APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBJECT CONFIRMATION AND TRACKING
First Claim
1. A method for tracking a medication to be administered by a user, comprising the steps of:
- determining the identity of a medication to be administered by a user;
identifying one or more tracking characteristics associated with the medication that are to be used to continue to track the medication, the one or more tracking characteristics comprising less than a total number of characteristics associated with the medication to be administered; and
tracking the medication to be administered in accordance with the identified one or more tracking characteristics through one or more future video images.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for tracking a medication to be administered by a user. The method includes the steps of determining the identity of a medication to be administered by a user, identifying one or more characteristics associated with the medication that are to be used to continue to track the medication, the one or more characteristics including less than a total number of characteristics associated with the medication to be administered, and tracking the medication to be administered in accordance with the identified one or more characteristics through one or more future video images.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for tracking a medication to be administered by a user, comprising the steps of:
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determining the identity of a medication to be administered by a user; identifying one or more tracking characteristics associated with the medication that are to be used to continue to track the medication, the one or more tracking characteristics comprising less than a total number of characteristics associated with the medication to be administered; and tracking the medication to be administered in accordance with the identified one or more tracking characteristics through one or more future video images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for tracking a medication to be administered by a user, comprising:
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an image capture apparatus for capturing one or more images of a medication to be administered by a user; and a processor for determining the identity of a medication to be administered by a user, identifying one or more tracking characteristics associated with the medication that are to be used to continue to track the medication, the one or more tracking characteristics comprising less than a total number of characteristics associated with the medication to be administered, and tracking the medication to be administered in accordance with the identified one or more tracking characteristics through one or more future video images captured by the image capture apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program for tracking a medication to be administered by a user stored to a computer readable medium and operable on a computing device, the computer program causing the computing device to perform the steps of:
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determining the identity of a medication to be administered by a user; identifying one or more tracking characteristics associated with the medication that are to be used to continue to track the medication, the one or more tracking characteristics comprising less than a total number of characteristics associated with the medication to be administered; and tracking the medication to be administered in accordance with the identified one or more tracking characteristics through one or more future video images. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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