Automatic Billing System: Data Acquisition and Detection using Optical Character Recognition
Keywords:
Smart Billing, Smart Meter Reader, Electric Supply CompanyAbstract
In the proposed system, an android application and a desktop application are used for online
meter reading. The android application converts the captured reading into the text and then
transfer it to the desktop application. Next, the desktop application stores the received
information at predefined locations in the database system. The meter readers can install the
application on their smartphones while the desktop application will run on the systems in the
electric supply company. Readings from electric meters can be automatically stored in the
database according to the corresponding meter numbers.
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