@InProceedings{10.20532/ccvw.2016.0015,
  author =       {Ko{\v s}{\v c}evi{\' c}, Karlo and Suba{\v s}i{\'
                  c}, Marko},
  title =        {Automated Computer Vision-based Reading of
                  Residential Meters},
  booktitle =    {Proceedings of the Croatian Compter Vision Workshop,
                  Year 4},
  pages =        {24-29},
  year =         2016,
  editor =       {Lon{\v c}ari{\' c}, Sven and Cupec, Robert},
  address =      {Osijek},
  month =        {October},
  organization = {Center of Excellence for Computer Vision},
  publisher =    {University of Zagreb},
  abstract =     {We present a solution for automated reading of
                  various residential meters from photographs, using
                  computer vision algorithm. The solution has several
                  modules that are executed sequentially: meter type
                  recognition, geometric transform of images, ROI
                  extraction and OCR. Algorithm uses SURF and HOG
                  features to detect and describe feature points used
                  for device recognition and OCR. The final goal is to
                  provide complete counter values and complete serial
                  number of the meter. The solution allows for a
                  limited amounts of poor imaging conditions, and
                  usually fails in poor image conditions when even
                  human observers would have difficulties reading
                  meters. The solution has been implemented in MATLAB
                  environment and its computer vision library. An
                  initial image database has been collected for
                  testing purposes. Test results are reported in the
                  paper.},
  doi =          {10.20532/ccvw.2016.0015},
  url =          {https://doi.org/10.20532/ccvw.2016.0015}
}