ConductVision Enterprise
ConductVision finds the gauges in each camera view and, once each face is calibrated, reads the needle into a timed value for plant and utility teams.
1 detectionConductVision detections on this photo. Photo: AgainErick, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Gauge & Meter Reading converts the visual output of analog gauges, mechanical meters, and numeric displays into structured digital data using camera-based inference. The system is designed to read pressure gauges, temperature dials, flow meters, level indicators, and seven-segment displays, bridging the gap between legacy instrumentation and modern monitoring platforms without rewiring or replacing existing equipment. A single camera can monitor multiple gauges within its field of view, and the platform supports scheduled reading intervals or continuous monitoring depending on the application.
Outcomes
Operators copy gauge values onto a round sheet, and a misread or skipped gauge looks like any other entry.
A wrong value in the log can hide a slow drift or start a false alarm.
Before any gauge can be read, someone has to list which gauges each camera can see.
Building that list by walking the plant and taking photos can take days.
Fogged glass, glare and a blocked view make some gauges hard to read from a camera.
A camera that keeps sending values from an unreadable face sends bad data.
A value in the historian that looks wrong is hard to trust without seeing the gauge.
Staff drive out to check a gauge that a photo could have confirmed.
What the model sees
ConductVision detections on this photo.
ConductVision detections on this photo.
Endpoints
Each endpoint is defined before the pilot starts, with what is counted, its unit and how the results are broken down.
| Endpoint | How it is counted | Unit | Broken down by |
|---|---|---|---|
| PrimaryReading coverage | Share of scheduled readings for which ConductVision returns a value from a readable gauge face. | Unit:% | By:Gauge, camera, hour |
| SecondaryLog disagreements | Round-sheet entries that differ from the camera reading by more than the gauge's smallest scale division. | Unit:entries per week | By:Round, gauge |
| Unreadable gauges | Gauges with no readable value for a whole day, counted each day. | Unit:gauges per day | By:Camera, cause |
| Out-of-band time | Minutes a reading stays outside the warning band set for that gauge. | Unit:minutes per day | By:Gauge |
Each pilot measures ConductVision on your own footage against a sample checked by hand, before anyone relies on its numbers.
Reading error
Difference between the ConductVision reading and a reviewer's reading of the same gauge image, in scale divisions.
scale divisions (median absolute difference) · by gauge type, camera angle
Gauges found
Share of gauges a reviewer marks in sampled frames that ConductVision boxed.
% · by camera
Unreadable agreement
Share of readings marked unreadable that a reviewer agrees could not be read from the image.
% · by cause
How it works
Connect
Mount cameras facing gauge clusters, meter panels, or individual instruments. The calibration interface lets you outline each gauge face, mark the scale range, and define units. A single camera can monitor up to a dozen gauges in one view depending on resolution.
Analyze
The system detects the gauge face, locates the needle or indicator, and maps its angular position to the calibrated scale to produce a numeric reading. For digital displays, an OCR model reads the displayed digits. Readings are validated against configurable min/max ranges to flag impossible values.
Act
Readings are published to SCADA, historian, or IoT platforms at configurable intervals. When a gauge reading crosses a warning or critical threshold, the system sends alerts to operations teams with the reading value, gauge location, and a snapshot of the gauge face.
What it detects
Pressure gauge
Each round gauge face in view, boxed and cropped
Needle
The needle angle on each calibrated gauge, turned into a value on its scale
Reading
The value and unit for each gauge at each scheduled time
Unreadable face
Glare, fog or a blocked view, logged in place of a value
Features
Use cases
Older plants contain thousands of analog gauges that would cost millions to replace with digital transmitters. Camera-based reading can digitize these instruments for pennies per gauge, integrating them into modern monitoring dashboards without any physical modification.
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Building boiler rooms, chiller plants, and pump stations contain gauge clusters that are checked manually on rounds. Automated reading can provide continuous monitoring between rounds and alert immediately when a reading drifts out of range.
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Remote wellheads often have analog pressure and temperature gauges with no digital output. A ruggedized camera with cellular backhaul can transmit readings to central operations, reducing the need for technician site visits to remote locations.
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Municipal water systems include mechanical flow meters at pump stations and treatment plants. Camera-based reading can add digital monitoring to these meters without interrupting service for meter replacement.
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Electrical substations and panels contain analog ammeters, voltmeters, and power factor gauges. Continuous camera-based monitoring can detect abnormal readings and log power quality data without installing additional current transformers.
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Research laboratories use analog instruments, vacuum gauges, pressure regulators, rotameters, that produce no digital output. Camera-based reading can log instrument values automatically during experiments, reducing manual recording errors.
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Technical overview
Accuracy and speed are measured on your footage and cameras during the pilot, and reported with the conditions they were measured under.
Industries
Watches stations, robots and crews across the factory floor.
Watches crews, trucks and equipment at plants, well pads and tank farms.
Watches crews, trucks and PPE at substations, solar farms and power lines.
Watches crews, vehicles and PPE at treatment plants and pipe repairs.
Related
Reads container codes, wagon numbers, labels and signs from camera frames.
Boxes each unit on a production line, with defect classes trained on your parts.
Watches water, wildlife, vessels and smoke at rivers, wetlands and shorelines.
Pilot
A pilot takes one prioritized outcome, runs on your cameras, reports the endpoints above and ends with a results review and a decision.
