System, method, apparatus and computer program product for capturing human-readable text displayed on a unit dose package
AssigneeMcKesson Automation Inc.
InventorShawn T. Greyshock
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AssigneeMcKesson Automation Inc.
InventorShawn T. Greyshock
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A system, method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for capturing human-readable text displayed on a unit dose package. In particular, identification information associated with a unit dose package may be used to determine a location and/or a format in which human-readable text, such as an expiration date or lot number associated with the corresponding unit dose medication, is displayed on the unit dose package. Once the location and/or format of the human-readable text has been determined, this information can be used in order to scan the unit dose medication and translate the human-readable text into machine-readable text using, for example, optical character recognition.
A method of capturing human-readable text displayed on a unit dose package, said method comprising:
A system for capturing human-readable text displayed on a unit dose package, said system comprising:
An apparatus for capturing human-readable text displayed on a unit dose package, said apparatus comprising:
A computer program product for capturing human-readable text displayed on a unit dose package, wherein the computer program product comprises at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
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