APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING TAKING MEDICINE
First Claim
1. An apparatus for supporting taking medicine, the apparatus comprising:
- a medicine storage unit which has a plurality of medicine storage holes to store therein medicines'"'"' to be taken by a user,a sensor controller which determines whether the medicine storage holes include medicines therein; and
a medicine taking service unit which receives a preset schedule by synchronizing with a personal computer, checks whether a user has taken the medicines according to a determination of the sensor controller, and informs a user to take the medicines according to the preset schedule.
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Abstract
An apparatus for supporting taking medicine includes a medicine storage unit which has a plurality of medicine storage holes to store therein medicines to be taken by a user, a sensor controller which determines whether the medicine storage holes include medicines therein, and a medicine taking service unit which receives a preset schedule by synchronizing with a personal computer, checks whether a user has taken medicine according to a determination of the sensor controller and informs a user to take a medicine according to the preset schedule. Thus, users who should take various medicines on a regular basis for daily life may observe the medicine taking time.
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1. An apparatus for supporting taking medicine, the apparatus comprising:
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a medicine storage unit which has a plurality of medicine storage holes to store therein medicines'"'"' to be taken by a user, a sensor controller which determines whether the medicine storage holes include medicines therein; and a medicine taking service unit which receives a preset schedule by synchronizing with a personal computer, checks whether a user has taken the medicines according to a determination of the sensor controller, and informs a user to take the medicines according to the preset schedule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for supporting taking medicine, the apparatus comprising:
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a medicine storage unit which has a plurality of medicine storage holes to store therein medicines to be taken by a user, a sensor controller which determines whether the medicine storage holes include medicines therein; a wireless communication unit which wirelessly communicates with a personal computer; and a medicine taking service unit which sets a schedule through a user'"'"'s input in advance, receives a detection result from the sensor controller through the wireless communication unit, determines whether a user has taken the medicines according to the received result and informs a user to take the medicines according to the preset schedule, wherein the medicine storage unit, the sensor controller and the wireless communication unit are provided in a medicine box, and the medicine taking service unit is provided separately. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for supporting taking medicine of a medicine storage supporting apparatus, the method comprising:
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receiving a preset schedule from a personal computer by synchronizing with the personal computer; initializing a state of medicine storage holes if the schedule is received; and performing a medicine service according to the schedule and the state of the medicine storage holes. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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