Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 24, 2410001(2022)

Fully Automatic Reading Recognition for Pointer Meters Based on Lightweight Image Semantic Segmentation Model

Fuhai Yan1,2, Wangming Xu1,2,3、*, Qiugan Huang1,2, and Shiqian Wu1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Information Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, Hubei, China
  • 2Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, Hubei, China
  • 3Engineering Research Center for Metallurgical Automation and Detecting Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, Hubei, China
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    Fuhai Yan, Wangming Xu, Qiugan Huang, Shiqian Wu. Fully Automatic Reading Recognition for Pointer Meters Based on Lightweight Image Semantic Segmentation Model[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(24): 2410001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Sep. 1, 2021

    Accepted: Oct. 27, 2021

    Published Online: Jan. 11, 2023

    The Author Email: Xu Wangming (xuwangming@wust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202259.2410001

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