公开(公告)号：US06535637B1

公开(公告)日：2003-03-18

申请号：US09126296

申请日：1998-07-30

申请人： John R. Wootton ,  Victor V. Reznack ,  Greg Hobson

发明人： John R. Wootton ,  Victor V. Reznack ,  Greg Hobson

IPC分类号： G06K946

CPC分类号： B65B57/00 ,  G06F19/00

摘要： A method of dispensing a prescribed medication, in pill form, and verifying that the medication dispensed is the prescribed medication. A medication identified from a prescription (P) is dispensed into a container (C). An image of the dispensed pills is taken and processed to obtain a set of characteristic features of the pill. These features include the coloration, shape, size, and any surface features of the pills. These features are then automatically compared with those of all the pills which can be dispensed by a dispensing apparatus (10). If a pill can be uniquely identified as the correct pill, the container of pills is accepted. Otherwise, the container is rejected. If, as a result of the processing, a determination cannot be made, the container is provisionally rejected and is subsequently inspected by a pharmacist to determine if the prescription is correctly filled.

摘要翻译： 分配丸剂形式的处方药物并验证分配的药物是处方药物的方法。 将从处方（P）确定的药物分配到容器（C）中。 取出并处理分配的药片的图像，以获得药片的一组特征。 这些特征包括着色，形状，大小和药丸的任何表面特征。 然后将这些特征自动地与可由分配装置（10）分配的所有药丸进行比较。 如果一个药丸可以被唯一地识别为正确的药丸，药丸的容器被接受。 否则，容器被拒绝。 如果作为处理的结果，不能进行确定，则容器被临时拒绝，并随后由药剂师检查以确定处方是否被正确填充。