TWM572562U - Pill image-acquisition apparatus, and pill-identification system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A pill image-acquisition apparatus includes: a casing including a outer casing including a first case, a second case opposite the first case and a connection case connecting between the first and second case. A first lens is disposed on top of the inner surface of the second case. A holding gap is formed between the first case and the second case. The second case includes an image-acquisition opening on a side facing the first case to expose the first lens. The holding gap is configured to hold an image-analyzing apparatus which has a second lens placed on the image-acquisition opening. The second case is configured to accommodate a pill, and the image-analyzing apparatus analyzes an image of the pill captured by the first and second lens.

Description

Drug camera and drug identification system

This creation is about a drug identification technology, especially a portable drug camera device, identification system and method.

At present, many patients with chronic diseases are treated with home medical care and are regularly visited by medical personnel.

Many medical personnel found that most patients with home medical care had a high age, and often did not take medication according to their doctor's advice. The drugs usually left the medicine bag and mixed with multiple drugs. .

Most of the medical staff who visit the home medical care are doctors and there are no pharmacists. Therefore, if the doctor finds that the patient is suffering from the wrong medication, most of them must take the medicine back to the hospital pharmacy and ask the pharmacist or the drug identification equipment to confirm. Come, often miss the timeliness of correcting the patient's medication habits.

In addition, although it is now possible to use smart phones to take photos and upload them to hospital colleagues or cloud centers for confirmation, the images taken by mobile phones are often not clear enough, which also reduces the correctness of drug identification.

Furthermore, the drug information database currently established is a tree-like sub-category. The way the class is filed, when a new drug is added to the database, the entire database must be reset, which is quite inconvenient for the establishment of the new drug.

In view of the problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a medical imaging device comprising: a housing including a first housing, a second housing connected to the first housing and a connecting housing, and a first housing a second housing; wherein a first lens is disposed on a top portion of the second housing; wherein a clamping space is formed between the first housing and the second housing, and the second housing includes a camera toward a side of the first housing The opening exposes the first lens; wherein the clamping space is adapted to hold an image analyzing device, and the second lens is disposed on the imaging opening; wherein the second housing is configured to receive a drug, and the image analyzing device is transmitted through the first The second lens captures the image of the drug for analysis.

The present invention further provides a drug identification system, comprising: a medical imaging device comprising: a housing comprising a first housing, a second housing connected to the first housing and a connecting housing, and a first housing a second housing; wherein a first lens is disposed on a top portion of the second housing; wherein a clamping space is formed between the first housing and the second housing, and the second housing includes a camera toward a side of the first housing The opening is connected to the first lens; an image analyzing device includes: a device body is sandwiched between the first housing and the second housing; a second lens is disposed on the device body and is located at the first lens; a drug analysis module Built in the image analysis device, comprising an image capture unit for activating a second lens, a transmitting and receiving unit and a drug information display unit; and a cloud analysis center for receiving data from the transmitting and receiving unit; , When the second housing is filled with a medicine, the image capturing unit drives the second lens to shoot through the first lens to obtain a drug image, and then transmits the drug image to the cloud analysis unit for analysis by the transmitting and receiving unit. To get information about the drug.

The present invention further provides a method for drug identification, comprising the steps of: providing a drug identification system; placing a drug on a medicine tray of a second housing, so that the medicine is placed in an opaque space; An image capturing unit of the drug analysis module captures the drug to obtain a drug image; the drug image is transmitted through a transmitting and receiving unit to a feature vector comparison module of a cloud analysis center to obtain At least one drug information.

The drug imaging device, the drug identification system and the method of the present invention can provide a portable drug identification system to solve the inconvenience that the drug identification must be performed in a specific place in the prior art. Medical personnel who perform home medical care can operate in the patient's home to see if the patient has the wrong medication and the damage caused to health.

Furthermore, the drug imaging device of the present invention can capture the image of the drug without interference and clearly, and is highly helpful for confirming the subsequent drug information.

In addition, the drug database construction method provided by this creation only needs to input the feature vector into the database and then associate with the drug information, and also improves the problem of the establishment of the conventional drug database.

Other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention are described in the following description, drawings, and patent applications.

100‧‧‧ drug camera

101‧‧‧round the side wall

102‧‧‧Shell

103‧‧‧Upper cover

103a‧‧‧Power switch

104‧‧‧First housing

105‧‧‧Fixed plate

106‧‧‧Second housing

107‧‧‧Flexible parts

107a‧‧‧Ring flange

108‧‧‧Connecting shell

109‧‧‧ Camera opening

110‧‧‧ first shot

111‧‧‧Light source module

111a‧‧‧Circular circuit board

111b‧‧‧Light uniform adjustment ring

113‧‧‧ 容容

113a‧‧‧ openings

115‧‧‧Medication tray

115a‧‧‧ Shengto Platform

115b‧‧‧Flexible flange

20‧‧‧Power Control Module

200‧‧‧ boards

202‧‧‧Lithium battery

300‧‧‧Drug Identification System

302‧‧‧Image analysis device

304‧‧‧Cloud Analysis Center

306‧‧‧ device body

308‧‧‧second lens

310‧‧‧Drug Analysis Module

312‧‧‧Image capture unit

314‧‧‧Transfer receiving unit

316‧‧‧Drug Information Display Unit

318‧‧‧ Drug Database

320‧‧‧Image Processing Module

322‧‧‧Characteristic Vector Generation Module

324‧‧‧Feature Vector Comparison Module

326‧‧‧ Feedback Module

M‧‧‧ drugs

P‧‧‧ drug image

P0‧‧‧Standard imagery

S4001~S4004‧‧‧Steps

Fig. 1A is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 1B is a schematic exploded view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing one embodiment of the inventive drug identification system.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the function of the inventive drug identification system.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the creation of the inventive drug identification system.

Please refer to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B , which are schematic diagrams and exploded views of the present invention. The medical imaging device 100 includes a housing 102 including a first housing 104 and a second housing 106 connected to the first housing 104 and the second housing 106 with respect to the first housing 104 and a connecting housing 108. The first housing 104, the second housing 106, and the connection housing 108 may each be a hollow housing.

In one embodiment, the first housing 104 can include a surrounding side 101 and an upper cover 103. The upper cover 103 is assembled on the top of the surrounding side 101, a fixing plate 105 is disposed inside the surrounding side wall 101, and an elastic member 107 is assembled. It is disposed around the bottom of the side wall 101 and protrudes downward. A power control module 20 is fixed on the fixed board 105 and includes a circuit board 200 and a lithium battery 202 electrically connected to the circuit board 200. The upper cover 103 can include a circuit in which the power switch 103a is electrically connected to the circuit board 200 to activate the lithium battery 202 for power supply. The upper cover 103 and the fixing plate 105 may be provided with interfitting assembly portions such as elastic latches and grooves; the upper cover 103 and the surrounding side walls 101 may also be assembled with similar mating mechanisms. The elastic member 107 can be half-spherical The elastic piece includes an annular flange 107a, and the bottom of the side wall 101 may include an inward stop projection (not shown) having an annular flange similar in size to the elastic member. When the first housing 104 is assembled, the elastic member 107, the fixing plate 105 to which the circuit board 200 and the lithium battery 202 are fixed are sequentially placed over the surrounding side wall 101, and the upper cover 103 is assembled on the surrounding side 101. And the fixing plate 105; or the upper cover 103 may be assembled with the fixing plate 105 in advance and disposed on the surrounding side wall 101.

A first lens 110 may be disposed on the top of the second housing 106, and the second housing 106 may include an imaging opening 109 toward the first housing 104 to expose the first lens 110. A clamping space can be formed between the first housing 104 and the second housing 106 for clamping an image analyzing device (not shown), and a second lens (not shown) can be disposed on the imaging opening 109. The second housing 106 can accommodate a medicine (not shown), and the image analysis device can analyze the image of the medicine through the first lens 110 and the second lens. The first lens 110 can be a macro lens to precisely focus on the drug. The second housing 106 can be disposed with a light source module 111 electrically coupled to the power control module 20 located in the first housing 104, and a power line (not shown) passes through the connection housing 108 and has two ends. The light source module 111 can be driven by the power control module 20 to provide light required for taking a medicine. The light source module 111 may include a ring circuit light board 111a located at the top of the second housing 106 and surrounding the first lens 110; and a light uniform adjusting ring 111b covering the ring circuit light board 111a. The second housing 106 includes a receiving body 113 having an opening 113a, and a medicine tray 115 detachably covering the opening 113a. The tray 115 includes a tray platform 115a and an elastic flange formed along the edge of the tray 115a. 115b. The Shengtu platform 115a can cover the opening 113a, and the elastic flange 115b can surround the outside of the opening 113a.

The drug imaging device 100 is made of a material that is opaque to light, or is coated with an opaque coating such as a black paint. In an embodiment, at least the second housing 106 is opaque to avoid interference from external light.

Referring to Figure 2 and referring to Figure 1, a schematic diagram of the inventive drug identification system is shown. The drug identification system 300 can include the aforementioned drug imaging device 100, an image analysis device 302, and a cloud analysis center 304.

The image analyzing device 302 can include a device body 306 clamped between the first housing 104 and the second housing 106; a second lens 308 disposed on the device body 306 when the device body 306 is clamped by the drug imaging device 100 The second lens 308 can be located in the image capturing opening 109 of the drug camera device 100; and a drug analyzing module 310 is built in the image analyzing device 302. The image capturing unit 312 can be configured to activate the second lens 308 and transmit the image. The receiving unit 314 and a medicine information display unit 316. When the second housing 106 is provided with a medicine M, the image capturing unit 312 drives the second lens 308 to shoot through the first lens 110 to obtain a medical image, and then transmits the medical image to the cloud through the transmitting and receiving unit 314. The analysis unit 304 performs an alignment to obtain information on the drug. Image analysis device 302 can be a mobile phone or tablet. The drug analysis module 310 can be an application installed in the image analysis device 302. The image capture unit 312, the transmission and reception unit 314, and the drug information display unit 316 are function modules in the application.

The cloud analysis center 304 can include: a drug database 318, a shadow The image processing module 320, a feature vector generation module 322, a feature vector comparison module 324, and a feedback module 326; wherein the drug database 318 includes a plurality of drug information, which uses the inventive drug identification system 302. Build together, please refer to FIG. 3, which is a flow chart showing the establishment of the drug database 318 of the inventive drug identification system: as shown in FIG. 3, when the image analyzing device 302 captures a drug image P by the drug camera device 100 After that, the image processing module 320 of FIG. 2 can perform image processing on the drug image P. The image processing includes alignment, deblurring, white balance adjustment, and noise removal to obtain a normalized image P0, and then feature vector generation. The module 322 rotates the normalized image P0, changes the color tone, and adds noise to generate about 3,000 to 4,000 images (such as the drug images 1-9 illustrated in FIG. 3), and further analyzes the shape of the drug from the database. , size, nick, edge and color, and recorded as a plurality of first eigenvectors, built into the drug database, providing feature vector comparison module 324 for comparison.

In the foregoing cloud analysis center 304, when the creative drug identification system 302 is to perform drug identification, the drug image is obtained through the drug camera device 100, and then processed into a standardized image by the image processing module 320, and analyzed to capture the normalized image. At least one second feature vector, and then the feature vector comparison module 324 obtains at least a second feature vector and compares with the plurality of first feature vectors in the drug database to summarize at least one drug information. In one embodiment, at least three drug information can be obtained, each drug information can include a drug name, a photo, a taking rule, a side effect, etc. Finally, the feedback module 326 returns the at least one drug information to the drug analysis. The transmitting and receiving unit 314 of the module 310 is displayed on the drug analysis module 310 drug information display unit 316.

Since the establishment of the drug database 318 can be similar to the process of identifying the drug, when a new drug is discovered, the creation of the drug identification system can be used for shooting, image processing, and feature vector establishment, and then the feature vector is Drug information can be linked to solve the problem of knowing how to classify drugs. When new drugs are to be filed, the entire database must be reset.

Please refer to Figure 4, which shows the flow chart of the creative drug identification system, and please refer to Figure 1~3.

As shown in step S4001, the drug identification system 300 as described above is provided.

As shown in step S4002, a drug is placed on one of the medicine trays 115 of the second housing 106, so that the medicine is accommodated in an opaque space.

As shown in step S4003, the image is captured by the image capturing unit 312 of the drug analysis module 310 to obtain a drug image.

As shown in step S4004, the drug image is transmitted to the feature vector comparison module 324 of the cloud analysis center 304 through the transmission receiving unit 314 to obtain at least one drug information.

The drug imaging device, the drug identification system and the matching method of the present invention can provide a portable drug identification system to solve the inconvenience that the drug identification must be performed in a specific place in the prior art. Medical personnel who perform home medical care can operate in the patient's home to see if the patient has the wrong medication and the damage caused to health.

Furthermore, the drug imaging device of the present invention can capture the image of the drug without interference and clearly, and is highly helpful for confirming the subsequent drug information.

In addition, the drug database construction method provided by this creation only needs to input the feature vector into the database and then associate with the drug information, and also improves the problem of the establishment of the conventional drug database.

Exemplary embodiments of the present work are described herein. Reference is made to these examples in a non-limiting sense. These examples are provided to illustrate the broader applicable aspects of this creation. The present description may be subject to different modifications and may be substituted by equivalents without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In addition, all modifications made to adapt to a particular situation, material, composition, process, process, process or process are within the spirit or scope of the present invention. In addition, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the various elements and features of the present invention are described and illustrated in the various aspects and features of the present invention without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. It can be easily separated from or incorporated from any of the features of any other embodiment. All such modifications are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims.

This creation contains the method of execution of the device disclosed in this creation. The methods may include the acts of providing a suitable device as described in this creation. These actions can be performed by a user. In other words, the "providing" action only requires the user to acquire, access, approach, locate, set up, activate, power up, or otherwise provide the means required by the method disclosed herein. The methods disclosed in this creation may be performed in any logically possible order of the steps, or in the order recited in the steps. Row.

In addition, although the present invention has been described with reference to a number of embodiments that incorporate various features, the scope of the present invention is not limited to each of the variations described or represented herein. Various changes may be made to the creation without departing from the true spirit and scope of the creation, and may be replaced with equivalents, whether or not the equivalents are listed in the creation, or to some extent Concise and not included in the instructions. In addition, where a range of values is provided, it is understood that any value between the upper and lower limits of the range, as well as any other stated value, or value in the stated range, should be included in the present invention. Inside.

In addition, it is contemplated that any optional features of each of the variations described herein may be independently or in combination with any one or more of the features described herein. The narrative of a single item in this creation contains the possibility of having multiple identical items. More specifically, the singular forms such as "a", "an", "said", "said", etc. are used in the context of the present invention and the scope of the claims. To contain plural objects. In other words, the use of the article allows the term described in this specification and the scope of the patent application to be "at least one." It should be noted that the scope of the patent application of this creation may exclude any optional components. Therefore, this statement is used as an exclusive basis for the use of such exclusive terms as "individual" or "only" or in the use of "negative" restrictions in the relevant statements of the components requested by the patent application.

In the absence of such exclusive terms, the term "comprising" as used in the scope of the present patent application shall permit the inclusion of any additional elements. Whether or not a given number of elements are listed in the scope of the patent application, or additional features may be considered to change the nature of the elements in the scope of the claimed patent.

Except for the definition of this creation, all technical and scientific terms used in this creation shall be broadly given the meaning of general understanding by the technical staff in this field of creation, while maintaining the validity of the scope of patent application.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments and/or the disclosure of the specification, but is limited only by the language of the claims below.

Claims (19)

A portable medicine camera device includes: a housing including a first housing and a second housing relative to the first housing; and a connecting housing connecting the first housing and the second housing Wherein the top of the second housing is provided with a first lens; wherein the first housing and the second housing form a clamping space, and the second housing comprises a side facing the first housing An imaging opening is connected to the first lens; wherein the clamping space is adapted to hold an image analyzing device, and a second lens is disposed on the imaging opening; wherein the second housing is capable of placing a drug, The image analysis device analyzes the image of the drug through the first lens and the second lens. The medical imaging device of claim 1, wherein the first housing is provided with a power control module, and the second housing is provided with a light source module. The light source module is electrically coupled to the connecting housing through the connecting housing. Power control module. The drug imaging device of claim 2, wherein the light source module comprises a ring circuit light board located at the top of the second housing and surrounding the first lens; and a light uniform adjusting ring covering the ring circuit light board on. The medical imaging device of claim 1, further comprising an elastic member disposed on the outer side of the first housing facing the second housing for pressing the image analyzing device to The image analysis device is clamped between the first housing and the second housing. The medical imaging device of claim 4, wherein the elastic member comprises a semi-spherical elastic piece. The medical imaging device of claim 1, wherein the second housing comprises a receiving body having an opening and a setting tray, the dispensing tray removably covering the opening. The medicine camera device of claim 6, wherein the medicine tray comprises a holding platform and an elastic flange formed along an edge of the tray platform, the tray platform covering the opening, and the elastic flange is a ring Set the outside of the opening. The medical imaging device of claim 1, wherein the second housing is opaque. The medical imaging device of claim 1, wherein the first lens is a macro lens. A drug identification system comprising: a medical imaging device, comprising: a housing, a first housing, a second housing connected to the first housing and a connecting housing, and the first housing a second housing; wherein a first lens is disposed at a top of the second housing; wherein a clamping space is formed between the first housing and the second housing, and the second housing faces the first housing One side includes a camera opening connected to the first lens; an image analyzing device comprising: a device body is sandwiched between the first housing and the second housing; a second lens is disposed on the device body and opposite to the first lens; a drug analysis module is built in the image analysis device The image capturing unit can activate the second lens, a transmitting and receiving unit, and a drug information display unit; and a cloud analysis center, comprising a drug database, an image processing module and a feature vector comparison module The drug database is configured to store a plurality of first feature vectors of the drug, wherein the image processing module is configured to process the drug image obtained by capturing the drug by the second lens to obtain a normalized image, and extract the Normalizing at least a second feature vector of the image, the feature vector comparison module is configured to compare the at least one second feature vector with a plurality of first feature vectors of the drug database to obtain at least one of the drugs Drug information. The drug identification system of claim 10, wherein the cloud analysis center further comprises a feature vector generation module for establishing the first feature vectors of the drug database, wherein the drug is based on at least one parameter The normalized image generates a plurality of database images, wherein the at least one parameter is an image rotation angle, an image tone, and an image noise value, and the first feature vectors are extracted from the database images for the feature vector comparison The module is used for comparison. The drug identification system of claim 10, wherein the cloud analysis center further comprises a feedback module for performing drug comparison on the feature vector comparison module. The at least one drug information is returned to the transmitting and receiving unit and displayed on the drug information display unit. The drug identification system of claim 10, wherein the at least one first feature vector and the second feature vectors are shapes, sizes, scores, edges, colors, or a combination thereof. The drug identification system of claim 10, wherein the image processing module performs an image processing on the drug image to obtain the normalized image, the image processing system image alignment, image deblurring, image white balance adjustment, image removal Noise or a combination thereof. The drug identification system of claim 10, wherein the first housing is provided with a power control module, and the second housing is provided with a light source module electrically coupled to the power control module through the connection housing The light source module includes a ring circuit light board located at the top of the second housing and surrounding the first lens; and a light uniform adjusting ring covering the ring circuit light board. The drug identification system of claim 10, wherein the drug imaging device further comprises an elastic member disposed on the outer side of the first housing toward the second housing for pressing the image analysis device. The drug identification system of claim 10, wherein the second housing comprises a receiving body having an opening, and a dispensing tray removably covering the opening. The drug identification system of claim 17, wherein the drug set tray comprises a holding A platform and an elastic flange formed along an edge of the tray platform, the tray can cover the opening, and the elastic flange surrounds the outside of the opening. The drug identification system of claim 10, wherein the image analysis device comprises a mobile phone.