Method and apparatus for medication identification
First Claim
1. A method for training a medication identification apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- teaching a visual recognition system of a medication identification apparatus to recognize one or more medications;
presenting a new medication to the medication identification apparatus to be imaged thereby;
determining a transformation from one of the predetermined medications to the presented new medication along one or more dimensions; and
storing the determined transformation associated with the new medication.
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Abstract
A system and method for recognizing a medication are provided. The method includes the steps of presenting a medication to a medication identification apparatus, the medication identification apparatus adapted to visually image the presented medication and visually imaging the presented medication. A predetermined transformation may be applied to the visually imaged presented medication, the predetermined transformation adjusting one or more parameters of the visually imaged presented medication along one or more dimensions. Finally, the transformed visually imaged medication is compared to a medication library to determine a closest match therebetween.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for training a medication identification apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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teaching a visual recognition system of a medication identification apparatus to recognize one or more medications; presenting a new medication to the medication identification apparatus to be imaged thereby; determining a transformation from one of the predetermined medications to the presented new medication along one or more dimensions; and storing the determined transformation associated with the new medication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for recognizing a medication, comprising the steps of:
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presenting a medication to a medication identification apparatus, the medication identification apparatus adapted to visually image the presented medication; visually imaging the presented medication; comparing the visually imaged medication to a medication library to determine a closest match therebetween; applying a predetermined transformation to the visually imaged presented medication in accordance with the determined closest match in the medication library, the predetermined transformation adjusting one or more parameters of the visually imaged presented medication along one or more dimensions; and comparing the transformed visually imaged medication to the closest match in the medication library to confirm the identity of the visually imaged presented medication. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for identifying medication, comprising:
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a medication library stored to a non-transient computer readable storage medium, the medication library being formed by; teaching a visual recognition system of a medication identification apparatus to recognize each of the one or more medications; storing visual recognition data for each of the one or more medications to the medication library; presenting one or more new medication to the medication identification apparatus to be imaged thereby; determining a transformation from one of the stored medications to each of the one or more presented new medications along one or more dimensions; and storing the determined transformations associated with the new medication to the medication library; and a medication identification apparatus adapted to visually image a medication presented thereto;
apply a predetermined transformation from the medication library to the visually imaged presented medication, the predetermined transformation adjusting one or more parameters of the visually imaged presented medication along one or more dimensions; and
comparing the transformed visually imaged medication to one or more of the predetermined medications stored in the medication library to determine a closest match therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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