Patent Application
20180325778
This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201710326422.1 filed on May 10, 2016 the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The subject matter herein generally relates to a counting device and an automatic dispensing machine.
When taking pill, the reliability of taking pill is an important factor in this institution. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to tell the patient whether it has succeeded in taking pill or repeated pill.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached figures.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the exemplary embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the exemplary embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features. The description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the exemplary embodiments described herein.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “outside” refers to a region that is beyond the outermost confines of a physical object. The term “inside” indicates that at least a portion of an object is contained within a boundary formed by another object. The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape, or other feature that the term modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, “substantially cylindrical” means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising” means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in a so-described combination, group, series, and the like.
The light emitting component 20 is secured to one of the mounting plates 15. The light emitting component 20 includes a shell 21 and a light source 25 installed on the shell 21. The light source 25 can emit light. The light sensor 30 is secured to another mounting plate 15. The light sensor 30 can receive light, which has been emitted and is not interrupted from the light source 25, and can determine whether or not a pill 80 passes based on the energy of light beam.
When the automatic dispensing machine 200 is operated, the counting device 100 is activated. The light source 25 of the light emitting component 20 emits a light ray toward the first lens 40, which passes through the first lens 40 and is refracted into a parallel light rat and passes through the drug passage 14. The parallel light ray is refracted into the light sensor 30 at the second focal point when it reaches the second lens 50 and is refracted into a point light ray. The light sensor 30 receives the point light ray and performs energy measurement.
When the pill 80 does not pass through the channel 14, the point light ray retains all its energy when injected into the light sensor 30. When one pill 80 does pass through the pill channel 14, the pill 80 blocks part of the light ray so that the light ray incident on the light sensor 30 is reduced and its energy is also reduced. At this time, the light sensor 30 is able to determine that a pill 80 passes through the pill channel 14. That is, the automatic dispensing machine 200 has dispensed a pill 80. The outlet of the automatic dispensing machine 200 is directly in contact with a patient's mouth, if the pill passes through the counting device 100, then the pill must exit through the outlet and into the patient's mouth. Thus, the automatic dispensing machine 200 can determine that the pill has been taken by the patient.
The exemplary embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art such as the other features of a counting device and an automatic dispensing machine. Therefore, many such details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, including in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the exemplary embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201710326422.1 | May 2017 | CN | national |
