Automating Data Collection & Analysis
Hello,
I have an idea, but I lack the technical expertise to implement it.
I possess an old gasometer, and I currently document its readings by taking a photograph each month and manually entering the data into a Calc spreadsheet, along with the corresponding dates.
I am hoping to automate this process.
My initial thought is that a system could capture the images automatically, input the data into a database, and then present the information in a user-friendly format on a display.
Would anyone have any suggestions or insights on how to achieve this?
Thx
You would need an optical character recognition system. No idea how to implement one on a tiny scale like you are talking, but it should be at least feasible.
OpenCV has a lot of tools to help you achieve this but it will take some programming prowess.