SOCAR to use AI when reading gas meters

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) will soon start implementing solutions for checking subscriber gas meters, Fuad Aliyev, deputy head of Information Technologies and Communications Department of SOCAR, said at the Trends of the Fourth Industrial Revolution event, Report informs.

“We know that subscribers have certain difficulties with reading gas meters. Through a photo of a gas meter taken by a subscriber, we can get information about gas use. Image processing is technically taking place,” Aliyev said.

He noted that large volumes of images were taken as part of machine learning: “Artificial intelligence was trained to manage the platform, and now it can make decisions. We received more than 90% of the results during the tests. Naturally, over time we will be able to achieve higher rates.”