CN219284381U

CN219284381U - Remote transmission counter assembly for gas meter and camera gas meter

Info

Publication number: CN219284381U
Application number: CN202222756675.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 祝向辉
Original assignee: Hangzhou Quanren Electronic Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Quanren Electronic Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-19
Filing date: 2022-10-19
Publication date: 2023-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 2032-10-19

Abstract

The utility model discloses a remote counter component for a gas meter, which comprises a mechanical counter, wherein a character wheel set for displaying the gas consumption is arranged in the mechanical counter, a user window for displaying the reading of the character wheel set is formed on the mechanical counter, a shooting window which is convenient for a camera to shoot the character wheel set is also formed on the mechanical counter, and the shooting window and the user window are positioned at different circumferential positions of the character wheel set. The utility model also discloses a camera gas meter, which can enable a user and a background to simultaneously acquire images of gas meter readings, is visual and efficient, and provides two counting modes so as to mutually check, thereby reducing disputes between the user and a gas company.

Description

Remote transmission counter assembly for gas meter and camera gas meter

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of gas meters, and particularly relates to a remote transmission counter assembly for a camera gas meter and the camera gas meter.

Background

Along with the continuous popularization of gas entering home, the main gas use mode that the gas gradually becomes resident through the pipeline is used, in order to remove the trouble work of regularly going to the door and checking meter, carries out long-range accurate collection to gas use data in order to avoid disputes with the user and has become the main research field of gas company.

The utility model patent of China with publication number CN2286900Y discloses an intelligent IC card prepayment type gas meter, which consists of a diaphragm type gas meter M, a magneto-electric sampling circuit IC1, a gas meter charging device C, a gas breaking mechanism R and a power supply (a generator and an electric storage device P), wherein the magneto-electric sampling circuit IC1 is arranged in the diaphragm type gas meter M, and the number of revolutions of a gas meter counting disc is metered by utilizing a magnet and a reed switch in a non-contact manner.

However, the method of converting the mechanical rotation of the gas meter counting disk into a pulse signal for remote metering has a high failure rate, and it is difficult to identify whether or not the failure occurs remotely.

In order to solve the above problems, for example, chinese patent publication No. CN216774937U discloses an intelligent meter reading terminal, which includes a meter reading terminal, two opposite sides of the meter reading terminal are respectively connected with a fastening mechanism through detachable connectors, and the fastening mechanism is fixed on a gas pipe, so that the meter reading terminal can be fixed above the gas meter; the meter reading terminal is internally provided with a camera for shooting gas meter readings and a controller for controlling the camera to shoot, and the controller can upload photos shot by the camera to the cloud background.

The meter reading terminal has the following defects: the meter reading terminal is arranged opposite to the gas meter, and the reading of the gas meter is directly influenced by a user.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a remote counter component for a gas meter and a camera gas meter, wherein the camera gas meter can enable a user and a background to simultaneously acquire images of gas meter readings, is visual and efficient, and provides two counting modes so as to mutually check, so that disputes between the user and a gas company are reduced.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows:

the remote counter component for the gas meter comprises a mechanical counter, wherein a character wheel set used for displaying the gas consumption is arranged in the mechanical counter, a user window used for displaying the reading of the character wheel set is formed on the mechanical counter, a shooting window used for conveniently shooting the character wheel set by a camera is further formed on the mechanical counter, and the shooting window and the user window are positioned at different circumferential positions of the character wheel set.

The character wheel set accurately measures the gas consumption and directly obtains the reading of the character wheel set through a user window; meanwhile, by arranging the shooting window, the meter reading terminal can directly shoot the reading of the character wheel set through the camera, so that the remote background gas reading can be completed without additionally arranging other metering modes, the metering mode of the meter reading terminal is consistent with the reading of a user, and the possibility of reading errors can be effectively reduced. In addition, in order to prevent that the camera from shooting the reading of the word wheelset from influencing the reading of the gas meter by the user, the user is prevented from interfering with the shooting of the camera, and the shooting window and the user window are positioned at different circumferential positions of the word wheelset.

In the remote counter component for the gas meter, an included angle of 90 degrees is formed between the shooting window and the user window, so that the camera is arranged in the remote counter module, namely, the reading of the character wheel set in the user window is the reading of actual metering, and the user directly reads the gas consumption through the user window on the mechanical counter; the fixed difference is formed between the reading in the shooting window and the reading of actual metering, and the remote background can convert the consumption of the fuel gas through image recognition; the transmitted image can also facilitate the maintenance personnel to find the instrument fault.

In order to be more convenient for a user and a background to acquire the metering number, the character wheel group comprises a plurality of coaxially arranged character wheels, and characters are uniformly distributed on the circumferential surfaces of the character wheels.

Further, the projection width of the shooting window on the radial direction of the character wheel set is larger than the circumferential width occupied by one character on the character wheel. The utility model is larger than the circumferential width occupied by one character in order to realize faster image recognition and higher accuracy, so that the remote terminal can obtain more accurate numbers.

In the remote counter assembly for the gas meter, the mechanical counter comprises a counter support and a dial detachably connected with the counter support, a groove for accommodating a character wheel set is formed in the counter support, a shooting window is formed on the side wall of the groove, and a user window is formed on the dial.

According to the utility model, the shooting window is formed on the side wall of the groove, and the user window is formed on the dial, so that the mutual interference between the user reading and the reading acquired by the background terminal is avoided, the occupied space of the counter assembly can be effectively reduced, and particularly, the shooting window arranged on the side wall of the groove can leave enough space on the side to be provided with the camera assembly.

Further, the counter support both sides be provided with respectively with calibrated scale detachably's support, this support is both the character wheel group support, also is the calibrated scale support simultaneously, the support set up in the one end of keeping away from the shooting window, the user window set up in the calibrated scale be close to the one end of shooting the window.

In the remote counter assembly for the gas meter, the remote counter assembly further comprises a camera and a communication main control module, wherein the camera is just opposite to the shooting window, and the communication main control module is connected with the camera and is arranged below the camera.

The camera is arranged opposite to the character wheel set, and sufficient space is arranged between the camera and the character wheel set so that the camera forms a finished light path.

Further, the remote counter component for the gas meter further comprises a shell, the mechanical counter is arranged in the shell and is connected with the inner wall of the upper end of the shell, and a camera frame for fixing a camera is further arranged in the shell.

In order to further ensure the accuracy of the fuel gas consumption value of the background terminal, a magnetic control metering unit is further arranged in the groove. The background terminal obtains two groups of data through the shooting window and the magnetic control metering unit respectively, and the two groups of data can be mutually verified to reduce disputes between a user and a gas company.

In the remote counter assembly for the gas meter, the magnetic control metering unit comprises magnetic steel arranged on the first character wheel and a magnetic inductor which is arranged on the periphery of the first character wheel and used for identifying the magnetic steel.

When the first character wheel rotates once, the magnetic steel approaches and triggers a magnetic inductor for identifying the magnetic steel once, and after the data of the magnetic inductor is recorded, the data is transmitted to the background to calculate the consumption of the fuel gas; therefore, the remote counter component for the gas meter can acquire two groups of metering data on the basis of one character wheel group, and the diversity of metering modes is improved while the occupied space of the counter component is not increased.

In the remote counter assembly for the gas meter, a caulking groove is formed on at least one side surface of the first character wheel, and the magnetic steel is embedded in the caulking groove;

the magnetic inductor is a reed switch or a Hall element.

By embedding the magnetic steel in the embedding groove, the magnetic steel approaches and triggers the reed switch or the Hall element once every time the first character wheel rotates one round. One or two caulking grooves can be arranged in the first character wheel according to actual needs.

The utility model provides a gas table of making a video recording, includes the base table and sets up in the gas table of base table top and use the teletransmission counter subassembly, and mechanical counter in the teletransmission counter subassembly for the gas table obtains the gas volume through the base table through gear drive, and turns into readable data on the word wheelset, the gas table use the teletransmission counter subassembly be for the gas table in the teletransmission counter subassembly for the gas table as above-mentioned gas table, communication master control module link to each other with camera and magnetic control metering unit circuit respectively.

In the utility model, a user directly reads the fuel gas consumption through a user window on the mechanical counter; the background terminal has two data acquisition ways, namely, an image shot through a shooting window is transmitted to the background, the consumption of fuel gas is converted after image recognition, and the background remote metering mode is not easy to fail because of depending on a mechanical counting mode; the other data acquisition mode is a magnetic control metering mode, and data recorded by the reed switch are transmitted to the background through the communication main control module to convert the consumption of fuel gas. The two data can be mutually checked, so that disputes caused by the consumption of the fuel gas between a user and a fuel gas company can be effectively reduced.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

(1) In the utility model, the character wheel set accurately measures the fuel gas consumption, and directly obtains the reading of the character wheel set through a user window; meanwhile, by arranging the shooting window, the meter reading terminal can directly shoot the reading of the character wheel set through the camera, so that the remote background gas reading can be completed without additionally arranging other metering modes, the metering mode of the meter reading terminal is consistent with the reading of a user, and the possibility of reading errors can be effectively reduced.

(2) In the utility model, in order to prevent the camera from shooting the readings of the character wheel set and affecting the reading of the gas meter by a user, the shooting window and the user window are positioned at different circumferential positions of the character wheel set, namely the readings of the character wheel set in the user window are the actual metering readings, and the user directly reads the gas consumption through the window on the mechanical counter; the fixed difference is formed between the reading in the shooting window and the reading of actual metering, and the remote background can convert the consumption of the fuel gas through image recognition; the transmitted image can also facilitate the maintenance personnel to find the instrument fault.

(3) In the utility model, a plurality of coaxial character wheels uniformly provided with the characters are more convenient for a user and the background to acquire metering numbers, and the circumferential width of the image area acquired by the shooting window is larger than that of one character so as to ensure the accuracy of the background value; the remote terminal can obtain more accurate numbers.

(4) In the utility model, the shooting window is formed on the side wall of the groove, and the user window is formed on the dial, so that the background terminal of the user reading can not interfere with each other when obtaining the reading, and the space occupied by the counter component can be effectively reduced.

(5) According to the remote counter assembly for the gas meter, two sets of metering data can be obtained on the basis of one character wheel set, the occupied space of the counter assembly is not increased, and meanwhile, the diversity of metering modes is improved.

(6) In the utility model, a user directly reads the fuel gas consumption through a user window on the mechanical counter; meanwhile, in order to further guarantee the accuracy of the gas consumption value of the background terminal, the background terminal respectively obtains two groups of data through the shooting window and the magnetic control metering unit, and the two data can be mutually checked to reduce disputes between a user and a gas company.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a mechanical counter according to the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the mechanical counter and the magnetic control metering unit in the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the disassembly of a remote counter assembly for a gas meter according to the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the camera gas meter of the utility model;

fig. 5 is an external view of the camera gas meter of the present utility model.

Detailed Description

The technical scheme of the utility model is further described in detail below with reference to the attached drawings and the detailed description.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the present embodiment provides a camera gas meter including a base meter on which a remote counter assembly 100 for a gas meter is provided.

The remote counter assembly 100 for the gas meter comprises a shell 6, wherein a mechanical counter 1, a character wheel set 2, a camera 4 and a communication main control module 5 are arranged in the shell 6, and an upper cover 61 which is detachably connected is arranged on the shell 6.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the word wheelset 2 is used for displaying fuel gas consumption and is arranged in the mechanical counter 1, a user window 11 for displaying readings of the word wheelset 2 is formed on the mechanical counter 1, a shooting window 12 for facilitating the camera 4 to shoot the word wheelset 2 is further formed on the mechanical counter 1, the shooting window 12 and the user window 11 are positioned at different circumferential positions of the word wheelset 2, and an included angle of 90 degrees is formed between the shooting window 12 and the user window 11. The camera 4 arranged opposite to the shooting window 12 is arranged outside the shooting window 12, and the camera 4 is fixed on the shell 6 through a camera frame 62. The camera 4 shoots the reading of the character wheel set 2 through the camera window and is connected with the communication main control module 5 through a circuit, and the communication main control module 5 has a remote transmission function and transmits the image data acquired by the camera 4 to a terminal background.

The user directly obtains the reading of the character wheel set 2 through the user window 11; the fixed difference is formed between the reading in the shooting window 12 and the actual metering reading, the data recorded by the camera 4 are transmitted to the background through the communication main control module 5, and the consumption of the fuel gas is converted after image recognition.

Therefore, on the premise that the reading of the gas meter is not affected by a user, the gas reading of the remote background can be completed without additionally arranging other metering modes, the metering mode of the meter reading terminal is consistent with the reading of the user, the possibility of reading errors can be effectively reduced, and as the background terminal acquires the data of the gas consumption through images, the maintenance personnel can find the instrument faults conveniently.

The mechanical counter 1 comprises a counter support 13 and a dial 14 detachably connected with the counter support 13, wherein a groove 15 for accommodating the character wheel set 2 is formed in the counter support 13, a shooting window 12 is formed on the side wall of the groove 15, and a user window 11 is formed on the dial 14. The counter bracket 13 is provided with a bracket 16 detachably connected with the dial 14 on both sides thereof, and the bracket 16 is provided at one end far from the photographing window 12.

In this embodiment, the photographing window 12 is formed on the side wall of the groove 15, and the user window 11 is formed on the dial 14, so that the space occupied by the remote counter assembly 100 for the gas meter can be effectively reduced while the mutual interference between the user reading and the reading acquired by the background terminal is ensured, and particularly, the photographing window 12 arranged on the side wall of the groove 15 is convenient for leaving enough space for the camera 4 assembly at the side.

As shown in fig. 2, the character wheel set 2 includes a plurality of coaxially arranged character wheels 21, and characters 22 are uniformly arranged on the circumferential surface of the character wheels 21; the projection width of the user window 11 in the radial direction of the character wheel set 2 is equal to the circumferential width occupied by one character 22 on the character wheel 21, and the projection width of the shooting window 12 in the radial direction of the character wheel set 2 is larger than the circumferential width occupied by one character 22 on the character wheel 21.

The projection width of the user window 11 and the circumferential width occupied by one character 22 are quite convenient for the user to intuitively and uninfluently acquire the reading of the character wheel set 2, the projection width of the shooting window 12 on the radial direction of the character wheel set 2 is larger than the circumferential width occupied by one character 22 on the character wheel 21, and the remote terminal can acquire more accurate numbers.

In order to further ensure the accuracy of the gas consumption value of the background terminal, the terminal background should have at least 2 groups of data which can be mutually checked. Therefore, the remote counter assembly 100 for a gas meter of the present embodiment is further provided with a magnetic control metering unit 3.

The magnetically controlled metering unit 3 comprises a magnet steel 31 and a magnetic inductor 32. The magnetic steel 31 is fitted into the caulking groove 33 formed on the side surface of the head wheel 23 through the caulking groove 33.

By embedding the magnetic steel 31 in the embedding groove 33, the magnetic steel 31 approaches and triggers the magnetic sensor 32 once every one revolution of the primary wheel 23. The present embodiment uses reed switches as the magnetic sensor 32. The reed switch is connected with the communication main control module 5 by electric wires, and data recorded by the reed switch are transmitted to the background through the communication main control module 5, so that the consumption of fuel gas is converted. Thus, the remote counter assembly 100 for a gas meter can acquire two sets of metering data on the basis of one character wheel set 2, and can improve the diversity of metering modes without increasing the space occupied by the counter assembly.

The working principle of the camera gas meter of the embodiment is as follows: the user directly reads the fuel gas consumption through a user window 11 on the mechanical counter 1; the background terminal has two data acquisition ways, namely, a shot window 12 forming an included angle of 90 degrees with a user window 11 is transmitted to the background through shot images, the consumption of gas is converted after image recognition, the background remote metering mode is not easy to fail because of relying on a mechanical counting mode, the transmitted images can also facilitate maintenance personnel to find whether an instrument fails, and the shot window 12 does not influence a user to read gas meter readings because of forming an included angle of 90 degrees with the user window 11, and enough space is reserved for setting a camera 4 assembly; the other data acquisition mode is a magnetic control metering mode, through the embedded magnetic steel 31 in the first character wheel 23 of the character wheel group 2, the magnetic steel 31 approaches and triggers the reed switch once every time the first character wheel 23 rotates, the reed switch is connected with the communication main control module 5 through a wire, and data recorded by the reed switch are transmitted to the background through the communication main control module 5, so that the fuel gas consumption is converted. The two data can be mutually checked, so that disputes caused by the consumption of the fuel gas between a user and a fuel gas company can be effectively reduced.

The specific embodiments described herein are offered by way of example only to illustrate the spirit of the utility model. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications or additions to the described embodiments or substitutions thereof without departing from the spirit of the utility model or exceeding the scope of the utility model as defined in the accompanying claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a remote counter subassembly for gas table, includes mechanical counter (1), mechanical counter (1) in be equipped with word wheel group (2) that are used for showing the gas quantity, mechanical counter (1) on be formed with user's window (11) that are used for showing word wheel group (2) reading, a serial communication port, mechanical counter (1) on still be formed with shooting window (12) that are convenient for camera shoot word wheel group (2), this shooting window (12) and user's window (11) are in on the different circumference positions of word wheel group (2).

2. A remote counter assembly for a gas meter according to claim 1, wherein said photographing window (12) is arranged at an angle of 90 ° to said user window (11).

3. The remote counter assembly for a gas meter according to claim 1, wherein the character wheel set (2) comprises a plurality of coaxially arranged character wheels (21), and characters (22) are uniformly arranged on the circumferential surface of the character wheels (21).

4. A remote counter assembly for a gas meter according to claim 3, wherein the projection width of the photographing window (12) in the radial direction of the character wheel set (2) is larger than the circumferential width occupied by one character (22) on the character wheel (21).

5. The remote counter assembly for a gas meter according to claim 4, wherein the mechanical counter (1) comprises a counter bracket (13) and a dial (14) detachably connected with the counter bracket (13), a groove (15) for accommodating the character wheel set (2) is formed in the counter bracket (13), the shooting window (12) is formed on the side wall of the groove (15), and the user window (11) is formed on the dial (14).

6. The remote counter assembly for the gas meter according to claim 5, further comprising a camera (4) and a communication main control module (5), wherein the camera (4) is opposite to the shooting window (12), and the communication main control module (5) is connected with the camera (4) in a circuit manner and is arranged below the camera (4).

7. The remote counter assembly for the gas meter according to claim 6, wherein the groove (15) is further internally provided with a magnetic control metering unit (3).

8. The remote counter assembly for a gas meter according to claim 7, wherein the magnetic control metering unit (3) comprises magnetic steel (31) arranged on the primary wheel (23) and a magnetic inductor (32) which is arranged on the periphery of the primary wheel (23) and is used for identifying the magnetic steel (31).

9. The remote counter assembly for a gas meter according to claim 8, wherein a caulking groove (33) is formed on at least one side surface of the primary wheel (23), and the magnetic steel (31) is inserted into the caulking groove (33);

the magnetic inductor (32) is a reed switch or a Hall element.

10. The camera gas meter comprises a base meter (200) and a remote counter assembly (100) arranged above the base meter (200), wherein a mechanical counter (1) in the remote counter assembly (100) for the gas meter acquires the volume of gas passing through the base meter through gear transmission and converts the volume of gas into readable data on a character wheel set (2), and the camera gas meter is characterized in that the counter assembly is the counter assembly in the remote counter assembly (100) for the gas meter according to any one of claims 7-9, and a communication main control module (5) is respectively connected with a camera (4) and a magnetic control metering unit (3) through circuits.