Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.

Phc Holdings Corporation

Hiroshi Ehara

Shinichi Yasui

Toshiaki Ueta

Hitoshi Yamashita

Yoichi Oki

Akiji Tanaka

Takanobu Tanimoto

Junichiro Morioka

A pill inspection apparatus of the present invention includes: an illumination portionfor irradiating light to a medical envelopein which at least a translucent pillis enclosed; an imaging portionfor acquiring a transmission image of the irradiated medical envelope; and an image processing portionfor detecting, as the translucent pill, a pill having a brightness value of its outer periphery lower than that of its center using the transmission image, the illumination portionincludes a light emitting portion, and a light-collecting portionfor collecting light is provided between the light emitting portionand the medical envelope. By obtaining a uniform outline of the translucent pillirrespective of a shooting position, it is possible to inspect the translucent pillirrespective of a permeation rate.

Pill inspection apparatus and pill inspection method

The present invention provides a tablet-inspecting device in which the control unit gives, to the continuous drug packet-driving unit, operation instructions to move the continuous drug packet from an upstream side to a downstream side of the conveyor path, and reciprocating operation instructions to alternately move the continuous drug packet to the upstream side and the downstream side of the conveyor path, the control unit gives, to the rod control unit, rod unit pressing operation instructions to press the rod unit against the side portion of the drug packet, and when the control unit gives the reciprocating operation instructions, the rod unit pressing operation instructions has been given, it is possible to enhance determining precision of the number of tablets or the kinds of tablet, and to stably inspect drugs.

Tablet-inspecting device

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Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Ehara