计算机科学 ›› 2026, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (6A): 250300143-7.doi: 10.11896/jsjkx.250300143

• 图像处理&多媒体技术 • 上一篇    下一篇

基于深度学习和先验校正的水表读数识别

楚春雨1, 姜飞龙2   

  1. 1 渤海大学物理科学与技术学院 辽宁 锦州 121013
    2 渤海大学控制科学与工程学院 辽宁 锦州 121013
  • 出版日期:2026-06-16 发布日期:2026-06-12
  • 通讯作者: 姜飞龙(jflambition@outlook.com)
  • 作者简介:(chu_chunyu@126.com)
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(61601057)

Water Meter Reading Recognition Based on Deep Learning and Prior Correction

CHU Chunyu1, JIANG Feilong2   

  1. 1 College of Physical Science and Technology,Bohai University,Jinzhou,Liaoning 121013,China
    2 College of Control Science and Engineering,Bohai University,Jinzhou,Liaoning 121013,China
  • Published:2026-06-16 Online:2026-06-12
  • About author:CHU Chunyu,born in 1986,Ph.D,associate professor,master's supervisor.His main research interests include machine learning and image processing.
    JIANG Feilong,born in 2000,postgra-duate.His main research interests include image recognition and artificial intelligence.
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(61601057).

摘要: 现有基于深度学习的水表读数识别方法一般是孤立地对水表的每一位数字或指针进行识别,再将各个位的识别结果进行简单拼接从而得到最终结果。然而,由于水表计数齿轮之间存在咬合间隙、水表自身可能存在结构误差以及拍摄角度等原因,可能会出现水表字轮数字显示不完整、字轮转到两个数字之间、指针指示偏差等情况,此时若简单地将每一位数字或指针的识别结果进行组合就会导致最终识别结果的错误。针对上述问题,文中提出一种基于深度学习与先验校正的水表读数识别方法,该方法基于PaddlePaddle框架,使用轻量化模型架构MobileNetV3与SVTR对字轮区域进行读取,同时使用图像处理技术读取指针读数,最后充分利用水表字轮各位数字以及各位指针读数之间的关联性先验知识对识别结果进行校正。文中讨论了字轮区域与指针区域的识别与校正方法,将其应用在水表图片进行实验测试,并与已有方法进行对比,结果表明文中提出的方法能够有效提高水表读数识别结果的准确性。

关键词: 深度学习, 图像处理, 文本检测, 文本识别, 指针识别, 光学字符识别

Abstract: The existing deep learning-based water meter reading recognition methods generally recognize each digit or pointer of the water meter in isolation,and then simply splices the recognition results of each bit for the final result.However,due to the existence of occlusal gaps between the counting gears of the water meter,possible structural errors in the water meter itself,and the shooting angle,there may be situations such as incomplete display of the water meter word wheel digits,the word wheel turning between two digits,and deviation of the pointer indication,etc.,at which time,a simple combination of the recognition results of each bit of the digits or pointers may lead to errors in the final recognition results.To address the above problems,this paper proposes a water meter reading recognition method based on deep learning and a priori correction.The method is based on the PaddlePaddle framework,uses the lightweight model architecture MobileNetV3 and SVTR to read the word wheel region,and at the same time,uses the image processing technology to read the pointer reading.Finally,it takes full advantage of the correlation a priori knowledge of the correlation between each digit in the word wheel of the water meter and the readings of each pointer to correct the recognition results.In this paper,the recognition and correction methods of the word wheel area and the pointer area are discussed.These methods are applied to the water meter images for experimental testing,and compared with the existing methods.The results show that the proposed method can effectively improve the accuracy of the water meter reading recognition results.

Key words: Deep learning, Image processing, Text detection, Text recognition, Pointer recognition, Optical character recognition

中图分类号: 

  • TP391.41
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