KR101985545B1 - Dispensing box for a paper-bundle of medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drug dispenser dispenser box, and more particularly, to a drug dispenser dispenser according to the present invention, which comprises a storage part for storing a drug package; A transferring part having at least one roller for transferring the stored medicine package; A scan unit for photographing the transported medicine package; A sensing unit for sensing a perforated line from a continuous image of the package of capsules captured by the scanning unit; A cutting unit for cutting one of the perforated lines included in the package of the medicine delivered using the sensed perforation line position information; And a discharge port through which the cut medicine is discharged to the outside.
According to the present invention, the capsule type medicine can be stored and dispensed as a part of the automatic dispenser for medicine dispensing, and images of dispensed capsule packages can be captured without light noise.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a box-shaped medicine dispensing box, and more particularly, to a box dispensing box-shaped medicine among devices used as a part of an automatic medicine dispensing apparatus.

In general, a single-dose medicament according to a patient's prescription may include various kinds and forms of medicines, and a medicament for a single dose is dispensed from the medicament dispensing box to be delivered to the patient.

A variety of medicines contained in a single basket are dispensed from a box containing each medicament according to a prescription of a patient and collected in a basket. The basket in which the medicines are collected is delivered to the patient, and the medicines collected in the basket .

On the other hand, in order to collect various medicines in one basket, in the past, medicines experts such as pharmacists needed a process of manually selecting medicines according to the patient's prescription, and accordingly, a confirmation operation to judge the accuracy of the medicament collection It was necessary. This makes it difficult to ensure the correctness of the medication and always implies the possibility of causing an attrition. In addition, not only the possibility of weakness but also the complexity of the collection process itself, it takes a long time to collect the medicine according to the prescription of the patient, which also causes a problem of lowering the working efficiency. For this reason, it is necessary to study methods and techniques for improving the accuracy and efficiency in collecting medicines for one dose according to the patient's prescription, thereby providing convenience to users such as pharmacists and preventing weakening accidents in advance Do.

The present invention provides a dispenser box having a structure and components capable of storing and dispensing canned medicament as a part of a medicine dispensing apparatus.

The present invention provides a means for taking a continuous image of a perforated line of a dispensed package of a medicine dispensed as a precondition for precisely detecting a perforated line of a continuous packaged medicine without optical noise.

The apparatus for dispensing medicine type medicine according to the present invention comprises: a storage part for storing a medicine package; A transferring part having at least one roller for transferring the stored medicine package; A scan unit for photographing the transported medicine package; A sensing unit for sensing a perforated line from a continuous image of the package of capsules captured by the scanning unit; A cutting unit for cutting one of the perforated lines included in the package of the medicine delivered using the sensed perforation line position information; And a discharge port through which the cut medicine is discharged to the outside.

In addition, the scan unit may further include a light source unit for providing illumination required for photographing.

Further, the light source unit may be provided on the opposite side of the scan unit with respect to the package of the medicine.

In addition, the light source unit can provide illumination by indirect illumination. Further, a light transmitting member for transmitting light emitted from the light source unit may be provided between the light source unit and the medicine package.

In addition, the light transmitting member can uniformize the illuminance distribution by scattering or diffusing the passing light.

Further, the light source unit may provide illumination using reflected light.

The apparatus may further include a light shielding unit for preventing noise light from entering the scan unit.

Further, the light shielding portion may include a space portion having the scan portion inside, and a scan window may be formed in which an image of a region to be photographed is introduced into the scan portion.

Furthermore, a light absorbing layer which minimizes the reflection of light can be formed inside the light shielding portion. Furthermore, the light absorbing layer may be formed of a coating layer of a matte black color.

Further, the outer circumferential surfaces of the rollers included in the transfer unit may be formed of an elastic material. Further, the outer circumferential surfaces of the rollers may be formed of a porous material.

Further, the storage portion may include a wheel to which the package is rolled, and the package may be unrolled from the wheel when the package is transported.

And a pair of first rolls positioned at the frontmost end of the packed cosmetics package stored in the storage unit to guide the packaged cosmetics package in a transfer direction.

And a pair of second rolls for transferring the front end of the package of the medicine delivered from the pair of first rolls to the discharge port side.

Further, the pair of first rolls and the pair of second rolls may be driven by independent driving motors.

At least one of the pair of first rolls and the pair of second rolls may be driven by a step motor.

And a discharging roll provided at a distal end of the transporting direction in which the capsule packaging package is transported to transport the capsule packing at the front end of the capsule packaging package to the discharge opening.

And a transfer plate provided along the transfer direction of the transfer unit and supporting a lower end of the packaged drug package to be transferred.

Furthermore, the transfer plate may be formed with a light transmitting member that transmits illumination light required for imaging the scan unit.

A sensor installed at the discharge port and sensing a medicine to be discharged through the discharge port; And counting means for counting the number of the discharge canisters sensed by the sensor.

According to the present invention, a packaged medicament can be stored and dispensed as a part of the automatic dispensing apparatus.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to capture an image of the dispensed package of capsules without optical noise.

1 is a perspective view showing a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a bottom perspective view showing a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a box-shaped medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment.
4 is a cross-sectional view showing a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a cutaway perspective view of an incompatible medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment.
FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a medicine-like medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment.
7 is another exploded perspective view of a medicine-like medicine dispensing box according to an embodiment.
8 is a bottom perspective view showing a state of the light shielding portion according to an embodiment.
FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are schematic views showing operations of a scan unit according to an embodiment.
11 is a block diagram illustrating components associated with perforated line sensing of a drug package in accordance with one embodiment.
12 is a schematic view showing a schematic view of a drug package.
13 is a flowchart illustrating a perineal line sensing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
14 is a flowchart illustrating an image processing process according to an embodiment.
15 is a flow diagram illustrating a perforated line sensing process in accordance with one embodiment.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the absence of special definitions or references, the terms used in this description are based on the conditions indicated in the drawings. The same reference numerals denote the same members throughout the embodiments. For the sake of convenience, the thicknesses and dimensions of the structures shown in the drawings may be exaggerated, and they do not mean that the dimensions and the proportions of the structures should be actually set.

The packaged medicine dispenser box according to the present invention is a device for dispensing medicines stored in a package form. The apparatus for dispensing cannabinoid medicine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a storage section, a transfer section, a cut section, a light source section, and a scan section. Hereinafter, the components will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The housing constituting the outer shape will be described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view showing a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The housing constituting the outer shape of the dressing-type medicine dispensing box 10 includes a housing main body 130, a front portion 110, and a housing cover 120. The housing main body 130 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole. A housing cover 120 is provided at an upper end of the housing main body 130. The housing cover 120 can be opened and closed by being fixed on one side so as to be rotatable. The front portion 110 is formed with a discharge port 112 through which the cut medicine is discharged. The discharge port 112 is provided to be exposed to the outside through the front end cover 111. On the other hand, the discharge port 112 may be provided with a sensor (not shown) for sensing the discharged medicine. In this case, counting means for counting the number of the discharge drops detected by the sensor may be provided, so that the number of discharged drops can be counted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the rail receiving portion 140 is furnished at the lower end of the housing main body 130. The rail accommodating portion 140 serves to guide a guide member when receiving a rail formed in a cartridge (not shown) in which a canned medicine dispensing box according to the present embodiment is accommodated.

Referring to FIG. 3, the front and the cutouts of the housing will be described. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a box-shaped medicine dispenser box according to an embodiment.

The front end portion 110 of the housing includes a front end portion main body 115 and a front end cover 111. [ The front end body 115 is formed with a first medicine port 116 communicably connected to the discharge port 112 described above. The front end portion main body 115 has a cut-out portion 200 on the inner side. The cut portion 200 forms the second drug port 210 and cuts through the second drug port 210 through the package. The second drug port 210 is communicably connected to the first drug port 116 of the front end body 115 and the outlet 112 of the front end cover 111.

The transporting unit, the storage unit, and the light source unit will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cutaway perspective view illustrating a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The storage part 300 is formed in a wheel shape and is stored in a state in which the medicine package 2 is wound. The storage unit 300 includes a winding core 320 and a side case 310. The medicine package 2 is wound around the winding core 320 and unrolled by the transfer unit 400. [ The side case 310 serves to prevent the side face 320 from being deviated to the side when the package 2 is wound or unwound. Meanwhile, the storage unit 300 can be formed simply by a space portion in which the package can be stored. That is, it is also possible to provide a simple space by excluding constituent parts such as wheels in the storage part, and to simply fold the package of medicine into the formed space part.

The transfer unit 400 includes a pair of first rolls 410, a pair of second rolls 420, and a discharge roll 430. The pair of first rolls 410 includes a first upper roll 411 and a first lower roll 412. The first upper roll 411 is located at the upper portion of the first lower roll 412 and is provided to abut the first lower roll 412. The outer circumferential surfaces of the first upper roll 411 and the first lower roll 412 may be formed of an elastic material, in particular, a porous material. The outer circumferential surfaces of the first upper roll 411 and the first lower roll 412 are formed of an elastic material, so that the force for pressing the medicines in the package of medicine between the first roll 411 and the first lower roll 412 can be minimized. The first lower roll 412 in this embodiment is driven by a motor, preferably a stepping motor, and the first upper roll 411 rotates passively in accordance with the rotating direction of the first lower roll 412. The pair of first rolls 410 guides the package 2 in the direction of the discharge roll 430 in a state where the foremost end of the package 2 is initially positioned.

The pair of second rolls 420 transfer the front end of the package 2 to the discharge roll 430 side from the pair of first rolls 410. The pair of second rolls 420 includes a second upper roll 421 and a second lower roll 422. The second upper roll 421 is positioned above the second lower roll 422 and abuts the second lower roll 422. The outer circumferential surfaces of the second upper roll 421 and the second lower roll 422 may be formed of an elastic material, in particular, a porous material. The outer circumferential surfaces of the second upper roll 421 and the second lower roll 422 are made of an elastic material, so that the force for pressing the medicines in the package packaging interposed therebetween can be minimized. The second lower roll 422 in this embodiment is driven by a motor, preferably a step motor, and the second upper roll 421 rotates passively in accordance with the rotational direction of the second lower roll 422. The pair of second rolls 420 transports the frontmost end of the medicine package 2 toward the discharge roll 430.

Meanwhile, the first lower roll 412 and the second lower roll 422 are preferably driven by independent driving motors. The detection of the perforated line of the package 2 may not be easy when the package 2 is interlocked or loosened between the first lower roll 412 and the second lower roll 422. In this case, any one of the first lower roll 412 and the second lower roll 422 may be driven in the direction to generate tension in the package 2, thereby minimizing errors that may occur in detecting the perforated line. At this time, it is possible to apply an accurate tension by driving each roll using a step motor.

On the other hand, the first upper roll 411 and the second upper roll 421 are connected to each other by an elastic member 403. The first upper roll 411 and the second upper roll 421 are fixed by the elastic member 403 so that they have a constant operating range in the vertical direction and are lifted by the user at the initial setting of the package 2 or in the event of an error And even when the drug package 2 is transferred between the first roll 410 and the second roll 420, the force applied to the medicament contained in the medicament package 2 is minimized .

A discharge roll 430 may be provided at the distal end in the transport direction. The discharge roll 430 discharges the package 2 of the medicine delivered from the pair of second rolls 420 to the outside. The discharge roll 430 receives the driving force using the second upper roll 421 and a timing belt.

As shown in FIG. 5, a support 150 for supporting the package of the medicine delivered via the first lower roll 412 and the second lower roll 422. The drug package is transported while being supported by a transfer plate 151 formed in a flat plate shape on the upper end of the support part 150. [ At this time, the first lower roll 412 and the second lower roll 422 are exposed on the transfer plate 151. At the center of the transfer plate 151, a light transmitting member 152 is provided. The light transmitting member 152 transmits light emitted from the light source unit 500 provided below the light transmitting member 152. The light source unit 500 emits light using the light emitting device 510. The light emitted from the light source unit 500 is used as illumination when photographing the package of caps by a scanning unit to be described later. Meanwhile, the light source unit 500 may provide illumination by an indirect illumination method. In this embodiment, the light transmitting member 152 is used in indirect lighting. The light transmitting member 152 may scatter or diffuse light emitted from the light source unit 500 to uniformize the illuminance distribution and prevent light from being concentrated in other components. Unlike the present embodiment, the light source unit 500 may be provided with the light emitting device 510 facing downward so that the reflected light may be directed upward. The light source unit 500 in this embodiment is provided on the opposite side of the scanning unit, which will be described later, on the basis of the packaging package.

The scan unit and light blocking unit will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 10. FIG. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment, FIG. 7 is another exploded perspective view of a medicine dispenser dispenser box according to an embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a cross- FIG. FIGS. 9 and 10 are schematic views showing operations of the scan unit according to an embodiment.

And includes a light blocking portion 160 as shown in FIG. The light shielding part 160 includes a light shielding part upper case 160a and a light shielding part lower case 160b as shown in FIG. The upper case 160a and the lower case 160b of the light shielding unit 160 form a predetermined space portion having a scan unit therein. 8, a scan window 161 is formed in the light blocking part lower case 160b. The scan unit, which will be described later, can photograph the package of the medicine under the scan window 161 through the scan window 161. At this time, the light shielding unit 160 prevents other light noise other than the image of the medicine package from flowing into the image. Further, a light absorbing layer (not shown) may be formed on the inner side of the light intercepting portion 160 to minimize reflection of light. At this time, a matte black coating layer may be used as the light absorbing layer. In addition, the upper constituent parts of the first upper roll etc. transfer part 400 are exposed to the light blocking part lower case 160b.

9 and 10, the scan unit 600 is disposed above the light transmitting member 152 and is transported onto the light transmitting member 152 from the storage unit 300, Quot;). At this time, it is preferable that the scanning unit 600 photographs the fusible package 2 with the fused portion formed at the time of sealing the package 2 as the center.

11 to 15, a perforated line sensing method of the drug package according to one embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating components associated with perforated line sensing of a drug package according to an embodiment, and FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic view of a drug package. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a perineal line sensing method according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an image processing process according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a perineal line sensing process according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 11, as described above, the scan unit 600 photographs a continuous image of the medicine package 2 transported using the illumination provided by the illumination unit 500. At this time, the sensing unit 700 receives the continuous image photographed from the scan unit 600 and senses the perforated line. Hereinafter, a method of detecting the perforation line of the package 2 by the scan unit 600 and the sensing unit 700 will be described in detail.

First, as shown in Fig. 12, the medicine package 2 is generally manufactured by folding a sheet in half and then forming a heat-sealed portion A1 by thermal fusion and then forming a perforated line L1. And the medicament receiving portion A2 in which the medicines are accommodated inside by the thermally fused portion A1 is provided. At this time, the thermally fused portion A1 can be divided into the transverse direction fused portion A1a and the longitudinal direction fused portion A1b. The transverse thermal fused portion A1a functions to seal the mouth of the package 2 and the longitudinal thermal fused portion A1b functions to partition the medicament receiving portion A2 formed between the respective fingers . In the following description, for the sake of convenience, the intersection A2 of the transverse direction fused portion A1a and the longitudinal direction fused portion A1b, the transverse direction fused portion A1a, the longitudinal direction fused portion A1b, The inner intersection points P1a and P1b are used. The intersection A2 between the longitudinally welded portion A1a and the longitudinally welded portion A1b means a portion where the transverse direction welded portion A1a and the longitudinally welded portion A1b meet and cross each other, The inner intersection points P1a and P1b of the longitudinally welded portion A1a and the longitudinally welded portion A1b refer to the innermost intersections of the intersections A2 as shown in FIG. Also, when the package is transported in a certain direction (D1), the first inner intersection (P1a) and the second inner intersection (P1b) are divided according to the sequence taken by the scan unit.

The drug package perforated line sensing method according to the present embodiment includes an image acquisition step (S10), an image processing step (S20), and a perforated line sensing step (S30) as shown in FIG. In the image acquiring step (S10), an image including intersections of the thermally fused portions formed in the lateral direction and the thermally fused portions formed in the longitudinal direction of the package is obtained, and in the image processing step (S20) Image processing is performed as a preliminary step. In the perforated line sensing step S30, the perforated line of the package of the medicine is sensed using the image processed image.

At this time, if the perforated line is not sensed in the perforated line sensing step S30 (S40), the image acquisition step S10, the image processing step S20, the perforated line sensing step S30, .

Specifically, the image acquiring step includes: an image acquiring step of acquiring an image of the drug package; And an image acquiring second step of cutting out an image including an intersection of the transverse thermal fusing part and the longitudinal thermal fusing part of the package of the package in the image. That is, it is possible to reduce the size of the perforated line sensing target image by taking an image of the package medicine package using the camera, taking only the necessary portion, and discarding the remaining portion.

The package of the medicine is variously formed using a transparent material or an opaque material, but in the case of the heat-sealed part, the material is transparently changed due to fusion due to high temperature. Therefore, if the scan unit captures the image after providing illumination from the back side of the package of packages through the illuminating unit, the light and dark portions of the heat-sealed portion through which the light passes may greatly differ in contrast from the other portions.

In order to detect the intersection between the transverse fusing part and the longitudinal fusing part, there is a method of photographing an image by positioning the position of the scanning part at the corresponding position. After the image is taken, It is also possible to use a method of detecting the inner intersection of the fused portion and deducing the position of the intersection of the transverse fused portion and the longitudinal fused portion.

Referring to FIG. 14, the image processing process S20 converts the acquired image into gray scale in order to eliminate color information from the acquired image (S210). On the other hand, it is also possible to remove the noise of the image using a median filter as needed before conversion to grayscale.

Next, the image converted to gray scale is subjected to binarization processing so as to be converted into white and black only (S220). As a final step of the image processing, the edge of the binarized image is extracted (S230). The edge-extracted image is transformed so that the boundary between white and black is displayed in black. Furthermore, the noise cancellation can be performed by a median filter.

The perforated line sensing process can be performed in various ways. For example, a perforated line of a drug package can be extracted using an outline trace technique using an edge extracted image or a pattern recognition method.

In the case of the pattern recognition method, various known techniques are used to grasp the pattern of the black pixels in the extracted image, and when there is a linear pattern terminating the image in the image, pixels corresponding to the pattern are recognized as perforations . ≪ / RTI >

In the case of the outline tracing method, as shown in FIG. 15, a black pixel located at the uppermost end of the edge extracted image is searched (S310). When a black pixel located at the uppermost end is found, the surrounding black pixel is detected using the pixel as a reference pixel (S320). In this case, in the present embodiment, when the outline is traced downward in the image, it is determined whether there are surrounding black pixels in the clockwise direction from the 3 o'clock direction. If a black pixel exists in the vicinity (S340), the pixel is again used as a reference pixel (S345), and the surrounding black pixels are detected in the same manner. If there is no surrounding black pixel before reaching the lowermost end of the image, it is determined that the perforation line is not present in the image (S352), and the detection of the surrounding black pixels is repeated until the reference pixel reaches the lowermost end of the image , It can be determined that the perforated line exists in the image and that the movement path of the reference pixel corresponds to the perforated line. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, only the unidirectional tracking method from the upper part of the image to the lower part is used, but it is also possible to continue tracking from the lower part to the upper part. In this case, it is detected whether or not a pixel at 9 o'clock direction of the reference pixel is a black pixel. If the pixel does not have black information, it rotates along the clockwise direction and determines whether surrounding pixels have black information. If there is a black pixel in the periphery, the pixel is used as a reference pixel to determine whether or not the surrounding black pixel exists again.

In the case where the movement path of the reference pixel is linearly formed from the top to the bottom of the image by tracing the outline, it can be determined that the position of the movement path of the reference pixel corresponds to the position of the perforation line of the package.

A detailed description will be made with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 16A, a black pixel is detected at the top of the image first, and the corresponding pixel is set as a reference pixel. Next, the surrounding black pixels are detected clockwise from the pixels at the 3 o'clock direction of the reference pixel. In this case, as shown in FIG. 16B, since the immediately lower pixel is a black pixel, the reference pixel is moved to the lower pixel and the surrounding black pixel is tracked from the 3 o'clock direction clockwise. When the surrounding black pixels are traced in this manner, the reference pixel forms a path along the right outline of the black pixels to the bottom of the image as shown in FIGS. 6C to 6F. In this case, if the black pixels protruding in the lateral direction reach the transverse end of the image or fail to reach the lower end of the image, it is judged that the pixels are not perforated lines. In the case of FIGS. 16A to 16F, since there are black pixels that terminate the image, it can be determined as a perforated line. On the other hand, in order to increase the accuracy, the outline from the lower end portion to the upper portion can be further traced as shown in FIGS. 16F to 16K. In this case, it rotates clockwise from the pixel at 9 o'clock of the reference pixel and tracks the black pixel. As a result, when tracing the image from the bottom to the top, the left outline of the black pixels is traced. In this way, the outline of the pixels included in the image is traced to determine whether or not the movement path of the reference pixel ends the image, and the position of the perforation line is detected.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Box.

10: Box-shaped medicine dispensing box 140:
110: Front part 160: Light blocking part
161: scan window 200:
300: Storage part 400: Transfer part
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Claims (22)

A storage section for storing the drug package;
A transferring part having at least one roller for transferring the stored medicine package;
A scan unit for photographing the transported medicine package;
A sensing unit for sensing a perforated line from a continuous image of the package of capsules captured by the scanning unit;
A cutting unit for cutting one of the perforated lines included in the package of the medicine delivered using the sensed perforation line position information;
A discharge port through which the cut medicine is discharged to the outside; And
And a transfer plate provided along the transfer direction of the transfer unit and supporting a lower end of the package of the medicine to be transferred. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the scanning unit further comprises a light source unit for providing illumination necessary for photographing. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the light source unit is provided on the opposite side of the scan unit with respect to the package of the medicine. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the light source unit provides illumination by an indirect illumination method. 5. The method of claim 4,
And a light transmission member for transmitting light emitted from the light source unit is provided between the light source unit and the package of medicine. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the light transmitting member scatters or diffuses the passing light so as to equalize the illuminance distribution. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the light source unit provides illumination using reflected light. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a light shielding unit for preventing noise light from entering the scan unit. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the light shielding portion forms a space portion having the scan portion inside and a scan window in which an image of a region to be photographed is introduced into the scan portion is formed. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein a light absorbing layer for minimizing reflection of light is formed inside the light shielding portion. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the light absorbing layer is formed of a coating layer of a matte black color. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the outer peripheral surface of the rollers included in the transfer unit is formed of an elastic material. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the outer peripheral surface of the rollers is formed of a porous material. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the storage portion includes a wheel on which the package is rolled,
Wherein the drug package is unrolled from the wheel when the drug package is transported by the transfer unit. The method according to claim 1,
And a pair of first rolls positioned at the frontmost end of the package of drugs stored in the storage unit to guide the package of the packages to be transported in the transport direction. 16. The method of claim 15,
And a pair of second rolls for transferring the front end portion of the package of the medicine delivered from the pair of first rolls to the discharge port side. 17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the pair of first rolls and the pair of second rolls are driven by independent driving motors. 17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein at least one of the pair of first rolls and the pair of second rolls is driven by a stepping motor. The method according to claim 1,
And a discharge roll provided at a distal end portion in a conveying direction in which the capsule packing package is conveyed to convey the chemical medicine at the front end of the capsule packaging package to the discharge port side. delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the transfer plate is provided with a light transmitting member for transmitting illumination light required for imaging the scan unit. The method according to claim 1,
A sensor provided at the discharge port and sensing a medicine to be discharged through the discharge port; And
Further comprising: counting means for counting the number of discharge canisters detected by said sensor.

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