GB2549446B - Utility meter register optical reading device - Google Patents

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GB2549446B
GB2549446B GB1521644.3A GB201521644A GB2549446B GB 2549446 B GB2549446 B GB 2549446B GB 201521644 A GB201521644 A GB 201521644A GB 2549446 B GB2549446 B GB 2549446B
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reading device
optical reading
utility meter
meter register
register optical
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William Mort Hugh
Jackson Garry
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Deer Technology Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D4/00—Tariff metering apparatus
    • G01D4/008—Modifications to installed utility meters to enable remote reading
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D5/00—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable
    • G01D5/26—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable characterised by optical transfer means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light
    • G01D5/39—Scanning a visible indication of the measured value and reproducing this indication at the remote place, e.g. on the screen of a cathode ray tube
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/18—Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
    • H04N7/181—Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T11/00—2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
    • G06T11/60—Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B90/00—Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02B90/20—Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S20/00—Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof
    • Y04S20/30—Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

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GB1521644.3A 2015-12-08 2015-12-08 Utility meter register optical reading device Ceased GB2549446B (en)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3701226B1 (en) * 2017-10-24 2024-06-05 Deer Technology Ltd Utility meter register optical reading device

Citations (6)

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EP0279759A1 (en) * 1987-02-18 1988-08-24 Pierre Izard Methods and devices to read decimal figures on numerical indicators, especially on meters
GB2278471A (en) * 1993-05-24 1994-11-30 Landis & Gyr Energy Management Reading meters
US20020163582A1 (en) * 2001-05-04 2002-11-07 Gruber Michael A. Self-calibrating, digital, large format camera with single or mulitiple detector arrays and single or multiple optical systems
DE202005004510U1 (en) * 2005-03-17 2005-09-08 Stumpp, Richard System for automatic meter reading has an attached scanning camera to translate the alphanumeric reading into a pseudo bar code and transmit same to a remote receiver
EP1596164A1 (en) * 2004-05-10 2005-11-16 CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA Automatic meter-reading device
US20110121989A1 (en) * 2009-11-24 2011-05-26 Symbol Technologies, Inc. Remote sensing system

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0279759A1 (en) * 1987-02-18 1988-08-24 Pierre Izard Methods and devices to read decimal figures on numerical indicators, especially on meters
GB2278471A (en) * 1993-05-24 1994-11-30 Landis & Gyr Energy Management Reading meters
US20020163582A1 (en) * 2001-05-04 2002-11-07 Gruber Michael A. Self-calibrating, digital, large format camera with single or mulitiple detector arrays and single or multiple optical systems
EP1596164A1 (en) * 2004-05-10 2005-11-16 CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA Automatic meter-reading device
DE202005004510U1 (en) * 2005-03-17 2005-09-08 Stumpp, Richard System for automatic meter reading has an attached scanning camera to translate the alphanumeric reading into a pseudo bar code and transmit same to a remote receiver
US20110121989A1 (en) * 2009-11-24 2011-05-26 Symbol Technologies, Inc. Remote sensing system

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