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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd., Toyonaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Hirokazu Amano, Toyonaka, JP;
Koji Ito, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiromichi Tsuda, Toyonaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Yoshikawa, Toyonaka, JP;
Keigo Nakamura, Toyonaka, JP;
Dai Shimizube, Toyonaka, JP;
Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd., Toyonaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A medicine inspection device includes an inspection unit for inspecting a medicine disposed on the inspection unit; a vibrator to impart vibration to the medicine disposed on the inspection unit; and a shooting unit capable of photographing the medicine disposed on the inspection unit. The medicine inspection device further includes a medicine information detector capable of detecting at least the quantity or type of the medicine based on an image obtained by the shooting unit and a distribution detector which is configured to detect a distribution of the medicine on the inspection unit based on the image obtained by the shooting unit. The inspection unit includes a plurality of inspection areas where the vibrator independently provides vibration to each inspection area. The medicine inspection device is characterized by operating the vibrator so as to provide vibration in the inspection areas chosen based on the detection result of the distribution detector.