APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF MEDICATION LOCATION
First Claim
1. A method for confirming a pill in the mouth of a user, comprising the steps of:
- determining whether the mouth of the user is open; and
classifying the open mouth of the user as one of a mouth with a pill therein and a mouth without a pill therein.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program stored on a non-volatile computer readable storage medium for confirming a pill in the mouth of a user. The computer program causing a general purpose computer to perform the steps of capturing one or more images of a user by an image capture device, confirming the position of the face of the user within the captured image by measuring a size of the face, and setting a predetermined portion of the face of the user to be a region of interest. An open mouth of the user is confirmed within the region of interest, and the open mouth of the user is classified as one of a mouth with a pill therein and a mouth without a pill therein.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for confirming a pill in the mouth of a user, comprising the steps of:
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determining whether the mouth of the user is open; and classifying the open mouth of the user as one of a mouth with a pill therein and a mouth without a pill therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14)
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8. A system for confirming a pill in the mouth of a user, comprising:
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an image acquisition device for acquiring an image of a user; and a processor for determining whether the mouth of the user is open, and for classifying the mouth of the user as one of a mouth with a pill therein and a mouth without a pill therein. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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15. A computer program stored on a non-volatile computer readable storage medium, the computer program causing a general purpose computer to perform the steps of:
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capturing one or more images of a user by an image capture device; confirming the position of the face of the user within the captured image by measuring a size of the face; setting a predetermined portion of the face of the user to be a region of interest; confirming an open mouth of the user within the region of interest; and classifying the open mouth of the user as one of a mouth with a pill therein and a mouth without a pill therein. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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