Method and Device for Identification and/or Sorting of Medicines

摘要

A medicine identification and sorting system is disclosed, which includes an image capturing system for creating a digital image of at least a portion of a target medicine, and an image processing system for comparing said created target medicine image with reference medicine images in a reference medicine image database to identify and/or then sort the medicine from a mixture of medicines.

主权项

1. A method for identifying and sorting a target medicine from a mixture of medicines comprising an image capturing step for creating at least one digital image of the target medicine, an image processing step for comparing the at least one digital image with reference images and identifying the target medicine by determining a match between the at least one digital image and a reference image, and a sorting step for routing said target medicine to a desired location after the target medicine is processed or identified.