CN103429500A - Method and apparatus for automated messaging in beverage container - Google Patents
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Abstract
An apparatus generates an audio and/or visual signal or message when a container having an opening mechanism is opened. An activation trigger is coupled to the container to determine when the container has been opened. An integrated circuit is mounted on or within the container or opening mechanism and coupled to the activation trigger to determine the sealing status of the container and to generate the audio and/or visual signal or message when a determination is made that the container has been opened. An output device is coupled to the integrated circuit for outputting a signal related to a status of container usage, a last opening of the container and/or scheduled next opening of the container.
Description
Related application
The U.S. Provisional Patent Application that the application relates on January 28th, 2011 and submits to, sequence number is 61437539, and require to enjoy its preceence according to 35USC119, this U.S. Provisional Patent Application is included this paper by reference in.
Background of invention
Background technology
Many audio producing device are used to beverage equipment and pharmaceutical containers for a long time, comprise medicine bottle, glass bottle, aluminium pot, tin can and dixie cup.Usually, these equipment are intended to detect when vessel are moved, to trigger emitting of sound signal.The actuating method of these equipment comprises optical sensor, suction pipe suction and vessel pressure sensor.Other actuating method comprises the containment member that destroys aluminium pot, for example, when the pulling-on piece of this tank is opened, or when the internal pressure of this tank is released.The electronics package of being responsible for the generation sound signal can be disposed in drinking container inside or outside.US Patent 5,575,383,5,130,696,7,888,898,6,992,586,6,557,728,7,269,476 and U.S. Patent Publication text 2009/0281657 in some examples have been shown.
Technical field
The present invention relates to opening or closed equipment of inspection instrument, relate in particular to and there is the container that produces the signaling equipment of message when described container is opened or is closed.
Summary of the invention
Illustration embodiment of the present invention comprises following method and apparatus, and described method and apparatus is used the drinking container (especially metallic beverage can) be pre-existing in as by audio sample, declaring the means when described tank has activated.Yet, clearly understand, scope of the present invention is not limited to metallic beverage can, but also specifically comprises now known or later by food, health care and beauty treatment, family expenses and the industrial container of any kind of making.And, the present invention not only comprises pull tab (pull tabs), also comprises that plastics pulling-on piece, metal/plastic twist de-part (twist offs), metal/plastic draw ring (pop top) and known or any other release that later will make now or open equipment.
Illustration embodiment of the present invention comprises the device for displaying audio file when container is opened.Described device comprises stacking electronic building brick and is attached to the pulling-on piece of described container and the equipment actuating trigger of described stacking electronic building brick, and wherein said equipment actuating trigger comprises the instrument when sealing for detection of described container has been opened.
Described equipment actuating trigger is resistance switch, and described resistance switch comprises: actuation switch, and it is arranged to crosses the sheet rivet (tab rivet) that described stacking assembly arrives extension; And conducting path, it is initial and terminate in described stacking assembly, and forms the loop through described actuation switch.
Described equipment actuating trigger is mechanical switch, magnet contactor and/or inductive switch.
Described stacking assembly comprises that loud speaker, substrate, battery and integrated plate carry chip assembly.
Illustration embodiment of the present invention comprises a kind of for produce the device of sound signal or message when container is opened, described device comprises: actuating trigger, it is attached to described container, to determine when described container is opened, and described binary pair is characterised in that the electrical parameter of the sealing state that depends on described container; Integrated circuit, it is arranged on described container, and is attached to described actuating trigger, to measure described electrical parameter, thus the sealing state of definite described container, and produce described sound signal or message when definite described container has been opened; Loud speaker, it is attached to described integrated circuit; And battery, it is attached to described integrated circuit, wherein said integrated circuit, described loud speaker and the composite laminated stack assemblies of described battery pack, described stack assemblies is attached to described container, and is attached to and is arranged in described container or the described opener on described container.
Described stack assemblies be integrated into be arranged in described container or the described opener on described container in.
Described stack assemblies comprises and is arranged in described container or the described opener on described container.
Described stack assemblies also comprises the acoustic resonator chamber.
In another embodiment, to the layout of audio data content, can realize by radio transmitting method.In this example, plate carries in chip (COB) parts and comprises additional wireless transceiver.Described wireless transceiver receives data from the layout terminal, so that voice data is stored in the non-volatile memory component of described equipment.
More specifically, illustration embodiment of the present invention comprises a kind of device that produces audio frequency and/or visual signal or message while being opened for the container having opener.An actuating trigger is attached to described container, to determine described container, when is opened, and described binary pair is characterised in that the electrical parameter of the sealing state that depends on described container.Integrated circuit be installed on described container or described opener or in, and be attached to described actuating trigger, to measure described electrical parameter, thus the sealing state of definite described container, and produce audio frequency and/or visual signal or message when definite described container has been opened.An acoustic transducer is attached to described integrated circuit.A battery is attached to described integrated circuit, wherein said integrated circuit, described acoustic transducer and the composite laminated stack assemblies of described battery pack, described stack assemblies is attached to described container, and is attached to and is arranged in described container or the described opener on described container.
Described stack assemblies be integrated into be arranged in described container or the described opener on described container in.Described stack assemblies comprises and is arranged in described container or the described opener on described container.The described opener of described container has cover, and described cover is with discerptible seam.Described stack assemblies is included on described cover or in described cover, and has through or cross the conducting path of described seam, and wherein said stack assemblies should described cover by described seam opens to separate and activated.Described stack assemblies is disposed on the reclosable cover of a container or in reclosable cover, by described cover, defines interruptable circuit paths.
Described device further comprises clock, and to have measured or the time of record since the container last time loses continuity, wherein said assembly has been announced elapsed time since the container last time opens in the mode that can listen.
Described device can combine use with a plurality of stack assemblies that form peer-to-peer network or lead to local computer network, and further comprise the radio-frequency communication module be included in described stack assemblies, described radio-frequency communication module will and be opened or closed information wireless ground sends to and forms described peer-to-peer network or towards other stack assemblies in a plurality of stack assemblies of local computer network about container and/or opener.
Described stack assemblies is provided with and discrete airborne in other sources or the intelligence of intercommunication mutually, with use and the user interactions of the described container that detects according to described stack assemblies.
Described container comprises goods dispenser, and described goods dispenser is arranged and is configured to not only to allow opening or closure of inspection instrument, and dispense articles.
The feature of illustration embodiment also can be a kind of device that produces audio frequency and/or visual signal or message while being opened for the container having opener.An actuating trigger is attached to described container, to determine described container, when is opened.Integrated circuit be installed on described container or described opener or in, and be attached to described actuating trigger, to determine the sealing state of described container, and produce audio frequency and/or visual signal or message when definite described container has been opened.An outdevice is attached to described integrated circuit, opens and/or described container is planned opens relevant signal next time with output and the last time of container use state, described container.
In one embodiment, described binary pair is membrane switch, and wherein said opener is the cap for described container, described membrane switch is disposed between described cap and described container, and closed or open to activated by described cap by described container.
Described embodiment can further comprise adaptation ring (adapter ring), wherein said cap comprises standardized design, and wherein said adaptation ring is attached to described container by described cap, described container has a predetermined design among a plurality of feasible design for sealing described container, and wherein said adaptation ring is fitted to described standardized cap a described predetermined design of described container.
Described embodiment can further comprise data connector, and described data connector is comprised in described opener or described container is interior or upper, and is attached to described integrated circuit.
Described embodiment can further comprise wireless transceiver, and described wireless transceiver is comprised in described opener or described container is interior or upper, and is attached to described integrated circuit.
Described embodiment can further comprise battery and be attached to the inductive charge circuit of described battery, described battery and described inductive charge circuit in described opener or described container or on, and be attached to described integrated circuit.
Described embodiment can further comprise debouncing circuit, described debouncing circuit is attached to described integrated circuit, with by at first detect open or closed after the actuating of described binary pair is postponed to a predetermined period, detect reliably opening or closure of described opener.
Described embodiment can further comprise the removable cover be disposed on described standardized cap, and described cover optionally is provided with symbol, word or figure, for the user, identifies described container.
Described embodiment can further comprise safety apparatus, and this safety apparatus is attached to described opener, for the user to described safety apparatus presents based on safety key, carrys out the optionally described opener of the locking and unlocking.
The feature of illustration embodiment of the present invention also can be a kind of method of managing medicine or medicament use, comprise the steps: to be provided for holding or distributing the container of described medicine or medicament, described container has for optionally closed and open the opener of described container; By means of being comprised on described opener or described container or interior sensor, detect the use state of described container, comprise opening or closure of described container; To convey to and be comprised on described opener or described container or interior integrated circuit from the use state of the detected described container of described sensor; And by means of described integrated circuit and be comprised on described opener or described container or interior outdevice, according to the use state of detected described container and use according to the intention of described medicine or medicament, from trend user output message.
Described method can further comprise the steps: to use the computing machine discrete with described container with described opener or data source to communicate by letter with described integrated circuit, to determine the described message that is conveyed to the user by described integrated circuit and described outdevice.
Although or will describe described apparatus and method with the function interpretation for the grammer fluency, but should understand, unless clearly statement under 35USC112, otherwise claim should not be interpreted as being subject to by any way must the limiting of structure of " device " or " step " restriction, but should under the judicial principle be equal to, meet the implication of the restriction that claim provides and the four corner of equivalent, and, in the situation that claim clearly statement under 35USC112, claim should meet the complete legal equivalents under 35USC112.By the accompanying drawing rotated down now, can see better the present invention, in the accompanying drawings, identical figure denote for identical element.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the circuit of illustration embodiment, shows the surface-mounted integrated circuit that is attached to permanent magnet loudspeaker.
Fig. 2 is the schematic plan that is furnished with the pop can of illustration embodiment.
Fig. 3 is the side plan view of enlarged drawing of the integration packaging of illustration embodiment.
Fig. 4 is that breaking of described tearable seam is used to activate the assembly of illustration embodiment with the lateral plan of the screw cap container of tearable seam (tearable seam).
Fig. 5 is the figure of one embodiment of the invention, wherein said assembly be included in reclosable cover or reclosable cover on, and be provided with intelligent source or communicate by letter with intelligent source, with the opening of detection, record and management and container, closure or content, distributing relevant container to use.
Fig. 6 is the schematic illustration figure of an anther cap, and described anther cap is with the visual displays that is included into or is attached to described anther cap.
Fig. 7 is the schematic illustration figure of an anther cap, and described anther cap is with the membrane switch that is included into or is attached to described anther cap and adaptation ring.
Fig. 8 is the schematic illustration figure of an anther cap, and described anther cap is with the FPDP that is included into or is attached to described anther cap.
Fig. 9 is the schematic illustration figure of an anther cap, and described anther cap is with the wireless communication system that is included into or is attached to described anther cap.
Figure 10 is the schematic illustration figure of an anther cap, and described anther cap is with the induction charging equipment of with described anther cap, communicating by letter or connecting.
Figure 11 is the schematic illustration figure of an anther cap, and described anther cap is with the acoustic resonator that is included into or is attached to described anther cap.
Figure 12 is the schematic illustration figure of an anther cap, and described anther cap has the cover that is included into or is attached to described anther cap.
Figure 13 is the schematic illustration figure of an anther cap, and described anther cap has the safety apparatus that is included into or is attached to described anther cap.
, by rotating down the preferred embodiment detailed description of (illustrative embodiments as the invention limited in claim presents), can understand better the present invention and multiple embodiments thereof now.Should understand, the scope of the invention be defined by the claims can be wider than the illustration embodiment the following describes.
The specific embodiment
The beverage can that illustration embodiment of the present invention proposes requires to implement some basic functions, and wherein mainly first is a kind of equipment actuating trigger for determining when this tank (totally indicating with reference number 10 at Fig. 2) has been opened.Although illustrated, be a beverage can, illustration embodiment of the present invention can adopt any kind of the article for any type of opening sealing member or mechanism with any kind or the container of type.In one embodiment, tank 10 comprises stack assemblies 12, and stack assemblies 12 is attached to the pulling-on piece 16 of tank 10.Pulling-on piece 16 is attached to tank 10 by sheet rivet 20, the rivet sheet 22 that sheet rivet 20 is extended around.Between the rivet sheet 22 that is connected in stack assemblies 12 and extends is disposable actuation switch 32.Actuation switch 32 is comprised of two half-unit, that is, and and assembly half one 26 and tank half one 28.Assembly half one 26 forever is attached to stack assemblies 12, and tank half one 28 forever is attached to the rivet sheet 22 of extension by welding or conductive epoxy resin.Assembly half one 26 and tank half one 28 tear seam 24 via perforated sheet and temporarily are linked together.The conducting path 30 be comprised of lighter-weight lines is attached to actuation switch 3 by stack assemblies 12.Conducting path 30 forms a loop, and this loop is advanced from stack assemblies 12, via perforated sheet, tears the two half- unit 26,28 of seam 24De center through actuation switch 32, then gets back to stack assemblies 12, as shown in Figure 2.Stack assemblies 12, conducting path 30, actuation switch 32 and the rivet sheet 22 extended form a resistance switch known in the art together.In brief, resistance switch detects between 2 whether have continuous power path with electric current.The cost of manufacturing resistance switch is insignificant, because the integrated circuit fabrication process of available standards is manufactured resistance switch, as known in the art.The resistance switch auxiliary member comprises and is intended to make power supply continuous discharge to open or closed active circuit to determine this switch.Because tank 10 is made by conducting metal (aluminium), so in one embodiment, the means that tank 10 structures own can be used as providing switch " wiring " or replace conducting path 30.
At conducting path 30, as shown in Figure 2 when intact, stack assemblies 12 is by actuation switch 24 supply low currents.When pulling-on piece 16 is mentioned from tank 10, actuation switch 32 tears seam 24 along perforated sheet and tears, and causes actuation switch 32 to break, and stays assembly half one 26 and is attached to the rivet sheet 22 that stack assemblies 12 and tank half one 28 are attached to extension.The actuation switch 32 cut off has interrupted, by the current flowing of conducting path 30, causing stack assemblies 12 open circuit to be detected, as discussed below.This open circuit can be used as the equipment actuating trigger.
In an alternate embodiment, this equipment actuating trigger can be a plurality of magnet contactores.Magnet contactor determines that with contiguous magnetic field switch is opened or closure.In this embodiment, the iron additive is combined or be integrated into a plurality of positions in cover 10, so that the material iron content.In addition, permanent magnet is attached to pulling-on piece 16.In this embodiment, conducting path 30 is advanced from stack assemblies 12, and through being arranged on the permanent magnet on pulling-on piece 16, at least one iron additive or secondary magnet through in the lid that is arranged in tank 10, then turn back to this stack assemblies.Alternatively, pulling-on piece 16 can consist of permanent magnet itself.When pulling-on piece 16 is mentioned from tank 10, this permanent magnet is raised away from this secondary magnet, thereby cuts off the connection between these two magnet.Lose contact between these two magnet and prevented electric current to flow through conducting path 30, this is opened to stack assemblies 12 notice tanks 10.
In a further embodiment, mechanical switch can be used as the equipment actuating trigger.Mechanical switch is passive, and moves to carry out being connected between power supply and audio playback device with the physics of object.This switch sees it is desirable from following viewpoint: until this switch closure, and while between this power supply and this audio playback device, having carried out mechanical connection, it just uses electric power.For example, when pulling-on piece 16 is drawn away from tank 10, be attached to pulling-on piece 16 and a mechanical switch being slidably connected in stack assemblies 12 correspondingly is moved.When this mechanical switch mobile when enough far away, formed a circuit between power supply and audio playback device, thereby allowed audio message to be heard.This mechanical switch is maintained at this make position, until from the sound signal of this audio playback device emission by playback fully to the user.
In another embodiment, this equipment actuating trigger is inductive switch, this inductive switch with the mode that is similar to the common metal detector device detect an equipment near.Inductive switch is by generating an electromagnetic field and the existence of metal object is determined in the variation of this electromagnetic field of sensing.The lasting power consumption of such equipment requirement is to produce this electromagnetic field.In this embodiment, pulling-on piece 16 comprises elementary sensing element, and the lid of tank 10 comprises the secondary induction element, and this secondary induction element is located immediately at this primary element below when the sealing member 18 of this tank is closed.Stack assemblies 12 is attached to elementary sensing element and secondary induction element independently.When pulling-on piece 16 is pulled away from tank 10, elementary sensing element is pulled away from the secondary induction element, causes being arranged in the changes of magnetic field between them.This changes of magnetic field is formed on the respective change in the electric current in the described induction path 30 of flowing through, and this shows that to stack assemblies 12 give a signals the sealing member 18 of tank 10 opens now.
Turn to now Fig. 3, can see a plurality of parts that form stack assemblies 12.Stack assemblies 12 preferably includes piezoelectric speaker or syntonizer 14, substrate 34, battery 36, and plate carries chip (COB) assembly or audio tones maker electronics package 38.The parts of stack assemblies 12 are laminated on together becomes individual unit, the abundant rigidity of this individual unit and enough solid with the funtion part as pulling-on piece 16.In other words, except pulling-on piece 16, stack assemblies 12 also can be drawn away from tank 10, to open sealing member 18.All parts of stack assemblies 12 comprise the height dwindled, so that the elongated substitute of easily opening for pulling-on piece 16 to be provided.
The loud speaker 14 of stack assemblies 12 is piezoelectric speaker or piezoelectric resonator preferably, and it vibrates thin megohmite (such as quartz) with electric field and produces sound.These equipment are very thin, and have low cost because of simple structure.Alternatively, can use the Wound-rotor type loud speaker.The Wound-rotor type loud speaker is well-known in this area, and is used in a large amount of loudspeaker applications.In brief, the Wound-rotor type loud speaker moves a film with small magnet and winding wire, and this film produces sound.The cost of Wound-rotor type loud speaker is limited by the demand to the magnet for driving loud-speaker diaphragm and a large amount of copper cash.The thickness of loud speaker 14 can be by changing use the amount of wire winding adjust.
The loud speaker 14 of stack assemblies 12 is disposed in the top of substrate 34, and this substrate is constituted by plastics, metal, glass fibre or its.Substrate 34 comprises and is positioned at De Qianghuo space, center, to allow from the sound signal resonance of loud speaker 14 emissions, thereby obtains the actv. voice reproducing.
COB assembly or audio tones maker electronics package 38 are integrated circuit (as shown in Figure 1 in stack assemblies 12) of being responsible for producing the electricity sound signal, and this electricity sound signal is converted to by loud speaker or syntonizer 14 sound wave that can listen.COB assembly 38 comprises microcontroller and contains prerecord or the rom chip of the audio file of pre-programmed.This audio file can be the audio file of any type of expectation, includes but not limited to advertisement, music or analogue.
That Fig. 4 is that the assembly 12 of Fig. 3 is arranged on is medicinal, on the lid of food, health care and beauty treatment, family expenses or industrial container 40 or cap 42 or in block diagram.Should understand, the instruction of illustration embodiment is applicable to and can extends at present known or later by all types of containers or the packing made.Therefore should understand, illustration embodiment of the present invention not only comprises pull tab, and comprises plastics pulling-on piece, metal/plastic stubborn de-part, metal/plastic draw ring, screw cap and screw top and other release or open equipment.Cap 42 comprises being integrated in and tears seam 44 in cap 42.Discerptible, tearable or destructible seam 44 is conventional, and is that the those of ordinary skill of packaging field is well-known.Conducting path 46 is coupled, from assembly 12 through cap 42 through or cross seam 44, make when cap 42 be opened and seam 44 is torn, separately or while destroying, path 46 disconnects or becomes discontinuous on electricity.This discountinuity is detected by assembly 12, and then assembly 12 activated.
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of another embodiment of the invention, wherein assembly 12 be disposed on the discharged cover 48 of container 50 or in, define interruptable circuit paths 56 by covering 48.In fact circuit paths 56 can be made according to numerous ways.An embodiment comprises the conductive lead wire 64 from assembly 12, on the negative thread or internal compression sealing surfaces of cap 48.Corresponding conductive lead wire 62 is arranged on the outside thread or external compression surface of container 50 and connecting bridges cap 48 couplings.When cap 48 is disposed on container 50 and is arranged to closed configuration, these two lead-in wire 62 and 64 bracings 58.Bracing 58 defines and a pair ofly electrically contacts, to set up the electricity continuity.When by outwarding winding or when pulling container 50 cap 48 being opened, bracing 58 is removed, thereby the electricity continuity is interrupted.This interruption is detected by assembly 12, and can be in many ways for a plurality of purposes.
For example, assembly 12 comprises the clock (not shown), and this clock can be synchronizeed with compiling the year, or can be record have lost the time meter of elapsed time since continuity from 50 last times of container.Be stored in the mode that the recording in assembly 12 can listen and announced elapsed time since 50 last times of container open.This information is in the situation that container 50 is that pharmaceutical containers and the management of execution drug dose are useful materials.Thereby the user is alerted: the time that he or she probably announces at assembly 12 has been taken a medicine.This has prevented unexpected excessive taking medicine, and excessive taking medicine can have harmful result that even may be fatal.
Further, in some embodiments, assembly 12 also comprises RF communication module (such as the RFID chip), and this RF communication module will and be opened or closed information wireless ground conveys to and forms peer-to-peer network or some other through in a plurality of similar assembly 12 of router five 4 arrival computing machines 52 about container 50.This information not only comprises opening of container 50 or closed event and time, and the expection content or the identity that comprise container 50.Therefore, among a plurality of containers 50 of so equipping, according to the program in memory device or microprocessor that is stored in comprised in assembly 12, or, via the program in the memory device that is stored in computing machine 52, can check that medicine interacts.Computing machine 52 can be communicated by letter with internet 60 by conventional means, thereby is connected with external network, and this external network can comprise user's doctor, pharmacy or health products supplier.Thereby user's compliance (drug compliance) can be directly by the monitoring of external monitoring expert system record.Do not comply with or misuse and can be detected, and can send automatic message via computing machine 52 or phone and come reminding user to take or avoid taking to open definite specific action of using about medicine by pharmaceutical containers actual.Then, can pass on message to assembly 12 by computing machine 52 or from the machine carried memory of the appropriate containers 50 among a plurality of containers, so that the customized messages about the use of the medicine in container 50 to be provided.Further, all message of being announced by assembly 12 can be by optionally layout, with the native language with the user as the case may be, gives information.Such monitoring is especially favourable to elderly patient, and the cognitive ability that elderly patient maintains the failure-free drug compliance may weaken because of the age.In other words, assembly 12 can be provided with and other sources airborne or intelligence of intercommunication mutually independently, with use and the user interactions of the container 50 that detects according to assembly 12.
Also imagined within the scope of the invention, container 50 can be arranged and be configured to not only to allow opening or closure of inspection instrument 50, and is constructed to distributing box.In other words, container 50 is not the bottle with cap simply, but can be as candy dispenser according to dosage unit divide dose out powders, in this case, assembly 12 direct-detections but not infer the distribution of dosage unit.The various mechanism that can affect other dosage units of tablet or medicine or article is actually unconfined equally, and is well-known for the those of ordinary skill of packaging field.No matter concrete distributor gears how, the distribution of dosage unit is all to be undertaken by the actuating of certain mechanical element, and this actuating can electrically be detected by assembly 12, and as disclosed being utilized above.
Embodiment of the present invention further are illustrated under the situation of pharmaceutical containers or anther cap 66.Anther cap 66 has many feature modification.In one embodiment, vision electronic console 68 is comprised in anther cap 66 or is attached to anther cap 66, to show to the patient to take medicine next time, when is ranked, as briefly showed in Fig. 6.Telltale 68 can comprise one or more light-emitting diodes (LED).These light-emitting diodes can have many colors, and to the patient, to show status information, if that is: anther cap 66 has been opened and dosage is assigned with, display case is as black; If treat to distribute at future date, display case is as green; Expire or exceed the time limit if distribute, display case is as redness.For example, if open to distribute a meeting to cause taking the dosage of doubling dosage, this telltale can show a different colours, sends the alarm that can listen or enter the flicker pattern.Telltale 68 also can comprise can show to the patient the embedded Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) of text or graphical information.LCD display 68 also can contain LED-backlit light source (not shown), so that observation is easier under low light condition.Can observe telltale 68 from top and/or the sidepiece profile of medicine container 66, as shown in Figure 6, all effectively utilized in horizontal or vertical stacking arranging to allow anther cap 66 simultaneously.Telltale 68 can be modified to contain concrete image, such as the identifier of general male/female sex sign or patient's selection.
The illustration embodiment also comprises a kind of current mechanism when anther cap 66 has been removed that is used to indicate.This mechanism comprises the elastic membrane switch 72 of the inboard that is embedded in this anther cap, as shown in Figure 7.When anther cap 66 is attached or be attached to medicine container main body 70, membrane switch 72 is compressed between the top of cap 66 and medicine bottle 70, forces membrane switch 72 in the close position.When medicine bottle cap 66 is removed, membrane switch 72 no longer is compressed between cap 66 and medicine container main body 70, in an open position thus.Open and closure between, additional time delay is added in the programmable circuit (not shown) that is attached to switch 72, to prevent the error detection that cap is removed caused because of the cap mal-alignment.
Except the elastic switch 72 that the anther cap state is provided, also comprise one group of anther cap adaptation ring 74.Adaptation ring 74 is to be designed to comprise the container body with safety cap feature with multiple medicine container main body 70() coupling in groups agree with screw thread (keyed thread).The security feature of known different ready-made medicine container main body 70 is different because of maker.Provide to be attached to various medicine bottles 70 and to maintain with single cap design with the anther cap 66 of general membrane switch 72 and the combination of screw thread adaptation ring 74 various medicine bottles are all detected the cap installation and remove the method for the ability of event.
In one embodiment, anther cap 66 can contain cable programming port 76(as shown in Figure 8 via USB or any other standard or proprietary line interface).Programming cable 78 is connected between anther cap 66 and PC or certain other electronic machine (such as smart mobile phone 80).Connection is to carry out following action in order to allow: the data that are stored on anther cap 66 can be uploaded to PC or iphone80.These data can contain the information relevant with the occupation mode of this anther cap and battery status.The number of times be removed about anther cap 66 and this anther cap remove information how long from medicine bottle 70 can be used to draw frequency of utilization.Data can download to anther cap 66 from PC or iphone80.These data can contain to the change of dosage information (comprising frequency of utilization) or to being comprised in the clock lastest imformation of the circuit (not shown) in anther cap 66.This can be used to adjust the middle process of taking medicine of writing out a prescription.For example, patient's doctor can vital signs or symptom based on being in determine whether take frequency needs to change.Can provide electric power from programming port 76, so that anther cap battery (not shown) is recharged.This allows permanent battery is installed, and does not require patient's periodic replacement galvanic battery (primary battery).Can use visual display element (LED or LCD) to show the charge level of this galvanic battery, to the patient, to warn low battery state.
In another embodiment, Wireless Telecom Equipment 82 is comprised in anther cap 66.Communication facilities 82 comprises the passive near-field communication equipment that backscatter technique (such as what provided by conventional RFID label) is provided.In this embodiment, the patient medicine bottle 70 is placed on label reader equipment 84 or near, this label reader equipment, by using such as the method inquiry anther cap 66 provided by RFID reader routine, detects and presents which medicine.
Can use the induction charging method to carry out the wireless battery charging to anther cap 66.The patient is placed on medicine bottle 70 on the pallet or mat 84 as battery-charging station.Anther cap 66 does not need to be removed to be charged from medicine bottle 70.In the situation that integrated spiral PCB antenna (not shown) is included into cap 66, it is possible using ready-made technology to carry out induction charging.This antenna will be attached to the battery charger be comprised in cap 66.
The programming of above-disclosed cable and radio communication can be combined into the single ability that not only provided data communication but also power transmission is provided.In this embodiment, before for pallet or the mat 84 charged, also contained the Wireless Telecom Equipment that uses the RF label technique.When the patient is placed on mat 84 by medicine bottle 70, with the data of patient's PC or smart machine 80, synchronizes and start.Simultaneously, use above-disclosed inductive charge technique, battery charging function starts.
Real-time clock is integrated in anther cap 66 feature be envisioned in multiple illustration embodiment.This clock maintains current local zone time, and local zone time and the medicine distribution time schedule of downloading are compared.This real-time clock quilt when connecting via this programming port is synchronous, or arranges with wireless programming.
Modular anther cap design provides ornamental or the cover of tape label or the ability of crust 88 that forms customization for anther cap 66, as shown in figure 12.Because agreeing with adaptation ring 74, cap 66 utilizations are assembled to polytype medicine bottle, so, for all medicine bottles 70 that are equipped with adaptation ring 74, the anther cap profile on basis is identical.Utilize the fixedly profile of anther cap 66, cover 88 ornamental or tape label can be made into single design specification.Cover 88 allows the patient that the visual identifier of customization is installed on anther cap 66, with the queue of being familiar with or customizing of selecting based on the patient, locates fast medicine.
In another embodiment, medicine bottle 70 can be containing the access security equipment that is useful on PRN2 level medicine.For realizing that a kind of method of access security is by above-disclosed radio communication feature.To the similarly paired communication facilities 90 of patient's distribution and key card (key fob).For medicine bottle 70 is opened or in the situation that in the anther cap memory device not storage illegally enter product and be opened, key card equipment 90 need to be near anther cap 66.When key card equipment 90 and medicine bottle are in communication range, anther cap LED68 changes color, to show bottle 70 licensed opening.Another Secure Implementation comprises integrated biometric sensor 92, such as routine, is used in the fingerprint scanner in consumer-elcetronics devices (such as kneetop computer).Fingerprint scanner 92 need to visit by patient's forefinger (fingerprint pattern of this forefinger has been scanned in advance and downloaded to and covered in 66) contact, to change the anther cap LED color and to allow license to enter.
Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, those of ordinary skills can make many variants and modifications.Therefore, it must be understood that, the illustration embodiment only, in order to provide for example, should not be regarded as the present invention that restriction is limited by following invention and various embodiment thereof.
Therefore, it must be understood that, the illustration embodiment only, in order to provide for example, should not be regarded as being restricted to the present invention who is limited by following claim.For example, although the element of claim provides with certain combination below, must understand, the present invention comprise have still less, other combinations of more or different elements, these elements are disclosed in the above, even initially not claimed in such combination.Two elements are combined in an instruction in claimed combination and further should be understood to also allow claimed following combination: these two elements are combination mutually not, but can be used alone or be combined in other combinations.Leave out that any disclosed element of the present invention all is envisioned in scope of the present invention clearly.
With the word of describing in this manual the present invention and multiple embodiments thereof, should not only on the meaning of their General Definitions, understand, and specifically defined in this manual structure, material or the action that comprise the meaning that has surmounted General Definition.Therefore, if an element can be interpreted as in the linguistic context of this specification sheets, comprise more than a kind of meaning, its use in the claims must be understood to belong to all possible meaning by this specification sheets and this word support itself.
Therefore, the word of following claim or the definition of element are restricted to the combination that not only comprises the written element provided in this manual, and comprise for carrying out essentially identical function in essentially identical mode to obtain all structures that are equal to, material or the action of essentially identical result.In this sense, imagined thus, can carry out being equal to of two or more elements for any one element in following claim alternative, or can substitute two or more elements in a claim with discrete-component.Although element can be described in the above with some combination action; even initially claimed like this; but should understand; one or more elements in combination required for protection are got rid of can being combined from this in some cases, and combination required for protection can be pointed to the modification of sub-portfolio or sub-portfolio.
The unsubstantiality to theme required for protection that those of ordinary skills see changes (now known or will make) later and is envisioned for clearly in the same scope in claim.Therefore, those of ordinary skills now or will know later obviously substitute and be restricted in the scope in limited element.
Therefore, claim should be understood to include particular instantiation and above-described content, in the conceptive content be equal to, content that can be obviously alternative and the content that fundamentally is included into basic design of the present invention.
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1. a device that produces audio frequency and/or visual signal or message while being opened for the container having opener comprises:
Actuating trigger, be attached to described container, to determine when described container, is opened, and described binary pair is characterised in that the electrical parameter of the sealing state that depends on described container;
Integrated circuit, be arranged on described container or described opener or in, and be attached to described actuating trigger, to measure described electrical parameter, thereby determine the sealing state of described container, and produce described audio frequency and/or visual signal or message when definite described container has been opened;
Acoustic transducer, be attached to described integrated circuit; And
Battery, be attached to described integrated circuit, wherein said integrated circuit, described acoustic transducer and the composite laminated stack assemblies of described battery pack, described stack assemblies is attached to described container, and is attached to and is arranged in described container or the described opener on described container.
2. device according to claim 1, wherein said stack assemblies be integrated into be arranged in described container or the described opener on described container in.
3. device according to claim 1, wherein said stack assemblies comprises and is arranged in described container or the described opener on described container.
4. device according to claim 1, the described opener of wherein said container has cover, described cover is with discerptible seam, described stack assemblies is included on described cover or in described cover, and have through or cross the conducting path of described seam, wherein said stack assemblies should described cover by described seam opens to separate and activated.
5. device according to claim 1, wherein said stack assemblies is disposed on the reclosable cover of a container or in reclosable cover, by described cover, defines interruptable circuit paths.
6. device according to claim 1, further comprise clock, and to have measured or the time of record since the container last time loses continuity, wherein said assembly has been announced elapsed time since the container last time opens in the mode that can listen.
7. device according to claim 1, with the formation peer-to-peer network or towards a plurality of stack assemblies of local computer network, be combined, and further comprise the radio-frequency communication module be included in described stack assemblies, described radio-frequency communication module will and be opened or closed information wireless ground conveys to and forms described peer-to-peer network or towards other stack assemblies among described a plurality of stack assemblies of described local computer network about container and/or opener.
8. device according to claim 1, wherein said stack assemblies is provided with and discrete airborne in other sources or the intelligence of intercommunication mutually, with use and the user interactions of the described container that detects according to described stack assemblies.
9. device according to claim 1, wherein said container comprises goods dispenser, described goods dispenser is arranged and is configured to not only to allow opening of inspection instrument or closed, and dispense articles.
10. a device that produces audio frequency and/or visual signal or message while being opened for the container having opener comprises:
Actuating trigger, be attached to described container, to determine described container, when is opened;
Integrated circuit, be arranged on described container or described opener or in, and be attached to described actuating trigger, to determine the sealing state of described container, and produce described audio frequency and/or visual signal or message when definite described container has been opened;
Outdevice, be attached to described integrated circuit, opens and/or described container is planned opens relevant signal next time with output and the last time of container use state, described container.
11. device according to claim 10, wherein said binary pair is membrane switch, and wherein said opener is the cap for described container, described membrane switch is disposed between described cap and described container, and closed or open to activated by described cap by described container.
12. device according to claim 11, further comprise adaptation ring, wherein said cap comprises standardized design, and wherein said adaptation ring is attached to described container by described cap, described container has a predetermined design among a plurality of feasible design for sealing described container, and wherein said adaptation ring is fitted to described standardized cap a described predetermined design of described container.
13. device according to claim 10, further comprise data connector, described data connector is comprised in described opener or described container is interior or upper, and is attached to described integrated circuit.
14. device according to claim 10, further comprise wireless transceiver, described wireless transceiver is comprised in described opener or described container is interior or upper, and is attached to described integrated circuit.
15. device according to claim 10, further comprise battery and the inductive charge circuit that is attached to described battery, described battery and described inductive charge circuit are comprised in described opener or described container is interior or upper, and is attached to described integrated circuit.
16. device according to claim 10, further comprise debouncing circuit, described debouncing circuit is attached to described integrated circuit, with by at first detect open or closed after the actuating of described binary pair is postponed to a predetermined period, detect reliably opening or closure of described opener.
17. device according to claim 12, further comprise the removable cover be disposed on described standardized cap, described cover optionally is provided with symbol, word or figure, for the user, identifies described container.
18. device according to claim 10, further comprise safety apparatus, described safety apparatus is attached to described opener, for the user to described safety apparatus presents based on safety key, carrys out the optionally described opener of the locking and unlocking.
19. a method of managing medicine or medicament use comprises:
Be provided for holding or distributing the container of described medicine or medicament, described container has for optionally closed and open the opener of described container;
By means of being comprised on described opener or described container or interior sensor, detect the use state of described container, comprise opening or closure of described container;
To convey to and be comprised on described opener or described container or interior integrated circuit from the use state of the detected described container of described sensor; And
By means of described integrated circuit and be comprised on described opener or described container or interior outdevice, according to the use state of detected described container and use according to the intention of described medicine or medicament, from trend user output message.
20. method according to claim 19, further comprise and use the computing machine discrete with described container with described opener or data source to communicate by letter with described integrated circuit, to determine the described message that is conveyed to the user by described integrated circuit and described outdevice.
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