Medicine pack inspecting system

A medicine pack inspecting system comprising:

• a packing instruction unit configured to generate packing instruction information indicating the number of tablets of each kind to be enclosed in a medicine pack for each kind of tablets;
• a tablet packing unit configured to enclose tablets in the medicine pack based on the packing instruction information;
• an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of the medicine pack with the tablets being enclosed, to generate a medicine pack image;
• and
• a tablet inspecting unit configured to inspect the number of tablets enclosed in the medicine pack by performing pattern matching using the medicine pack image and a tablet pattern shown in the packing instruction information, the tablet pattern being a shape pattern of a tablet to be enclosed in the medicine pack,
• wherein the packing instruction information includes the number of divisions of an irregular shaped tablet which is a tablet divided based on the packing instruction information,
• the tablet inspecting unit is configured to generate an irregular shaped tablet pattern by dividing a regular shaped tablet pattern by the number of divisions of the irregular shaped tablet included in the packing instruction information, the irregular shaped tablet pattern being a shape pattern of the irregular shaped tablet, and the regular shaped tablet pattern being a regular shape pattern of a tablet of the same kind as a kind of the irregular shaped tablet, and
• the tablet inspecting unit is configured to inspect the number of the irregular shaped tablets by performing pattern matching using the irregular shaped tablet pattern and the medicine pack image when the packing instruction information includes information on the irregular shaped tablet.