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The invention discloses an image recognition meter reading system and method. The method comprises the step of marking meters according to a bar code or a two-dimensional code, wherein the bar code or the two-dimensional code stores the basic information of the meters; the step of acquiring images of the bar code or the two-dimensional code through an image collecting device and acquiring the serial numbers and type parameters of the corresponding meters by recognizing the images; the step of acquiring the displayed numbers of the meters through the image collecting device in the form of images and sending the number images to a center server, wherein the center server comprises an image recognizing system for recognizing the information of the number images, the image recognizing system stores the information of the recognized read images as the meter numbers which can be recognized through a computer, the meter numbers correspond to the serial numbers and the type parameters of the meters, and the basic information and the numbers of the meters are output.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a meter reading method, a meter reading device and a meter reading system. The meter reading method comprises the following steps: continuously sending first meter reading commands and second meter reading commands to central coordination device CCO by a concentrator during first meter reading period, wherein the first meter reading commands are used for indicating the CCO to acquire first measurement data of a measuring meter, and the second meter reading commands are used for indicating the CCO to acquire second measurement data of a second measuring meter; and receiving first reporting messages and second reporting messages sent by the CCO, wherein the first reporting messages comprise first metering data and markers of the first measuring meter, and the second reporting messages comprise second metering data and markers of the second metering meter, so that the meter reading efficiency is improved.

The present invention provides a remote acquisition meter reading data analysis system. The remote acquisition meter reading data analysis system comprises a monitoring server and data acquisition terminals connected with the monitoring server through GPRS or optical fiber communication; the data acquisition terminals are arranged in each monitoring area and are used for carrying out data acquisition on electric energy meters in each monitoring area; and the data acquisition terminal includes a data acquisition and storage module, an electric energy meter data acquisition module, a pulse quantity acquisition module, an alternating-current analog quantity acquisition module, a historical data processing module, a meter reading daily data processing module and a historical monthly data processing module. The system is used for analyzing remote meter reading data. With the system adopted, a condition that meter reading work is completed manually in the prior art can be avoided, and meter reading efficiency can be improved; abnormal data can be accurately analyzed, so that the quality of meter reading data can be improved; software for analyzing the remote meter reading data is researched and developed; abnormal data obtained by meter reading each time are analyzed based on previous user's electricity quantity and electricity price data, and the accuracy of the analysis on the abnormal data can be improved.

An embodiment of the invention provides a processing method and device of a protocol for concentrated reading of multiple meters and belongs to the technical field of communication. The processing method is applied to a system for concentrated reading of multiple meters and comprises steps as follows: a communication interface converter receives a first command frame sent by a concentrator; the communication interface converter acquires a protocol type of the first command frame; the communication interface converter acquires meter reading data of to-be-read meters according to the first command frame and packages the meter reading data according to the protocol type to form a first response data frame; the communication interface converter sends the first response data frame to the concentrator, and the problem that an existing concentrator is complicated due to need for compatibility processing on different protocols is effectively solved.

The invention provides a remote meter reading method based on an image recognition technology and an NB-IoT technology. The method comprises the following steps of: a camera collects a water meter dial image data according to a preset period; writing the collected dial image data into a data storage; carrying out the image preprocessing, the inclination correction, the character wheel area precisepositioning, and the character wheel area character segmentation on the dial image data in sequence; identifying segmented character wheel area character segmentation by adopting a BP neural networkbased digital recognition algorithm to obtain a dial reading; and using the NB-IoT technology to send the dial reading to a transparent cloud server. The invention provides a remote meter reading system based on an image recognition technology and an NB-IoT technology. The system comprises an image acquisition module, a data storage module, a data processing module, an image identification module,and a wireless transmission module. According to the remote meter reading method and system based on image recognition technology and NB-IoT technology, the NB-IoT technology with the image recognition technology is combined to realize the remote meter reading by adding a water surface digital image recognition device to the original water meter, so that the efficiency and reliability of meter reading are improved.

The invention relates to a Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)-based wireless meter reading device, comprising an embedded processor, a storage unit, a clock module, a downlink communication module, an uplink communication module and a power supply module; the clock module provides clock frequencies for the running of the embedded processor and is used for stamping a time stamp to the electric meter data; the downlink communication module is of a Modbus-RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) field bus communication manner, is connected with a plurality of intelligent electric meters to finish data interaction with the electric meter, and acquires the data of the plurality of the electric meters to the storage unit; the uplink communication module is of a Wi-Fi wireless communication manner, can automatically search and can be connected to a special Wi-Fi wireless network, and transmits the data of the electric meters, stored in a memory, to a management centre through the network. The meter reading device provided by the invention realizes simultaneous acquisition of the data of the plurality of downlink electric meters and has high speed and reliability for data transmission; and the meter reading time is greatly shortened and the efficiency and the instantaneity of the meter reading are promoted. Moreover, the meter reading device has the characteristics of simplicity for installation, convenience for networking, and low workload for maintenance.

The invention discloses a high-intelligent photographing and meter reading system and a method. According to the system, meter reading is carried out according to the time, the line and the geographical position planned in advance, the time and the position can be acquired through one-time photographing, the meter number and the reading are analyzed automatically, authenticity of the meter and authenticity of the position can be verified in the case of meter reading, a user is automatically informed to pay the fee and job evaluation is carried out on a meter reading person after meter reading, and according to the meter reading method, quick meter reading can be realized, the degree of information is improved, the error rate of manual meter reading can be reduced, the work intensity is reduced, and the work efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses a dynamic time-sharing meter copying-reading method. When an integrated subsystem server or a concentrator is used for meter copying-reading, the dynamic time-sharing meter copying-reading method is used for solving problems that meters are too many, communication is unstable, and available meter copying reading time is short; dynamic statistic meter time-period communication success rate is promoted, and meter copying and reading are carried out based on meter time-period communication success rate. The dynamic time-sharing meter copying-reading method is capable of solving a problem that available meter copying reading time is short, and increasing integral meter copying reading success rate.

The invention belongs to the technical field of power, water, gas and thermal integrated energy metering, and discloses an internet of things technology-based multi-meter metering data acquisition method and system. A data collection transceiving terminal is data collection equipment between a metering meter and a system master station and is used for performing data acquisition of the metering meter in a downward way, completing energy data standard conversion in an intermediate way and achieving data transceiving to different energy platforms in an upward way. On one hand, data acquisition operation is completed, and processing and storage are performed; and on the other hand, various types of time control commands are issued. Integrated and remote reading system of public utility energymetering data such as water, power and gas can be achieved by a low-voltage power user concentrated meter reading system platform, a convenient and beneficial excellent service system can be built, household meter reading is not needed, the resident disturbance is reduced, bills are uniformly sent, three bills are paid in one time, the convenience is improved, the energy consumption analysis function is deeply developed, the energy loss of the user is reduced, and the energy is saved.

The invention discloses a broadband carrier parallel meter reading method and a broadband carrier parallel meter reading system. The broadband carrier parallel meter reading method includes acquiring measurement data on a plurality of remote devices by the aid of concentrators on the basis of power line carrier modes; starting meter reading processes in the concentrators. The remote devices are gauges. The meter reading processes include steps of 1, transmitting N meter reading instructions from the concentrators to all the N gauges in periods T<1> in a unified manner, receiving replies from the gauges in periods T<2> in a unified manner and noting ordinal numbers i as 2; 2, switching to a step 3 if replies from a certain gauge or the multiple gauges are not received by the corresponding concentrator in periods T, or terminating the current meter reading processes if the replies from all the gauges are received by the concentrators; 3, transmitting the meter reading instructions to the gauges without replies again in periods T<i+1>, receiving replies from the gauges in periods T<i+2>, setting the i as i+2, and returning to the step 2. The broadband carrier parallel meter reading method and the broadband carrier parallel meter reading system have the advantage that the meter reading efficiency can be obviously improved by the aid of the broadband carrier parallel meter reading method.