Prescription bottle imaging system and method
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1. A system for collecting data from a plurality of prescription containers being transported along a path, the system comprising:
- a first camera including a vertical orientation and positioned above a path to capture a top view image of a prescription container at a particular position, the top view image including a prescription contained within the prescription container;
a second camera having a horizontal orientation and positioned adjacent to the path to simultaneously capture a side view image of the prescription container at the particular position, the side view image including a label associated with the prescription; and
a lower lift pusher to lift the prescription container through the path into the particular position;
wherein the first camera captures the top view image based on the rotational information associated with the lower lift push.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a prescription imaging system for capturing, storing and displaying images of prescription bottles during the prescription fulfillment process to monitor the quality of the fulfillment process. The system includes one or more pill cameras for capturing images of pills dispensed into one or more prescription bottles and one or more label cameras for capturing images of the bottle labels. The images are stored on a storage device in a database record. The images can be used to verify that the pills in each bottle correspond with the associated prescription.
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1. A system for collecting data from a plurality of prescription containers being transported along a path, the system comprising:
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a first camera including a vertical orientation and positioned above a path to capture a top view image of a prescription container at a particular position, the top view image including a prescription contained within the prescription container; a second camera having a horizontal orientation and positioned adjacent to the path to simultaneously capture a side view image of the prescription container at the particular position, the side view image including a label associated with the prescription; and a lower lift pusher to lift the prescription container through the path into the particular position;
wherein the first camera captures the top view image based on the rotational information associated with the lower lift push. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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13. A system for collecting data from a plurality of Prescription containers being transported along a path, the system comprising:
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a first camera including a vertical orientation and positioned above a path to capture a top view image of a prescription container at a particular position, the top view image including a prescription drug contained within the prescription container; a second camera having a horizontal orientation and positioned adjacent to the path to simultaneously capture a side view image of the prescription container at the particular position, the side view image including a label associated with the prescription; a lower lift pusher to lift the prescription container through the path into the particular position;
wherein the first camera captures the top image based on the rotational information associated with the lower lift push; anda computing system including a storage to store the top view image and the side view image and to associate both the top view image and the side view image with label data, drug data and a reference image. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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17. A system for collecting data from a plurality of prescription containers being transported along a path, the system comprising:
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a first camera including a vertical orientation and positioned above a path to capture a top view image of a prescription container at a particular position, the top view image including a prescription drug contained within the prescription container; a second camera having a horizontal orientation and positioned adjacent to the path to simultaneously capture a plurality of side view images of the prescription container at the particular position, the side view image including a label associated with the prescription; and a positioner to position the prescription container into the particular position and rotate the prescription container;
wherein the positioner includes a lift mechanism;
wherein the first camera takes an image based on rotational information associated with the lift mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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