The history of text can be traced back over thousands of years. Rich and precise semantic
information carried by text is important in a wide range of vision-based application …

In humans, Attention is a core property of all perceptual and cognitive operations. Given our
limited ability to process competing sources, attention mechanisms select, modulate, and …

The evolution of applications in telecommunication, network, computing, and embedded
systems has led to the emergence of the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence. The …

Smart meters enable remote and automatic electricity, water and gas consumption reading
and are being widely deployed in developed countries. Nonetheless, there is still a huge …

Highlights•LoRaWAN and GPS allow affordable monitoring systems for centre pivot
irrigation.•Chatbots and voice assistants help to avoid the digital divide.•Edge Computing …

Existing approaches for image-based Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) have been evaluated
on images captured in well-controlled scenarios. However, real-world meter reading …

Many tasks that require a large workforce are automated. In many areas of the world, the
consumption of utilities, such as electricity, gas and water, is monitored by meters that need …

Automatic reading for water meter is one of the practical demands in smart city applications.
Due to the high cost, it is not feasible to replace the old mechanical water meter with a new …

The article describes the collection of the dataset of raw images of digital energy meters
display, text detection and recognition of seven segment numerals from collected samples …

With the growing demand for water resources, the need for monitoring has become a
necessity for rational and sustainable use of this resource. Water meter data collection is an …