Method and apparatus for counting and dispensing medication

摘要

A medication dispensing device has: a medication preparation unit provided with a storage section that can store and discharge one package at a time of a solid medication supplied by a medication supply unit; and a counting unit that can count the solid medication discharged from the storage section. The counting unit is provided with: a monitoring platform on which the solid medication discharged from the storage section rests; an vibration unit that can vibrate the monitoring platform horizontally; an imaging unit that can image the solid medication on the monitoring platform that has been vibrated; and an image recognition unit that can count the solid medication on the basis of the image obtained by the imaging unit.

主权项

1. A medication dispensing device, comprising:
a medication supply unit configured to supply solid medications in accordance with a prescription; at least one storage unit configured to store and discharge the solid medications supplied by the medication supply unit in a predetermined amount for packaging; a medication monitoring mount on which the solid medications are placed; an imaging unit fixed above the medication monitoring mount and configured to capture a plurality of images of the solid medications, discharged in accordance with a dose based on the prescription, on the medication monitoring mount; a counting unit configured to
count a quantity of the solid medications on the medication monitoring mount, by an image recognizing and processing means, based on each of the images captured by the imaging unit, andcompare the counted quantity of the solid medications with a quantity of solid medications corresponding to the dose based on the prescription.