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Automated pharmaceutical pill identification

  • US 10,229,321 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2017
  • Issued: 03/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for identifying a pharmaceutical composition, the method comprising:

  • accessing a set of images of the pharmaceutical composition, the set of images including;

    a first image of the pharmaceutical composition from a first point of view, anda second image of the pharmaceutical composition from a second point of view different from the first point of view;

    extracting features from each image of the pharmaceutical composition in the set of images;

    generating a feature vector associated with each image of the pharmaceutical composition that includes the features extracted for that image and one or more features appended from another image in the set of images;

    applying a plurality of classifiers to each of the feature vectors to determine a set of classifications associated with each image, wherein each classification is associated with a score; and

    determining a pill identification by accumulating the score associated with each classification for each image in the set of images.

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