Method and apparatus for inspecting manual dispensing tray of automatic medicine packaging machine
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1. A method for inspecting manual dispensing tray of an automatic medicine packaging machine including steps of:
- a) confirming manual dispensing, wherein, after a manual dispensing tray is drawn from a body of an automatic medicine packaging machine, by detecting the manual dispensing tray'"'"'s being received back into the interior of the body, manual dispensing of medications onto the manual dispensing tray is confirmed;
b) photographing tray, wherein, when the manual dispensing of medications onto the manual dispensing tray is confirmed, state of the manual dispensing of medications onto the manual dispensing tray is acquired as images by photographing the top view of the manual dispensing tray;
c) acquiring medication information, wherein information on medications that are dispensed on each compartment of the manual dispensing tray is acquired by analyzing the images obtained from photographing the manual dispensing tray; and
d) analyzing information equivalence, wherein equivalence between the medication information obtained from the image analysis and manual prescription information extracted from prescription data inputted from a server computer is analyzed.
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Abstract
A method for inspecting manual dispensing tray of the automatic medicine packaging machine that stably inspects dispensing error of the manual dispensing tray due to manual dispensing by a pharmacist and that prevents the inferiority of packaging due to the dispensing error of the manual dispensing tray is disclosed. The method includes step of confirming manual dispensing; step of photographing tray; step of acquiring medication information; step of analyzing information equivalence; and step of displaying dispensing error.
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1. A method for inspecting manual dispensing tray of an automatic medicine packaging machine including steps of:
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a) confirming manual dispensing, wherein, after a manual dispensing tray is drawn from a body of an automatic medicine packaging machine, by detecting the manual dispensing tray'"'"'s being received back into the interior of the body, manual dispensing of medications onto the manual dispensing tray is confirmed; b) photographing tray, wherein, when the manual dispensing of medications onto the manual dispensing tray is confirmed, state of the manual dispensing of medications onto the manual dispensing tray is acquired as images by photographing the top view of the manual dispensing tray; c) acquiring medication information, wherein information on medications that are dispensed on each compartment of the manual dispensing tray is acquired by analyzing the images obtained from photographing the manual dispensing tray; and d) analyzing information equivalence, wherein equivalence between the medication information obtained from the image analysis and manual prescription information extracted from prescription data inputted from a server computer is analyzed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for inspecting manual dispensing tray of an automatic medicine packaging machine based on a preferred embodiment comprising:
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a) a manual dispensing tray that can be operated to be injected and ejected from a body of the automatic medication packaging machine; b) a camera that acquires state of the manual dispensing medications onto the manual dispensing tray as images by photographing the top view of the manual dispensing tray; c) a shape information storage unit that stores shapes and colors of each medication that will be dispensed onto the manual dispensing tray; d) an image analysis unit that acquires information on medications which are dispensed on each compartment of the manual dispensing tray by comparing and analyzing shapes and colors of medications extracted from the images photographed by the camera and those of medications extracted from the shape information storage unit; and e) a controller that inspect whether a pharmacist has precisely dispensed medications to the manual dispensing tray by analyzing equivalence between medication information obtained from the image analysis unit, and manual prescription information extracted from prescription data inputted from a server computer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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