Electric energy meter label information acquisition device combining multiple acquisition modes

Abstract

The utility model discloses an electric energy meter label information acquisition device combining multiple acquisition modes. The electric energy meter label information acquisition device comprises a device body and an information acquisition assembly. The information acquisition assembly is divided into an RFID radio frequency identification module and a visual camera; the visual camera is located at the upper part of the interior of the device body, and the visual camera is used for photographing the electric energy meter entering the information acquisition device at a high speed, identifying a bar code on the surface of the electric energy meter and transmitting an acquired picture to the local control system; the RFID radio frequency identification module is used for identifying an RFID electronic tag of the electric energy meter so as to acquire information of the electric energy meter, and uploading the acquired information to the local control system for decoding. According to the information acquisition device, the electric energy meter transfer line is used for transmitting the electric energy meter transfer box, the image acquisition technology of the visual camera and the RFID radio frequency identification technology are combined to acquire and identify the information of the electric energy meter, and compared with a manual handheld code scanning gun, the identification efficiency is greatly improved, and the data acquisition accuracy is high.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of information collection, and in particular to an electric energy meter label information collection device combining multiple collection methods. Background Art

[0002] With the continuous development of electric energy meters, the number of electric energy meters in use is huge, and the management of electric energy meters by power companies has become increasingly difficult, involving the process of inventorying electric energy meters, etc. Especially in the inventory of electric energy meters, most of them currently use barcode scanners to identify the barcode information on the electric energy meters, which has a slow collection speed, low work efficiency, high workload for operators, and is prone to errors, discrepancies between accounts and actuals, etc.

[0003] At present, electricity meters are mainly collected by manual scanning using barcode scanners. The collection method is single, the manual operation technology is backward and the efficiency is low. At the same time, although RFID radio frequency identification technology is currently available on the market, some electricity meters do not have RFID electronic tags and are not compatible with the barcode information collection of multiple electricity meters.

[0004] Therefore, based on the above technical problems, technicians in this field urgently need to develop an electric energy meter tag information collection device that combines multiple collection methods. Utility Model Content

[0005] The utility model aims to provide an electric energy meter tag information collection device combining multiple collection methods, which adopts RFID radio frequency identification technology and image collection and recognition technology to solve the problems of low efficiency and easy error in barcode recognition of electric energy meter identity information of power companies.

[0006] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions:

[0007] The utility model discloses an electric energy meter tag information collection device combining multiple collection methods, the information collection device is integrated on the electric energy meter transmission line, and the information collection device has a channel for the electric energy meter transmission line to pass through;

[0008] The information collection device comprises:

[0009] The device body; and

[0010] An information collection component integrated into the device body;

[0011] The information collection components are divided into:

[0012] RFID radio frequency identification module and visual camera;

[0013] The visual camera is located at the upper part of the device body, and is used to take high-speed photos of the electric energy meter entering the information collection device and identify the barcode on the surface of the electric energy meter, and transmit the collected photos to the local control system;

[0014] The RFID radio frequency identification module is used to identify the RFID electronic tag of the electric energy meter to collect the electric energy meter information, and upload the collected information to the local control system for decoding.

[0015] Furthermore, the device body as a whole is a rectangular box structure;

[0016] The electric energy meter conveyor line is provided with transport rollers at intervals, and the electric energy meter conveyor line transports an electric energy meter turnover box through the transport rollers, and a plurality of electric energy meters are placed in the electric energy meter turnover box, and the barcodes of the electric energy meters face upwards;

[0017] The two ends of the channel of the information collection device are respectively the inlet and outlet of the electric energy meter turnover box, and the electric energy meter conveying line is provided with infrared sensors at the inlet and outlet of the electric energy meter turnover box;

[0018] The infrared sensor detects the position of the corresponding electric energy meter turnover box to control the start and stop of the electric energy meter conveying line through the local control system.

[0019] Furthermore, the device body is movably connected to a shielding door, and safety gratings are arranged on both sides of the device body near the shielding door;

[0020] The shielding door is driven to open or close by a driving structure located inside the device body.

[0021] Furthermore, the driving structure includes:

[0022] An electric cylinder located inside the device body and fixed to the upper part of the device body, wherein the cylinder rod of the electric cylinder extends downward and is connected to the shielding door; and

[0023] Linear slide rails located on both sides of the device body, the shielding door being slidably connected to the linear slide rails;

[0024] The electric cylinder controls the opening and closing of the shielding door by extending and retracting the cylinder rod.

[0025] Furthermore, light sources are symmetrically arranged inside the device body and on both sides of the electricity meter turnover box, and the light sources all shine toward the inside of the electricity meter turnover box to assist the visual camera in shooting.

[0026] Furthermore, the height between the lens of the visual camera and the electric energy meter is 420 mm ± 10 mm;

[0027] The height of the light source from the electric energy meter is 70 mm ± 5 mm, the arrangement angle of the light source is 45° ± 5°, and the distance between the light sources on both sides is 200 mm ± 10 mm.

[0028] In the above technical solution, the utility model provides an electric energy meter tag information collection device combining multiple collection methods, which has the following beneficial effects:

[0029] The information collection device of the utility model utilizes the electric energy meter conveyor line to transmit the electric energy meter turnover box, and combines the image collection technology of the visual camera and the RFID radio frequency identification technology to collect and identify the electric energy meter information. Compared with the manual handheld barcode scanning gun, it greatly improves the recognition efficiency and has high data collection accuracy. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments recorded in the present utility model. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings.

[0031] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the structure of an electric energy meter tag information collection device combining multiple collection methods provided by an embodiment of the utility model;

[0032] Figure 2 A front view of an electric energy meter tag information collection device combining multiple collection methods provided by an embodiment of the utility model;

[0033] Figure 3 A side view of an electric energy meter tag information collection device combining multiple collection methods provided by an embodiment of the utility model.

[0034] Description of reference numerals:

[0035] 1. Information collection device; 2. Electricity meter conveyor line; 3. Electricity meter turnover box; 4. Visual camera; 5. RFID radio frequency identification module; 6. Electric cylinder;

[0036] 101. Shielding door; 102. Safety grating;

[0037] 601. Linear guide rail; 602. Infrared sensor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0039] See also Figures 1 to 3 As shown;

[0040] This embodiment discloses an electric energy meter tag information collection device combining multiple collection methods. The information collection device 1 is integrated on the electric energy meter transmission line 2, and the information collection device 1 has a channel for the electric energy meter transmission line 2 to pass through;

[0041] The information collection device 1 comprises:

[0042] The device body; and

[0043] An information collection component integrated into the device body;

[0044] The information collection components are divided into:

[0045] RFID radio frequency identification module 5 and visual camera 4; the model of the RFID radio frequency identification module of this embodiment is SK-A-12 produced by SCO Information Company; the model of the visual camera is MV-SC5016M-08S-WBN produced by Hikvision Company.

[0046] The visual camera 4 is located at the upper part of the device body, and is used to take high-speed photos of the electric energy meter entering the information collection device 1 and identify the barcode on the surface of the electric energy meter, and transmit the collected photos to the local control system;

[0047] The RFID radio frequency identification module 5 is used to identify the RFID electronic tag of the electric energy meter to collect the electric energy meter information, and upload the collected information to the local control system for decoding.

[0048] Specifically, the present embodiment discloses an electric energy meter tag information collection device that combines the image acquisition technology of a visual camera 4 and the RFID radio frequency identification technology, which mainly includes an information collection device 1 and an electric energy meter conveyor line for transporting an electric energy meter turnover box 3 and an electric energy meter. The electric energy meter conveyor line of the present embodiment passes through the information collection device, sequentially conveys the electric energy meter turnover box 3 to the information collection device 1, and collects information of multiple electric energy meters in the electric energy meter turnover box 3 through the visual camera 4 and the RFID radio frequency identification module 5, and uploads it to the local control system for identification and data processing. The device of the present embodiment uses the image acquisition of the visual camera 4 and the identification technology of the RFID radio frequency technology to collect information of multiple electric energy meters at a time, and conveys the electric energy meter turnover box 3 through the electric energy meter conveyor line 2, so as to convey the electric energy meters to the inside of the information collection device 1 in batches.

[0049] Preferably, the device body of this embodiment is a rectangular box structure as a whole;

[0050] The electric energy meter conveyor line 2 is provided with conveying rollers at intervals, and the electric energy meter conveyor line 2 conveys an electric energy meter turnover box 3 through the conveying rollers. A plurality of electric energy meters are placed in the electric energy meter turnover box 3, and the barcodes of the electric energy meters face upwards;

[0051] The two ends of the channel of the information collection device 1 are respectively the inlet and outlet of the electric energy meter turnover box, and the electric energy meter conveying line 2 is provided with infrared sensors 602 at the inlet and outlet of the electric energy meter turnover box. The infrared sensor model of this embodiment is E3JK-TR12-C of Omron Corporation.

[0052] The position of the corresponding electric energy meter turnover box 3 is detected by the infrared sensor 602 to control the start and stop of the electric energy meter conveying line through the local control system.

[0053] In this embodiment, the position of the electric energy meter turnover box 3 is detected by the infrared sensor 602. When the electric energy meter turnover box 3 enters the information collection device 1 from the electric energy meter turnover box inlet, the infrared sensor 602 transmits information to the local controller. At this time, the information collection device 1 will close the shielding door 101 and collect information of multiple electric energy meters in the electric energy meter turnover box 3 entering the device. The collection method is a combination of the above two methods.

[0054] Preferably, the device body of this embodiment is movably connected with a shielding door 101, and safety gratings 102 are arranged on both sides of the device body near the shielding door 101. The model of the safety grating of this embodiment is CAG-T08DNE of Changjiang Company;

[0055] The shielding door 101 is driven to open or close by a driving structure located inside the device body.

[0056] Preferably, the driving structure of this embodiment includes:

[0057] An electric cylinder 6 located inside the device body and fixed to the upper part of the device body, the cylinder rod of the electric cylinder 6 extending downward and connected to the shielding door 101; and

[0058] The linear slide rails 601 are located on both sides of the device body, and the shielding door 101 is slidably connected to the linear slide rails 601;

[0059] The electric cylinder 6 controls the opening and closing of the shield door 101 by extending and retracting the cylinder rod.

[0060] This embodiment only further explains and illustrates the way in which the electric cylinder 6 drives the shielding door 101 to move. The integration method and integration position of the electric cylinder 6 and the linear slide rail 601 in this embodiment are not unique. Therefore, the opening and closing method of the shielding door 101 using the telescopic cylinder rod of the electric cylinder 6 as the driving structure is not the main design point of this application, so it will not be repeated here.

[0061] Preferably, light sources are symmetrically arranged inside the device body of this embodiment and on both sides of the energy meter turnover box 3, and the light sources are all directed toward the inside of the energy meter turnover box 3 to assist the visual camera 4 in shooting. The model of the light source in this embodiment is DH-BRD18030 of Daheng Technology Company.

[0062] The height between the lens of the visual camera 4 of this embodiment and the electric energy meter is 420 mm ± 10 mm;

[0063] The height of the light source from the electric energy meter is 70mm±5mm, the arrangement angle of the light source is 45°±5°, and the distance between the light sources on both sides is 200mm±10mm.

[0064] This embodiment further limits the arrangement of the visual camera 4 , and in order to assist the visual camera 4 in photographing the information barcode of the electric energy meter, a light source is provided, and the light sources on both sides are arranged at an angle of 45°.

[0065] The electric control system of this embodiment mainly controls the operation of the electric energy meter conveyor line 2, controls the opening and closing of the shielding door 101 of the collection machine, and triggers the visual camera 4 and the RFID radio frequency identification device to complete the collection of tag information. During operation, the operator places the electric energy meter turnover box 3 on the electric energy meter conveyor line 2, and the conveyor line 2 conveys the turnover box 3 to the corresponding position inside the information collection device 1, collects and closes the shielding door 101, triggers the visual camera 4 to take pictures and RFID radio frequency identification, collects and identifies the barcode information of the electric energy meter in the turnover box 3, completes the information collection, opens the shielding door 101 of the collection machine, and the conveyor line 2 conveys the turnover box 3 to the corresponding position, and completes the collection of the electric energy meter information in the turnover box 3.

[0066] In the above technical solution, the utility model provides an electric energy meter tag information collection device combining multiple collection methods, which has the following beneficial effects:

[0067] The information collection device 1 of the utility model utilizes the electric energy meter conveyor line 2 to transmit the electric energy meter turnover box 3, and combines the image collection technology of the visual camera 4 and the RFID radio frequency identification technology to collect and identify the electric energy meter information. Compared with manual handheld barcode scanning guns, it greatly improves the recognition efficiency and has high data collection accuracy.

[0068] The above only describes some exemplary embodiments of the present invention by way of illustration. It is undoubted that those skilled in the art can modify the described embodiments in various ways without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the above drawings and descriptions are illustrative in nature and should not be construed as limiting the scope of protection of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. An electric energy meter tag information collection device combining multiple collection methods, characterized in that: The information collection device (1) is integrated on an electric energy meter transmission line (2), and the information collection device (1) has a channel for the electric energy meter transmission line (2) to pass through; The information collection device (1) comprises: The device body; and An information collection component integrated into the device body; The information collection components are divided into: RFID radio frequency identification module (5) and visual camera (4); The visual camera (4) is located at the upper part of the interior of the device body, and the visual camera (4) is used to take high-speed photos of the electric energy meter entering the information collection device (1) and identify the barcode on the surface of the electric energy meter, and transmit the collected photos to the local control system; The RFID radio frequency identification module (5) is used to identify the manufacturer of the RFID electronic tag of the electric energy meter to collect the electric energy meter information, and upload the collected information to the local control system for decoding.

2. The device for collecting information of electric energy meter tags combining multiple collection methods according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The device body is a rectangular box structure as a whole; The electric energy meter conveyor line (2) is provided with transport rollers at intervals, and the electric energy meter conveyor line (2) transports an electric energy meter turnover box (3) via the transport rollers, wherein a plurality of electric energy meters are placed in the electric energy meter turnover box (3), and the barcodes of the electric energy meters face upwards; The two ends of the channel of the information collection device (1) are respectively an inlet of an electric energy meter turnover box and an outlet of an electric energy meter turnover box, and the electric energy meter conveying line (2) is provided with infrared sensors (602) at the positions of the inlet of the electric energy meter turnover box and the outlet of the electric energy meter turnover box; The position of the corresponding electric energy meter turnover box (3) is detected by the infrared sensor (602) so as to control the start and stop of the electric energy meter transmission line through a local control system.

3. The device for collecting information of electric energy meter tags combining multiple collection methods according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The device body is movably connected to a shielding door (101), and safety gratings (102) are arranged on both sides of the device body close to the shielding door (101); The shielding door (101) is driven to open or close by a driving structure located inside the device body.

4. The device for collecting information of electric energy meter tags combining multiple collection methods according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The driving structure comprises: an electric cylinder (6) located inside the device body and fixed to the upper part of the device body, the cylinder rod of the electric cylinder (6) extending downward and connected to the shielding door (101); and Linear slide rails (601) located on both sides of the inside of the device body, the shielding door (101) being slidably connected to the linear slide rails (601); The electric cylinder (6) controls the opening and closing of the shielding door (101) by extending and retracting the cylinder rod.

5. The device for collecting information of electric energy meter tags combining multiple collection methods according to claim 2, characterized in that: Light sources are symmetrically arranged inside the device body and on both sides of the electric energy meter turnover box (3), and the light sources are directed toward the inside of the electric energy meter turnover box (3) to assist the visual camera (4) in photographing according to the light scene recognized by the visual camera.

6. The device for collecting information of electric energy meter tags combining multiple collection methods according to claim 5 is characterized in that: The height between the lens of the visual camera (4) and the electric energy meter is 420 mm ± 10 mm; The height of the light source from the electric energy meter is 70 mm ± 5 mm, the arrangement angle of the light source is 45° ± 5°, and the distance between the light sources on both sides is 200 mm ± 10 mm.

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