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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2017
Nippon Frontier Medicine Laboratories, Inc., Osaka, JP;
NIPPON FRONTIER MEDICINE LABORATORIES INC., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To readily detect the taking-out of an object contained in a blister pack, there is provided a detection apparatus for detecting a timing at which a contained object is taken out from a blister pack including a plurality of containing portions and a plate-like portion that connects the plurality of containing portions. The apparatus includes a plate on which the blister pack is arranged, a plurality of light sources that emit light beams to the plurality of containing portions of the blister pack arranged on the plate, a plurality of sensors that receive the light beams emitted from the light sources, and also output electrical signals corresponding to light reception intensities, and a detector that detects the presence/absence of contained objects in the respective containing portions based on the electrical signals output from the plurality of sensors.