Method and a system for identifying a medicine

A system for encoding and decoding comprising:

• a code surface comprising:
• a non-conductive surface, divided into segments;
• and
• a number of conductive strips, each strip is attached and covers a segment of said non-conductive surface, wherein the length of said strip represents a value and a combination of values represents a code;
• a code reader comprising a contacts-array divided into segments of contacts, said contacts-array is to be attached to the code surface for reading said code;
• and
• a controller operative for:
• recognizing the location of connected-contacts that match said conductive strips;
• calculating the length of strip of each said segments, according to the number of said connected-contacts in a segment that are connected to said strips;
• and
• decoding said code according to a combination of said length of said strips.

A system for reading information from an in-use medicine package by reading a label located in the bottom of said in-use medicine package, the system comprising:

• a medicine package holder that holds said in-use medicine package turned upside down;
• a circular label—divided into circular segments—that attach to the bottom of said in-use medicine package, said circular label comprising a non-conductive layer and conductive strips covering segments of said non-conductive surface, the length of said strips representing a code;
• a reader, pivotally joined to said holder, that rotates and attach to said label, said reader comprised of circular contacts array divided into segments according to said label segments;
• and
• a controller operative for:
• recognizing contacts of said circular contacts array that are connected to said conductive strips;
• calculating the length of each strip according to the number of said connected-contacts;
• and
• decoding said code according to the length of said strips.