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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Applicant:
David Poisner, Folsom, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Poisner, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel-GE Care Innovations LLC, Roseville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G01N 21/35 (2014.01); A61J 3/07 (2006.01); A61J 3/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/9508 (2013.01); G01N 21/359 (2013.01); A61J 3/074 (2013.01); A61J 3/007 (2013.01); G07F 17/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pill identification device having a mechanical device that is adapted to roll a pill along various axes of the pill, an optical device to record or transmit images of the pill and an algorithm to compare an identifier of the pill to a database having known identifiers of known pills is disclosed. A method of identifying a pill using the pill identification device of the embodiment of this invention is disclosed herein. Also, a method of manufacturing the pill identification device of the embodiments of this invention is disclosed herein.