Method for a medication dispenser to obtain information from a medication package, and medication dispenser
First Claim
1. A method for a medication dispenser to obtain information from a medication package, comprising:
- providing an image of the medication package;
wherein the method comprises;
analysing the image to determine positions and formats of patterns in the image,selecting a layout, which has similar pattern formats in the same positions as the image, from a set of layouts stored in the medication dispenser, the selected layout defining the type of information for each pattern in the image, andinterpreting the information contained in at least one of the patterns of the image by linking the content of the pattern to the type of information defined in the selected layout.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for obtaining information from a medication package. In the method, an image of the medication package is provided, the image is analyzed to determine positions and formats of patterns in the image, a layout, which has similar pattern formats in the same positions as the image, is selected from a set of layouts stored in the medication dispenser, the selected layout defining the type of information for each pattern in the image, and the information contained in at least one of the patterns of the image is interpreted by linking the content of the pattern to the type of information defined in the selected layout. The invention also relates to a medication dispenser.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for a medication dispenser to obtain information from a medication package, comprising:
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providing an image of the medication package; wherein the method comprises; analysing the image to determine positions and formats of patterns in the image, selecting a layout, which has similar pattern formats in the same positions as the image, from a set of layouts stored in the medication dispenser, the selected layout defining the type of information for each pattern in the image, and interpreting the information contained in at least one of the patterns of the image by linking the content of the pattern to the type of information defined in the selected layout. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A medication dispenser, comprising:
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a container for holding a medication package containing medications to be taken at a predetermined taking time, means for transferring the medication package from the container to an outlet of the medication dispenser, and means for providing an image of the medication package; wherein the medication dispenser comprises a control unit that comprises; means for analysing the image to determine positions and formats of patterns in the image, means for maintaining a set of layouts in the medication dispenser, means for selecting a layout, which has similar pattern formats in the same positions as the image, from the set of layouts, the selected layout defining the type of information for each pattern in the image, and means for interpreting the information contained in at least one of the patterns of the image by linking the content of the pattern to the type of information defined in the selected layout. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for a medication dispenser to obtain information from a medication package, comprising:
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obtaining an image of the medication package, the image of the medication package including at least two different patterns; analyzing the image of the medication package to determine both a format of each of the two patterns in the image of the medication package and a position of each pattern in the image of the medication package, the format of one of the patterns in the image of the medication package being a barcode and the format of the other pattern in the image of the medication package being text; selecting a layout from a set of layouts stored in the medication dispenser based on the image of the medication package, the selected layout having similar formats in the same corresponding positions as the formats in the image of the medication package, the selected layout defining the type of information for each pattern in the image of the medication package; and interpreting the information contained in at least one of the patterns of the image of the medication package by linking the content of the pattern to the type of information defined in the selected layout. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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