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Systems and methods for spill detection

  • US 10,023,341 B1
  • Filed: 05/29/2015
  • Issued: 07/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pharmaceutical filling system comprising:

  • a control device;

    a mirror portion including a concave mirror;

    a camera portion positioned opposite the mirror portion across a field of view, said camera portion including;

    a camera for capturing images and connected to the control device and facing the mirror, wherein said camera is focused on a reflection in the mirror of the field of view, anda light panel electrically connected to the control device and facing the mirror to illuminate the field of view;

    wherein the control device is operable to;

    receive a series of at least three consecutive images captured by the camera; and

    determine whether an object in at least a portion of the captured images is a spilled pharmaceutical, wherein the spilled pharmaceutical is detected by a predetermined number of images from the camera showing the spilled pharmaceutical, and wherein determining whether the object is a spilled pharmaceutical includes determining whether the object appears in at least two non-sequential images of the captured images.

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