A novel substitute for the meter readers in a resource constrained electricity utility

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bracu.type.groupResearch Publications
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dc.contributor.authorShahnawaz Ahmed, S.
dc.contributor.authorHussain S.M.A.
dc.contributor.authorSayeed Salam, M.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-13T05:56:00Z
dc.date.available2026-09-13T05:56:00Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-12
dc.description.abstractA novel scheme has been proposed where the consumers will use their mobile phone cameras to take the photograph of respective meter's display panel along with the kWh (kilo-watt hour) information once a month and send it as an image to the utility servers using the MMS (Multimedia Message Service) from their mobile phones. The server will process the image, retrieve the kWh information, convert it into a text (number) and archive it against the consumer's mobile number or identity code. The way this can be implemented is illustrated.
dc.description.versionPublished
dc.format.extent1615-1616
dc.identifier.citationS. S. Ahmed, S. M. A. Hussain and M. S. Salam, "A Novel Substitute for the Meter Readers in a Resource Constrained Electricity Utility," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 1615-1616, Sept. 2013, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2013.2264918.
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/TSG.2013.2264918
dc.identifier.issn19493053
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-84883278865
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10361/29860
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
dc.relation.hasversion10.1109/TSG.2013.2264918
dc.relation.ispartofIEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
dc.relation.journalIEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
dc.relation.urihttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6575181
dc.subjectElectricity meters
dc.subjectImage to text conversion
dc.subjectMobile phone assisted meter reading image
dc.subjectMultimedia message service
dc.subject.lcshElectric meters.
dc.subject.lcshImage processing.
dc.subject.lcshMultimedia communications.
dc.titleA novel substitute for the meter readers in a resource constrained electricity utility
dc.typeJournal
oaire.citation.issue3
oaire.citation.volume4
person.affiliation.nameBRAC University
person.affiliation.nameBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
person.affiliation.nameBRAC University
person.identifier.scopus-author-id57193735776
person.identifier.scopus-author-id55491096200
person.identifier.scopus-author-id55841509100

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