LIQUID MEDICINE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND LIQUID MEDICINE IDENTIFICATION METHOD
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1. A liquid medicine identification apparatus comprising:
- a pattern projection unit that projects light and dark patterns;
a placing unit that places thereon a medicine container containing a liquid medicine in an inside thereof and having transparency;
an imaging camera that images, as imaged image information, the light and dark patterns having transmitted through the medicine container; and
an image processing unit that acquires, from a database, reference image information serving as a reference for identification, compares the reference image information and the imaged image information with each other, and identifies a type of the liquid medicine or the medicine container.
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Abstract
A liquid medicine identification apparatus includes a pattern projection unit, a placing unit that places thereon a medicine container filled with a liquid medicine, an imaging camera, and an image processing unit. Imaged image information imaged by the imaging camera after transmitting light and dark patterns of the pattern projection unit through the medicine container is compared with reference image information by the image processing unit, and a type of the liquid medicine or the medicine container is determined.
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1. A liquid medicine identification apparatus comprising:
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a pattern projection unit that projects light and dark patterns; a placing unit that places thereon a medicine container containing a liquid medicine in an inside thereof and having transparency; an imaging camera that images, as imaged image information, the light and dark patterns having transmitted through the medicine container; and an image processing unit that acquires, from a database, reference image information serving as a reference for identification, compares the reference image information and the imaged image information with each other, and identifies a type of the liquid medicine or the medicine container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A liquid medicine identification method comprising:
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placing, on a placing unit, a medicine container containing a liquid medicine as an identification target therein and having transparency; acquiring, from a database, reference image information serving as a reference for identification; projecting light and dark patterns from behind the medicine container placed on the placing unit, the light and dark patterns being decided based on the reference image information; imaging the light and dark patterns as imaged image information by transmitting the light and dark patterns through the medicine container and observing the resultants and comparing the reference image information and the imaged image information with each other, and identifying a type of the liquid medicine or the medicine container. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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