Purpose and Application Conditions
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The program is designed for the recognition of digits from digital displays, readings of pointer (analog) instruments, printed text, and colors.

Features
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The MeterVision program can process up to 10 zones simultaneously in an image.
As a result of zone processing, the following objects can be recognized:

- Seven-segment digits, as well as dots and minus signs
- Readings of pointer instruments
- Printed text in Russian and English
- Colors

The following types of images can be processed:

- Frames from a webcam
- Frames from an IP Camera
- Video frames
- A chosen photo or image

The program can transmit *recognition results* to external applications in two ways:

- By writing results to text files
- Over a socket connection

If necessary, the program can take screenshots with the image and *recognition results* for validation purposes.
Screenshots can be made using the program’s button or via external commands through a text file.

Minimum System Requirements
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- Operating system:
    - Windows 7 or higher (Windows 10+ recommended)
    - Astra Linux or Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and higher
    - macOS 10.15+ (Catalina or later; Intel or Apple Silicon)
- Processor: x86_64, 4 cores
- RAM: 4 GB
- Free disk space: 1 GB
- Display
- IBM-compatible keyboard and mouse
- Graphics accelerator (recommended)
- Webcam (if required)
- IP camera (or a smartphone with an RTSP streaming app) with Wi‑Fi or LAN (if required)

.. note::

   Different distributions are provided for different operating systems.

User Skill Level
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The user should have basic skills in operating system usage, understand the application area of the program,
and be familiar with basic safety procedures relevant to this field.