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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Hirokazu Amano, Toyonaka, JP;
Norifumi Oike, Toyonaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Morita, Toyonaka, JP;
YUYAMA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Toyonaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A medication dispensing device has: a medication preparation unit provided with a storage section that can store and discharge one package at a time of a solid medication supplied by a medication supply unit; and a counting unit that can count the solid medication discharged from the storage section. The counting unit is provided with: a monitoring platform on which the solid medication discharged from the storage section rests; an vibration unit that can vibrate the monitoring platform horizontally; an imaging unit that can image the solid medication on the monitoring platform that has been vibrated; and an image recognition unit that can count the solid medication on the basis of the image obtained by the imaging unit.