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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ruberth Andre Amaral Barros, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Paul Borrel, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Alvaro Bueno Buoro, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, product, and method of automatic reading any flow metering device, including generating a first image of the device associated and secured with a mobile device with a camera, recognizing a type of device according to a database of metering's, generating a mask for any following image based on the mobile device and the first image, based on any following image, analyzing it to extract information based on the image recognition related to the type of device, and validating the extracted information with location, timestamp, and the mask.