System and method of pill identification
AssigneeMedsnap, LLC
InventorsSTEPHEN E. BROSSETTE, PATRICK A. HYMEL, JR.
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Abstract
A system and method for identifying pills by determining a size and shape of each pill in a digital image. The system includes a background grid organized as a grid of alternating-colored shapes. The system also includes a digital camera, a processor and a memory. The processor is used to receive and process the digital image taken by the digital camera so as to determine contours for each pill in the image. The contour determination is refined and is used to determine size and shape information for each pill.
Claims26
A method of identifying a contour of one or more pills, the method comprising:
- receiving a digital image representing one or more pills on a background grid, the background grid organized as a grid of alternating-colored shapes;
- using the grid of alternating-colored shapes to determine an initial estimation of contours for the imaged pills, each contour enclosing a pill part;
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- creating an improved estimation of contours by combining pill parts representing a single pill in the initial estimation of contours into a single contour for a pill represented by multiple pill parts.
A system of identifying contours for pills, comprising:
- a background grid organized as a grid of alternating-colored shapes;
- a digital camera;
- a processor for receiving from the digital camera a digital image representing one or more pills on the background grid and process the digital image in order to identify contours for each pill in the digital image;
- a pill stitching module for combining pill parts representing a single pill into a single contour for a pill represented by multiple pill parts;
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- a memory for storing the identified contours.
A mobile device for identifying pills, comprising:
- a digital camera;
- a processor for receiving from the digital camera a digital image representing one or more pills on a background grid organized as a grid of alternating-colored shapes and process the digital image in order to identify each pill in the digital image;
- a pill stitching module for combining pill parts representing a single pill into a single contour for a pill represented by multiple pill parts;
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- a memory for storing the identity of each pill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.