A New Smart-Meter Data Monitoring System based on Optical Camera Communication

Abstract

Optical camera communication (OCC) is a recently developed technology that uses a light-emitting diode (LED) as transmitter and a camera as receiver. In this paper, an OCC based system is proposed to monitor energy-related data collected from a smart meter. An LED array mounted on the meter is used to transmit data, whereas a closed-circuit television camera is used to receive the data. The system will be cost-effective, energy-efficient, and will increase the reliability of the monitoring objective.