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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2015
Nec Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Nec Platforms, Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Homma, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
NEC PLATFORMS, LTD, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A pill case () includes a pocket () which receives one pill () from an accommodation unit () in which a plurality of pills () are accommodated, and an extraction port () for ejecting the pill () in the pocket () to the outside. The pill case () includes a manipulation unit (for example, pill ejection button () and pill tray ()) which converts a state in which the pill () in the pocket () cannot be ejected through the extraction port () to a state in which the pill () in the pocket () can be ejected through the extraction port () by being manipulated by a user. The pill case () includes a moving unit which is moved by indirectly or directly receiving a pressure from the pill () in the pocket () according to the moving manipulation to the manipulation unit, and a detection unit which detects that the moving unit is moved up to a position of the moving unit which corresponds to a state in which the pill () in the pocket () can be ejected.