摘要 |
This invention relates to a method and reader system for reading a mechanically variable display, particularly those provided with a meter, as well as to a metering system and a meter for measuring a commodity. In particular, the invention relates to a method and reader system for electronically reading a variable display comprising one or more mechanically variable display elements variably displaying one or more machine readable code/s which involves receiving reading data from an optical reader device, the reading data comprising at least an electrical signal, or information associated therewith, associated with at least one machine readable code read by the optical reader device; and processing the received reading data to determine a reading or character string associated displayed by, or associated with, the variable display. |