Reading support system and moving body
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
InventorChiayu LIN
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a reading support system includes a processing device. The processing device includes an extractor and a type determiner. The extractor extracts a plurality of regions from a candidate region. The candidate region is a candidate of a region in which a meter is imaged. The regions respectively include a plurality of characters of the meter. The type determiner determines a type of the meter based on positions of the regions.
Claims23
A reading support system, comprising:
- a processing device including
- an extractor extracting a plurality of regions from a candidate region, the candidate region being a candidate of a region in which a meter is imaged, the plurality of regions respectively including a plurality of characters of the meter, and
- a type determiner determining a type of the meter based on positions of the plurality of regions.
A reading support system, comprising:
- a processing device including a scale region extractor that:
- sets a plurality of subregion columns in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction for a candidate region, the candidate region being a candidate of a region in which a meter is imaged, each of the subregion columns including a plurality of first subregions arranged in the first direction;
- detects a number of line segments extending in the second direction for each of the first subregions;
- and
- extracts, based on the detected numbers of the line segments, a portion in the second direction of the candidate region as a scale area in which a graduation of the meter exists.
A moving body moving through a prescribed area, the moving body comprising:
- an imaging device acquiring an image by imaging a meter;
- and
- a processing device receiving an input of the image,
- the processing device including
- an extractor extracting a candidate region from the image, the candidate region being a candidate of a region in which a meter is imaged,
- a numeral region extractor extracting a plurality of numeral regions from the candidate region, a plurality of numerals of the meter being positioned in the numeral region, and
- a type determiner determining a type of the meter based on positions of the plurality of numeral regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.