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Method for detecting incorrect storage of medication packages

  • US 9,984,353 B2
  • Filed: 01/24/2013
  • Issued: 05/29/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for detecting incorrect storage of medication packages in a pharmacy order-picking device, the method comprising:

  • providing the pharmacy order-picking device, the device comprising;

    at least one row of shelves, each having a plurality of shelf bases extending in a horizontal direction and a plurality of shelf walls extending in a vertical direction, wherein the plurality of shelf bases and the plurality of shelf walls form a plurality of shelf compartments,at least one operating device, which is movable in the horizontal direction and in the vertical direction on a front side of the plurality of shelf compartments, wherein the operating device comprises;

    a gripping device for placing and/or retrieving medication packages on or from the shelf bases,a sensor, anda control unit coupled to the operating device,identifying, from the plurality of shelf compartments, a shelf compartment marked as having incorrect storage of medication packages,scanning, using the sensor of the operating device, the identified shelf compartment from a front side of the identified shelf compartment in the horizontal direction,determining a depth of the identified shelf compartment based on the scanning,generating a first actual depth image of the identified shelf compartment based on the determined depth of the identified shelf compartment,comparing the first actual depth image to a target depth image of the identified shelf compartment, andanalyzing deviations between the target depth image and the first actual depth image.

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