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System and method for determining the orientation of a unit dose package

US8929641B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesynt Incorporated · US

Inventors

Patrick Braun · Munningen, DE
James Anderson Smith · Huntingdon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 17, 2009
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30128
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system are provided for determining an orientation of a unit dose package, such as by determining whether the cavity that houses the medication is facing upwards or downwards. As a result of the determination of the orientation of the unit dose package, a method and system may also be provided for selectively picking a unit dose package, thereby enabling automated restocking of singulated unit dose packages by taking into account the orientation of the unit dose packages.

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