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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Sensus Spectrum, Llc, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventor:
Justin Dubs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
SENSUS SPECTRUM, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G01D 4/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/78 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/004 (2013.01); G06K 9/00624 (2013.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06K 9/78 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); G06K 9/22 (2013.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01); G06K 2209/03 (2013.01); Y02B 90/242 (2013.01); Y04S 20/322 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of initializing a meter reading device that communicates a current meter value of a meter to a central metering facility includes capturing, by a camera, an optical image of the meter that displays meter information and determining an initial meter value from the meter information in the optical image of the meter. The method further includes initializing the meter reading device using the initial meter value.