KR20150041913A - Medicine despensing system and method for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a medicine dispensing method comprising the steps of receiving a request for dispensing at least one medicine included in a prescription; dispensing the medicine corresponding to the request; generating a print image to be printed on a medicine pouch according to the prescription; packing the dispensed medicine in the medicine pouch; photographing an image of the medicine pouch including the dispensed medicine; and storing the print image and photographed image correlatively.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing system,

More particularly, the present invention relates to a system for dispensing medicines, and more particularly, to a system for dispensing medicines, which comprises a print image printed on a medicament pouch prior to the dispensing of medicines dispensed according to a medicament dispensing request, And storing the images in association with each other, thereby enabling accurate and easy management of the pharmaceutical preparation history.

Generally, the drug dispensing system refers to a device for dispensing and packaging medicines automatically by a single dose according to a patient's prescription.

In the conventional drug dispensing system, print information on the type and quantity of medicine to be printed on the medicine pouch before the medicine is packaged and shot images of the medicine pouch photographed by the vision apparatus or the like after the medicine is packaged are separately managed , It was difficult for the user to quickly and accurately grasp the pharmaceutical preparation history. In addition, since the printing information printed on the medicine pouch before the medicine is packaged is managed as a text file and can be easily edited by the user, the pharmaceutical preparation history data can be manipulated by the user, It was difficult to prove the occurrence.

For this reason, by dispensing and packaging the medicines according to the prescription of the patient, and by accurately and easily managing the medicines preparation history, it is possible to quickly identify the cause of the misuse caused by the misplacement of the medicines and to prevent the misuse The research on how to make it possible is necessary.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for storing a drug preparation history by associating a print image printed on a medicine pouch before being dispensed with a medicine dispensed according to a prescription and a shot image of a medicine pouch after the dispensed medicine is packaged And to provide an accurate and easy-to-manage drug dispensing system.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a drug dispensing method comprising: receiving a drug dispensing request for at least one drug contained in one prescription; Dispensing a medicine corresponding to the medicine dispensing request; Generating a print image to be printed on the medicine pouch according to the prescription; Packaging the dispensed at least one medicament into the medicament pouch; Capturing an image of the medicament pouch containing the dispensed at least one medicament; And storing the print image and the captured image in association with each other.

The generating of the print image may include generating at least information regarding the type and quantity of medicines contained in the prescription. In addition, medicines not included in the medicines dispensing request among the medicines included in the prescription may be separately displayed.

The step of photographing an image of the medicament pouch may include photographing the at least one medicament packaged in the medicament pouch in a state in which the medicament pouches do not overlap with each other within the medicament pouch and photographing using X-rays or visible light, The medicament pouch may be transparent or translucent.

The step of associating and storing the print image with the captured image may further include storing the generated date and time of the print image, and may further store the captured date and time of the captured image.

According to the request to select one of the prescriptions, the stored print image and the shot image can be linked and displayed.

Further, a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a communication unit that receives a drug dispensing request for at least one medicament contained in one prescription; A medicine dispenser dispensing a medicine corresponding to the medicine dispensing request; A drug packing part for packing the dispensed at least one medicine into a medicine pouch; An image capturing unit for capturing an image of the medicine pouch containing the dispensed at least one medicine; And a control unit for generating a print image to be printed on the medicine package according to the prescription and controlling the print image and the captured image to be stored in association with each other.

The control unit may generate the print image including at least information on the type and quantity of medicines contained in the prescription. In addition, the control unit may generate medicines not included in the medicines dispensing request from the medicines included in the prescription in a distinguishable manner.

The imaging unit may photograph the at least one medicament packaged in the medicament pouch in a state in which the medicament pouches do not overlap with each other within the medicament pouch, and may photograph using X-rays or visible rays.

Also, the medicament pouch may be transparent or translucent.

The control unit may store the generated date and time of the print image in association with the print image and the captured image in association with each other, and may control to store the captured date and time of the captured image together.

The drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a display unit for displaying the stored print image and the photographed image in association with each other in response to a request for selecting one of the prescriptions.

According to the drug dispensing system according to the present invention, a user such as a doctor or a pharmacist can accurately and systematically manage the pharmaceutical preparation history. Furthermore, since it is easy to check the history of the preparation of the medicine, it is possible to easily identify the cause of the weakening accident and further prevent the weakening accident in advance.

According to the medicine dispensing system of the present invention, printing information printed on the medicine pouch before the medicine dispensed according to the prescription is stored as an image, and the user can not easily operate the print data. Therefore, Can be quickly and accurately grasped.

1 is an environment diagram for schematically explaining an environment in which a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention operates.
FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are views for explaining various examples of the configuration of the medicine dispensing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram of a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flow chart for explaining a control method of the drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 6 and 7 are views for explaining a print image printed on a medicine pouch before a medicine dispensing request is received in a medicine dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 8 and 9 are views for explaining a photographed image of a medicament pouch after medicines dispensed according to a medicament dispensing request in a medicament dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 to 12 are views for explaining how a print image and a shot image are stored in association with each other in the drug dispensing system according to the present invention.

The foregoing objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

The terms used in the present specification are used to easily explain the present invention. Accordingly, the invention is not limited by the terms used herein. As used herein, the term "connection" or "connection" does not necessarily refer to a direct connection or connection, but rather to an indirect connection or connection through an intermediary. Also, "module" or "part" is a term used for convenience of explanation, and therefore does not have a meaning or function that is different from itself.

In addition, numerals (e.g., first, second, etc.) used in the description of the present invention are merely an identifier for distinguishing one component from another.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. On the other hand, the same reference numerals are used for the same constituent elements in the drawings, and redundant explanations can be omitted.

1. Operating environment

1 is an environment diagram for schematically explaining an environment in which a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention operates.

Referring to FIG. 1, a drug dispensing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention can perform communication with various external electronic devices 2 and 3. For example, if the drug dispensing system 1 is disposed in a hospital, a server 2 (hereinafter referred to as a server) and / or a user (e.g., a doctor, a pharmacist, Such as a PC, a smartphone, and / or a terminal 3 (hereinafter referred to as a " terminal ") for performing a similar function.

The drug dispensing system 1 may be connected to the server 2 and / or the terminal 3 via a predetermined network N. [ The network N may include both wired and wireless networks.

The server 2 may store various information about the patient, identification information about the user, and / or authentication information.

For example, various kinds of information about the patient can be personal information such as the patient's name, sex, and age, history information such as the patient's disease history, prescription information about the medicine to be taken by the patient, and the like. The prescription information may be information regarding at least one medicament that the patient should take.

Also, for example, the identification information and the authentication information about the user, etc., are unique identification information of the user for granting the access right to the server 2 to the specific user, and include ID and password, registration number, , Face recognition information, speech recognition information, iris recognition information, and the like.

The terminal 3 can be connected to the drug dispensing system 1 and / or the server 2 by a user or the like to acquire necessary information or perform an input for operating the drug dispensing system 1 and / Can be used.

2. Whole system

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are views for explaining various examples of the configuration of the medicine dispensing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

A drug dispensing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one of a medicine dispensing device 10, a medicine packaging device 20 and an imaging device 30, . ≪ / RTI >

The medicine dispenser 10 is a device that stores various kinds of medicines and dispenses the medicines when necessary.

The drug packaging device 20 is a device that collects medicines dispensed from the medicine dispenser 10 and packs the medicines in a medicine pouch by a single dose.

The image pickup device 30 is for taking an image of a medicine pouch packed by the medicine dispensing device 20 and inspecting the medicine packaged in the medicine pouch as a whole. Preferably, the imaging device 30 may be a vision apparatus.

The drug dispensing system 1 may be implemented by various combinations of the drug dispensing apparatus 10, the drug packaging apparatus 20, and the image capturing apparatus 30.

For example, the drug dispensing system (1) is provided with the above devices separately, and each of the devices can be operated in cooperation with each other. 2, the drug dispensing system 1 may include a medicine dispensing device 10, a medicine packaging device 20, and an imaging device 30, respectively. have.

Further, as another example, as shown in FIG. 3, the drug dispensing system 1 may be realized by a single device with functions corresponding to the respective devices.

Meanwhile, the operation of the drug dispensing system 1 can be controlled by a control device provided for each device and / or a separate control device for controlling the respective devices. Alternatively, the operation of the medicine dispensing system 1 may be controlled by a control device included in at least one of the medicine dispensing apparatus 10, the pharmaceutical packaging apparatus 20, and the image capturing apparatus 30 .

Hereinafter, a description will be given on the assumption that the medicine dispensing system 1 has the functions corresponding to the medicine dispensing apparatus 10, the medicine packaging apparatus 20, and the image capturing apparatus 30 implemented by a single apparatus .

3. Full Configuration

4 is a block diagram of a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, a medicine dispensing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 100, an input unit 200, an output unit 300, A medicine dispensing unit 500, a medicine packaging unit 600 and an image sensing unit 700, a control unit 800, and the like, which may include a medicine box storing station 400, a medicine dispensing unit 500, have.

The communication unit 100 is for communicating with other devices and may include one or more modules for enabling wireless communication between the drug dispensing system 1 and the network in which the drug dispensing system 1 is located.

For example, the communication unit 100 may include a wireless Internet module, a local area communication module, a location information module, and the like.

The wireless Internet module refers to a module for wireless Internet access, and the wireless Internet module can be embedded or enclosed in the drug dispensing system 1. [ Wireless Internet technologies such as WLAN (Wireless LAN), WiFi (Wireless Fidelity), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)

The short-range communication module is a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, WiHD, WiGig, and the like can be used as the short distance communication technology.

The input unit 200 generates input data for controlling the operation of the medicine dispensing system 1 by the user. The input unit 200 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (static pressure / electrostatic type), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The output unit 300 is for generating output related to visual or auditory information, and may include a display unit, an audio output module, and the like.

The display unit displays and outputs information to be processed in the medicine dispensing system (1). For example, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) relating to the current operation state of the drug dispensing system 1, information on a prescription dispensed from the drug dispensing system 1, information on a prescription waiting to be dispensed, Etc. may be displayed.

In a case where a display unit and a sensor (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch sensor') that detects a touch operation form a mutual layer structure (hereinafter, referred to as 'touch screen'), the display unit may be used as an input device have. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the display portion or a capacitance occurring in a specific portion of the display portion into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor can be configured to detect not only the position and area to be touched but also the pressure at the time of touch.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and then transmits the corresponding data to the controller. Thus, the control unit can know which area of the display unit is touched or the like.

The sound output module may output audio data related to the operation of the medicine dispensing system 1. [ For example, the drug dispensing system 10 can output audio data such as various user guidance information, operation completion alarms, and operation waiting alarms through the sound output module.

The medicine storage unit 400 is for accommodating a plurality of medicine storage boxes storing medicines. At least one medicine storage box may be accommodated in the medicine storage unit 400, and one or more medicine storage boxes storing the same kind of medicine may be disposed.

The medicine dispensing part 500 is for dispensing the medicine from the medicine storage box and may correspond to the medicine dispensing device 10 described above. Meanwhile, the medicine dispensing part 500 may include a dispensing driving part for dispensing medicine although it is not shown in the figure.

The medicine packing unit 600 is for packing medicines dispensed from the medicine dispensing unit 500 and may correspond to the above-described medicine packing apparatus 20. The drug packaging unit 600 may be any known type of pharmaceutical packaging apparatus, or any type of pharmaceutical packaging apparatus which can be developed in the future, to the extent that the object of the present invention can be achieved. The drug dispensing system 1 may have one drug packaging unit 600 or a plurality of drug packaging units 600. When the drug dispensing system 1 includes a plurality of drug packaging units 600, the drug packaging efficiency can be further improved.

The imaging unit 700 is for inspecting the medicine contained in the medicine pouch packed from the medicine packing unit 600 and may correspond to the imaging apparatus 30 described above. The imaging unit 700 may adopt any known type of imaging apparatus within the scope of achieving the object of the present invention, or any type of imaging apparatus that can be developed in the future. Preferably, the image sensing unit 700 may be a vizen device. The imaging unit 700 can take an image of the medicine pouch using an X-ray, a visible light, or the like.

The control unit 800 can control the overall operation of the medicine dispensing system 1. [ The overall operation control of the medicine dispensing system 1 will be described more specifically in the corresponding part.

The configuration related to the medicine dispensing system according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the drug dispensing system 1 may be implemented with fewer or more components than those shown in FIG. For example, a memory unit for storing various information necessary for the operation of the medicine dispensing system 1 may be provided.

The memory unit may store a program for operation of the controller 800, and may temporarily store input / output data. The memory unit may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), a random (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), magnetic memory, magnetic disk, optical disk And may include one type of storage medium. Meanwhile, the drug dispensing system 1 may operate in connection with a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory unit on the Internet or an intranet.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and electrical units for performing functions. In some cases, And may be implemented by the control unit 800.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as procedures or functions may be implemented with separate software modules that perform at least one function or operation. The software code may be implemented by a software application written in a suitable programming language. In addition, the software code is stored in the memory and can be executed by the control unit 800. [

On the other hand, the drug dispensing system 1 to be described below will be described as an example including the same components as the drug dispensing system 1 described with reference to Fig. However, the operation of the drug dispensing system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention need not necessarily be implemented by the drug dispensing system 1 described with reference to Fig.

4. Full operation

Hereinafter, the operation of the medicine dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The drug dispensing system 1 may receive a prescription. The prescription may be generated in a terminal used by a doctor or the like, and may be transmitted to the drug dispensing system 1 through a network to which the drug dispensing system 1 is connected. The drug dispensing system 1 may receive the prescription through a communication unit provided in the drug dispensing system 1. [

The prescription information includes information on the patient's personal information, information on the type of medication to be taken, information on the dose per dose, information on the dosing method, information on the number of medication days, information on the disease, information on the preparation date , Information on the doctor who issued the prescription, and the like.

The drug dispensing system 10 generally performs a drug-taking operation based on the contents of the received prescription information, but does not necessarily perform the drug-taking operation only based on the contents of the prescription information, May perform the drug-taking operation based on the randomly input information.

The medicines collecting operation may include a medicament dispensing operation for dispensing the medicines from the medicine storage box storing the medicines contained in the prescription and a medicament packing operation for dispensing the dispensed medicines.

The drug dispensing operation is an operation of dispensing medicines in accordance with prescription information (for example, the number of medicines, the number of medication days, etc.) included in the prescription from a medicament container corresponding to at least one medicament contained in the prescription.

The medicament packaging operation is an operation of packing medicines dispensed by the medicament dispensing operation into medicament pouches in a single dose so as to conform to the prescription information.

A detailed description of the medicine dispensing operation and the driving method of the medicine packing operation will be omitted.

5. Control method of drug dispensing system

The control method of the drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the environment described above with reference to FIG.

Hereinafter, a method of controlling a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 12. FIG. The control method of the drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in the drug dispensing system 1 described above with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining a control method of a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are flowcharts illustrating a method of dispensing medicines in a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are views for explaining a print image printed on a medicine pouch before the medicine is packed according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. Fig. 8 is a view for explaining a photographed image of a pouch. 10 to 12 are views for explaining how a print image and a shot image are stored in association with each other in a drug dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a method of controlling a drug dispensing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a drug dispensing request for at least one medication contained in one prescription (S100) A step S120 of discharging the medicine corresponding to the request, a step S120 of generating an image to be printed on the medicine pouch S120, a step S130 of packing the dispensed medicine into the medicine pouch S130, a step S130 of discharging the medicine pouch containing the dispensed medicine A step S140 of photographing an image, and a step S150 of storing a print image and a photographing image in association with each other. Hereinafter, each step will be described in detail.

The drug dispensing system 1 may receive a drug dispensing request for at least one medicament contained in one prescription through the communication unit 100 (S100).

The drug dispensation request may be a request from a user or the like to dispense all or part of the medicines contained in the one prescription.

A user or the like can input the medicine dispensing request through the terminal 3 or the input unit 200 provided in the medicine dispensing system and the medicine dispensing request can be received through the communication unit 100. [

Meanwhile, the controller 800 may provide a user interface (not shown) for receiving identification information and authentication information for a user in response to the received drug dispensing request. This is because it is necessary to prevent weakening accidents that may occur due to the dispensing of medicines by unauthorized users. For example, a user or the like may receive a first agent (e.g., 'Diaformin') included in a first prescription for patient A through the terminal 3 or the input unit 200 and a second agent , &Quot; Imdur "), or a drug dispensing request for either the first drug or the second drug. In response to the medicine dispensing request, the controller 800 receives input of biometrics information such as a user ID, password, registration number, authorized certificate and fingerprint information, facial recognition information, voice recognition information, iris recognition information, A user interface can be provided. Alternatively, for example, when the first drug and the second drug contained in the first prescription are in short supply, the controller 800 may determine whether any one of the first drug and the second drug A user interface (not shown) for confirming whether or not to dispense with only the priority. The user or the like may input a drug dispensing request for some medicines through the terminal 3 or the input unit 200 and the control unit 800 may prompt the user to input identification information and authentication information, Can be provided.

The control unit 800 may control the dispensing operation of the medicine dispensing unit 500 to dispense all or part of the medicine contained in the prescription in response to the dispensing request (S110).

For example, in response to a drug dispensing request for a first medicament and a second medicament contained in the first prescription, the control unit 800 transmits the first medicament and the second medicament to a prescription It is possible to control the medicine dispensing operation of the medicine dispensing part 500 so as to dispense the same amount of information as the information.

However, if the identification information and the authentication information input by the user or the like do not match the information stored in the medicine dispensing system 1 or the server 2 at step S100, It is possible to restrict the drug dispensing operation from being performed.

The control unit 800 may control the operation of the medicine packing unit 600 to generate an image to be printed on the medicine pouch based on the one prescription and the dispensing request of the medicine (S120).

The medicament pouch may be a wrapping paper for wrapping the medicines dispensed by the medicament dispensing part 500 by one dose. The material of the medicine pouch may be various, and may be a transparent or semitransparent material so that the medicine packaged in the medicine pouch can be visually distinguished.

The image printed on the medicament pouch may include at least information about the type of medicament contained in the prescription and the quantity of the medicament. Further, the image printed on the medicine pouch may further include information on the name of the patient, the date the prescription was issued, the time when the prescription was issued, and the like. This is to enable a user or the like to easily and quickly grasp the information of medicines packed in the pouch through the image printed on the pouch.

The control unit 800 may control to generate a print image to be printed on the medicine pouch in an image format instead of a text format. When the print image is generated in a text format, the information printed on the medicine pouch by the user or the like can be arbitrarily edited. Therefore, by generating the image format such that the information printed on the medicine pouch can not be arbitrarily edited by the user or the like, it is possible to accurately manage the preparation history of the medicine and easily demonstrate the occurrence of the weakening accident due to the improper preparation of the medicine .

For example, referring to FIG. 6, an image K corresponding to the type of medicines 'Diaformin' included in the prescription and an image N corresponding to the quantity '2' Can be printed. 6, an image P corresponding to the name 'Robert Ashford' corresponding to the prescription, an image D corresponding to the date on which the prescription was issued '1-Jul-2013' The image T corresponding to the time at which the prescription was issued '08: 00' may be further printed.

In the case where only the medicines included in the prescription are contained in the medicament dispensing request received in step S100, the controller 800 displays medicines not included in the dispensing request It is possible to control the operation of the medicine packing portion 600 to generate an image. This is because, if a request for drug dispensing is received for some of the medicines contained in the prescription according to the needs of the user, the dispensed medicines can be distinguished and displayed so that the medicines that have not been dispensed in the future can be further prepared and delivered to the patient It is for this reason.

There may be a variety of methods for controlling the control unit 800 to generate a print image so that the medicines not included in the medicament dispensing request are distinguishably displayed.

For example, referring to FIG. 7, the controller 800 determines whether the first medicine Diaformin and the second medicine Imdur included in the first prescription are included in the medicine dispense request received in step S100, In the case where only the first agent (Diaformin) was contained, it is possible to control the display of the strike line (420) on the image (412) corresponding to the non-dispensed second agent (Imdur) to generate a print image.

In addition, the control unit 800 may control to generate a print image including a character image or a stamp image indicating medicines not included in the medicine dispensing request among the medicines included in the prescription. Meanwhile, the method for distinguishing and displaying medicines not included in the medication dispensing request by the controller 800 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be realized by various methods.

Accordingly, the user or the like can intuitively recognize the medicines dispensed and the medicines dispensed on the basis of the prescription and the medicament dispensing request through the print image printed on the medicament pouch. Therefore, So that the patient can accurately take the prescription medicines. Further, since it is possible to manage the history of preparation of the pharmaceutical drug precisely by indicating that there is a request for drug dispensing for only some of the medicines contained in the prescription by the user, it is possible to easily identify the cause of the weakening that may occur in the future.

The control unit 800 may control the operation of the medicine packaging unit 600 to package the medicine dispensed in the medicine pouch according to the medicine dispensing request (S130).

For example, in response to a drug dispensing request for a first medicament and a second medicament contained in the first prescription, the control unit 800 transmits the first medicament and the second medicament to a prescription It is possible to control the medicine packing operation of the medicine packing part 600 so that the printing image is packed in the medicine pouch in which the printing image is printed by the amount of one dose so as to conform to the information.

As described above, the drug dispensing system 1 may include a plurality of drug packaging units 600, and when the drug dispensing system 1 includes a plurality of drug packaging units 600, The packaging efficiency can be further improved.

The control unit 800 may control the operation of the image sensing unit 700 to capture an image of the medicine pouch after the dispensed medicine is packaged according to the medicine dispensing request at step S140.

That is, after the medicines dispensed by the medicament dispenser 500 are packed by the medicament packing unit 600 in order to determine whether the medicines are accurately prepared according to the medicines dispensing request, The operation of the imaging unit 700 can be controlled so as to capture an image of the medicine pouch. Although the medicine dispensing system 1 is described herein as being implemented by a single apparatus including the image sensing unit 700, the image sensing unit 700 may be implemented by a separate apparatus Of course.

The control unit 800 can control the operation of the image sensing unit 700 so that at least one medicine contained in the medicine pouch is photographed in a state in which the medicament pouches do not overlap with each other within the medicine pouch.

8, the first medicine M 1 and the second medicine M 2 are contained in the medicine wrapping paper, and the first medicine M 1 is stacked in the medicine wrapping paper When an image of the medicine wrapping paper is photographed, it may be difficult to determine whether the medicine contained in the medicine wrapping paper has been correctly dispensed.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 9, it may be preferable that an image of the medicine pouch is photographed in a state in which the first medicine M1 and the second medicine M2 are not overlapped within the medicine pouch.

There are various ways of controlling the operation of the image sensing unit 700 so that the controller 800 does not overlap the medicines contained in the medicine pouch.

For example, before taking an image of the medicine pouch, the controller 800 arranges the medicine pouch so that the normal line to the wide surface of the medicine wrapping paper is substantially parallel to the direction of gravity, Vibration can be applied. Therefore, the medicine contained in the medicine pouch can be photographed by the imaging unit 700 without being overlapped with each other by the vibration.

For example, the control unit 800 may arrange the medicine wrapping paper so that the normal line to the wide surface of the medicine pouch is substantially parallel to the gravity direction before taking the image of the medicine pouch, So that the medicament wrapper can pass through a member such as the medicament wrapper. Thus, an image of the medicine pouch can be photographed without overlapping the medicines contained in the medicine pouch.

An image of the medicine pouch photographed by the imaging unit 700 may be stored and managed in a memory (not shown) or the server 2 provided in the medicine dispensing system 1. [

The control unit 800 may associate and store the print image printed on the medicine pouch before the medicine is packaged and the image of the medicine pouch after the medicine is packaged (S150).

That is, the control unit 800 determines whether the medicine dispensed according to the medicine dispensing request is packaged in the medicine pouch and the print image generated by the medicine packaging unit 600 before the dispensed medicine is packed in the medicine pouch, ) Can be easily and promptly retrieved according to the needs of the user, and it is also possible to easily cause the occurrence of the weakening accident due to the erroneous preparation of the medicine It can be proved.

The print image and the shot image may be stored in a storage unit (not shown) provided in the drug dispensing system 1. [ Alternatively, the print image and the shot image may be stored in the server 2 connected to the drug dispensing system 1. [

10, the storage unit or server 2 may be provided with a prescription ref. 430, a print image 440 to be printed on the medicine package corresponding to the prescription, A captured image 450 of the image data can be stored in association with each other. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, a prescription Ref.'10001 (Robert Ashfor) '430a, a corresponding print image 440a, and a photographed image 450a may be stored in association with each other. Further, the print image may be further stored including the generation date and time 440b in which the print image is generated, and the shooting date and time 450b of the image may be further stored. Accordingly, by storing the print image 440 and the time at which the photographed image 450 is generated and photographed together, it is possible to prevent the pharmaceutical preparation history from being edited or manipulated by a user or the like.

Also, for example, as shown in Fig. 11, the control unit 800 may set the prescription Ref. , Patient name, date, and so on. Accordingly, the user can use the prescription Ref. The patient name " Robert Ashford ", and the date " 2013-07-01 ".

The control unit 800 may provide information including pharmaceutical packaging information 470, medicine information 480, print image 490, and shot image 495 corresponding to a prescription selected by a user or the like .

The pharmaceutical packaging information 470 may include information related to the operation history of the medicine dispensing system related to the medicine prepared according to the prescription, information related to the patient corresponding to the prescription, and the like. For example, in the case of the device that performs the drug dispensing operation and the drug packaging operation, And the name of the patient, the packaging date of the medicament, and the like.

The medication information 480 may be information previously stored in association with the image, code, name, etc. of the medicines contained in the prescription. This is to allow a user or the like to compare the medicine information 480 with the print image 490 and the shot image 495 to determine whether the prescription drug is correctly dispensed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, in the medicine pack information 470, the number of the medicine packed with the medicine according to the '10001' prescription is listed. # 1 472, patient name 'Robert Ashford' 474, and packaging date '2013-07-01' 476 may be displayed. In addition, the drug information 480 may display the first drug image 481a and the code 'A1' 483a name 'Diaformin' 485a included in the '10001' prescription.

Therefore, a user such as a doctor, a pharmacist, or the like stores drug packing information corresponding to each prescription stored in association with the storage unit or server 2, a print image of the medicine pouch before drug packaging, , Drug information, etc. can be used to accurately and systematically manage the pharmaceutical preparation history. That is, the user can easily ascertain whether the prescription drug is correctly dispensed and dispensed, can easily identify the prescription history, and can easily identify the cause of the weakness accident, and further prevent the weakening accident in advance.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The present invention is not limited to the drawings. In addition, the embodiments described in this document can be applied to not only the present invention, but also all or some of the embodiments may be selectively combined so that various modifications can be made.

1: drug dispensing system 2: server
3: terminal 10: drug dispenser
20: drug packaging device 30: imaging device
100: communication unit 200: input unit
300: output unit 400: chemical storage unit
500: medicine dispensing part 600: medicine packing part
700: image pickup unit 800:

Claims (18)

Receiving a drug dispensing request for at least one medicament contained in one prescription;
Dispensing a medicine corresponding to the medicine dispensing request;
Generating a print image to be printed on the medicine pouch according to the prescription;
Packaging the dispensed at least one medicament into the medicament pouch;
Capturing an image of the medicament pouch containing the dispensed at least one medicament; And
And storing the print image and the captured image in association with each other
Control method of drug dispensing system.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the print image comprises:
At least information on the type and quantity of medicines contained in the prescription
Control method of drug dispensing system.
3. The method of claim 2,
The medicines not included in the medicines dispensing request are distinguished and displayed so as to be displayed
Control method of drug dispensing system.
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of photographing the drug pouch comprises:
Characterized in that at least one medicament packaged in the medicament pouch is photographed in a state in which the medicament pouches do not overlap with each other in the medicament pouch
Control method of drug dispensing system.
5. The method of controlling a drug dispensing system according to claim 4, wherein imaging is performed using X-rays or visible light.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the medicament pouch is transparent or semitransparent.
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of associating and storing the print image and the captured image comprises:
Further comprising a generation date and time of the print image
Control method of drug dispensing system.
8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising a shooting date and time of the shot image.
The method according to claim 1,
And displaying the stored print image and the shot image in association with each other in response to a request to select one of the prescriptions
Control method of drug dispensing system.
A communication unit for receiving a drug dispensing request for at least one medicament contained in one prescription;
A medicine dispenser dispensing a medicine corresponding to the medicine dispensing request;
A drug packing part for packing the dispensed at least one medicine into a medicine pouch;
An image capturing unit for capturing an image of the medicine pouch containing the dispensed at least one medicine; And
Generating a print image to be printed on the medicine package sheet according to the prescription,
And a control unit for controlling the print image and the captured image to be stored in association with each other
Drug dispensing system.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10,
And generating the print image including at least information about the type and quantity of medicines contained in the prescription
Drug dispensing system.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11,
The medicines not included in the medicines dispensing request are distinguished and displayed so as to be displayed
Drug dispensing system.
The image pickup apparatus according to claim 10,
Characterized in that at least one medicament packaged in the medicament pouch is photographed in a state in which the medicament pouches do not overlap with each other in the medicament pouch
Drug dispensing system.
14. The drug dispensing system according to claim 13, wherein the drug dispensing system is photographed using X-rays or visible rays.
15. The drug dispensing system of claim 14, wherein the medicament pouch is transparent or translucent.
The image processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control unit, in linking and storing the print image and the captured image,
And controls to store together the generation date and time of the print image
Drug dispensing system.
17. The apparatus of claim 16,
And controls to store together the shooting date and time of the shot image
Drug dispensing system.
9. The method of claim 8,
And a display unit for displaying the stored print image and the shot image in association with each other in response to a request to select one of the prescriptions
Drug dispensing system.

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