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DUAL PURPOSE PILL REMINDER AND TAMPER DETECTOR

  • US 20140341411A1
  • Filed: 05/20/2013
  • Published: 11/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining open and closed states of a medicine bottle for one or more purposes including a) reminding patients to take medication, b) detecting tampering of medicine bottle, and c) providing medicine usage inputs to a medication compliance monitoring and administrative system, the method comprising of:

  • providing a medicine bottle which is able to hold medicine;

    providing a cap which can be opened, and which is able to retain medicine inside said medicine bottle;

    providing an audio speaker which is able to convert electrical audio signals to sound-waves;

    providing an audio microphone which is able to convert received sound-waves to electrical audio signals;

    providing electronics which is able to generate audio signals and drive said speaker with said generated audio signals, and which is further able to analyze audio signals from said microphone;

    providing mounting and housing of said speaker, said microphone and said electronics such that said speaker is able to produce sound waves inside said medicine bottle and said microphone is able to receive sound waves produced inside said medicine bottle at least when said cap is closed;

    generating audio signals using said electronics and converting them to sound waves using said speaker;

    simultaneously receiving sound waves and converting them to audio signal using said microphone;

    analyzing said audio signal from said microphone using said electronics, and determining therefrom whether said medicine bottle is open or closed.

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