembly 3 is connected to the impeller 5 and used for detecting the rotation signal of the impeller and converting the rotation signal into a pointer or pulse reading and the like so as to display the flow passing through the intelligent water meter, and a filter screen 6 is further arranged below the impeller 5.

Furthermore, the edge of the upper end opening is also connected with a transparent protective cover 8, the camera module 2 is connected in the transparent protective cover 8, and the transparent protective cover 8 is in threaded connection with the edge of the upper end opening.

A light supplement lamp (not shown in the figure) is further arranged in the transparent protective cover 8, the light supplement lamp is electrically connected to the power supply module, and a light outlet of the light supplement lamp faces the dial plate.

An indicator light (not shown in the figure) is further arranged in the transparent protective cover 8 and used for indicating whether the current power supply module, the camera module 2 and the communication module 9 are in a normal working state or not.

Further, the camera module 2 is electrically connected to a storage module, the storage module is configured to store dial image information captured by the camera module, and the storage module is a memory card.

The intelligent metering water meter of the utility model utilizes the camera module and the NB-IOT communication unit to jointly acquire water meter dial information and transmits the water meter dial information to the remote terminal through the low-cost Internet of things technology. This mode of checking meter need not the manual work and goes to the door, and is efficient, and is with low costs, is applicable to the large tracts of land and promotes.

The technical contents of the present invention are further illustrated by the examples only for the convenience of the reader, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto, and any technical extension or re-creation based on the present invention is protected by the present invention. The protection scope of the utility model is subject to the claims.

Claims (8)

1. An intelligent water meter, comprising: the water meter comprises a water meter main body, a camera module and a communication module, wherein the water meter main body is provided with a dial plate with a number or a pointer, the camera module is used for capturing image information of the dial plate, and the communication module is electrically connected with the camera module and is used for sending the image information captured by the camera module to remote terminal equipment.

2. The intelligent watermeter of claim 1, wherein the communication module is an NB-IOT communication unit.

3. The intelligent watermeter of claim 2, further comprising a power module, the power module comprising a battery or a photovoltaic solar cell.

4. The intelligent watermeter of claim 3 wherein the watermeter body comprises: the sealed indicating device comprises a watchcase with a cavity, an impeller and a partition board arranged in the cavity, and a sealed indicating assembly arranged above the partition board, wherein the sealed indicating assembly and the impeller are separated by the partition board to form independent spaces, a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe communicated with the cavity are further arranged on the watchcase, the upper end of the cavity is open, and the sealed indicating assembly is arranged at the upper end opening.

5. The intelligent water meter of claim 4, wherein a transparent protective cover is further connected to the edge of the upper opening, the camera module is connected to the inside of the transparent protective cover, and the transparent protective cover is screwed to the edge of the upper opening.

6. The intelligent water meter according to claim 5, wherein a fill light is further disposed in the transparent protective cover, the fill light is electrically connected to the power module, and a light outlet of the fill light faces the dial.

7. The intelligent water meter according to claim 6, wherein an indicator light is further arranged in the transparent protective cover, and the indicator light is used for indicating whether the current power module, the camera module and the communication module are in a normal working state.

8. The intelligent water meter according to claim 7, wherein said camera module is further electrically connected to a storage module, said storage module being configured to store dial image information captured by said camera module.

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