METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
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9. The method of claim 9, wherein following said generating and comparing steps, the method includes:
- identifying the pill as a known pharmaceutical and transmitting medical and safety data for that pharmaceutical back to the source of the query.
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus is provided for identifying pharmaceutical products. A database of known pharmaceuticals is provided with links to virtual 3D models of each pharmaceutical. When a pill needs to be identified, an image of the pill is transmitted to the database CPU. The CPU screens out non-matching records and obtains perspective data. based on the orientation of the pill. The CPU manipulates a 3D model into the same perspective as the pill to facilitate identification.
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9. The method of claim 9, wherein following said generating and comparing steps, the method includes:
identifying the pill as a known pharmaceutical and transmitting medical and safety data for that pharmaceutical back to the source of the query.
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10. A system for identifying a pill comprising:
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an electronic storage device containing a pharmaceutical database including a virtual 3D model of each pharmaceutical in the database; a central processing unit (CPU) operatively coupled to said electronic storage device; a set of instructions for programming the CPU to perform data and image processing in response to a database query; and an image generating module that generates an image of a 3D model, wherein the selection of the 3D model is based on said data processing results and the image type is based on said image processing result. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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15-1. The system of claim 14, wherein the scale data is obtained from a reference object in the query image.
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