AI Electrical Panel & Gauge Reading Solution

Automated AI system for reading electrical control panels, analog gauges, and digital meters with real-time monitoring and SCADA integration.

Real-time Electrical Parameter Reading

  • Analog Gauge Reading (Pressure, Temperature, Voltage)
  • 7-Segment Digital Meter Reading (Current, Power, Frequency)
  • Indicator Lamp Status Detection
  • Circuit Breaker Position Monitoring

Architecture Overview

📷 Camera → Edge AI
🧠 OCR/Needle Detection
⚡ Threshold Analysis
📊 SCADA
💾 Database
📱 Dashboard
99.2%
Accuracy
<1.5s
Per Reading
24/7
Continuous
60%
Cost Reduction

The Manual Reading Problem

  • • Human transcription errors & inconsistent timing
  • • Delayed anomaly detection (shift-based rounds)
  • • Safety exposure in hazardous areas
  • • Labor intensive & difficult to audit
  • • No real-time integration to MES / SCADA / CMMS

Our Approach

GaugeSnap deploys vision sensors or leverages existing CCTV. Edge AI reads dials & digits, normalizes values to engineering units, and streams structured data for monitoring, analytics, and predictive maintenance.

Secure encryption at source + offline buffering ensures data integrity.

Supported Instruments

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Pressure Gauges

Analog dial pressure (vacuum to 400 bar)

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Temperature Gauges

Dial / bi-metal / gas filled thermometers

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Differential Pressure

DP gauges & indicators across filters

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Vacuum Gauges

Vacuum / compound dial indicators

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Flow Indicators

Rotameters, variable area & sight flow

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Tank & Level

Float, tape, sight glass & dial level

🌫️

Steam / Gas Flow

Orifice, vortex & turbine dial indicators

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Ultrasonic Flow

Clamp-on display modules

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Water Meters

Mechanical / turbine / multi-jet registers

Electric Energy Meters

kWh, multi-tariff & demand LCD / 7‑seg

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Gas Meters

Diaphragm, rotary & turbine index dials

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Digital Panel Meters

V, A, Hz, °C, RPM, kWh multi-parameter

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Mechanical Counters

Stroke, batch & production totalizers

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Totalizers

Flow / batch cumulative count dials

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pH / ORP / Conductivity

Panel analyzers & digital readouts

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Turbidity / Water Quality

Bench / inline analyzer displays

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Torque / Dial Indicators

Analog torque & test dial faces

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Vibration Meters

Panel RMS / velocity / acceleration

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Refrigeration Gauges

Compound pressure & temperature dials

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Hydraulic Manifold Gauges

Multi-port pressure indication

Key Capabilities

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99%+ Reading Accuracy

Robust AI models handle glare, vibration, partial occlusion, and lighting variance.

Fast Processing

Edge inference under 1.5s per gauge reading including normalization.

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Historical Trends

Automatic time-series logging & anomaly detection.

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Threshold Alerts

Multi-level warning & critical thresholds with escalation.

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SCADA / IoT Integration

MQTT, Modbus TCP gateway & REST webhook connectivity.

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Offline Edge Mode

Continues operating & buffers data if network drops.

Technical Architecture

A modular pipeline ensures reliable extraction of numeric value from diverse analog dial designs and digital segments.

  1. Image capture (scheduled / event / trigger)
  2. Pre-processing (distortion + contrast normalization)
  3. Gauge ROI detection & dial segmentation
  4. Pointer / digit extraction + scale mapping
  5. Value normalization & unit assignment
  6. Outlier filtering & confidence scoring
  7. Publish to dashboard / API / alert engine

Edge + Cloud Hybrid

Critical inference happens on the edge device for latency and resilience. Aggregated results sync to cloud analytics for fleet-wide visibility.

  • • Supports ARM / x86 edge gateways
  • • Hardware acceleration (GPU / NPU optional)
  • • Encrypted payloads (TLS 1.2+)
  • • Configurable read intervals & triggers
  • • REST + MQTT publishing

Related Equipment & Solutions

Deployment Timeline (Typical 4 Weeks)

Week 1
Assessment & camera placement survey
Week 2
Data sampling + model adaptation
Week 3
Edge deployment & calibration
Week 4
Integration + alert tuning & handover

Industry Applications

🛢️Petrochemical / Refining ⚙️General Manufacturing 🔥Power & Energy 💧Water & Wastewater 🥫Food & Beverage 🧪Chemical Process

Operational & Financial Impact

  • • Eliminate manual rounds & transcription
  • • Earlier anomaly detection reduces downtime
  • • Improved safety in hazardous zones
  • • Audit-ready digital history & compliance
  • • Data foundation for predictive maintenance
  • • Seamless integration to existing systems

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