Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for tracking content in a medicine container
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Application No.: US14995653Application Date: 2016-01-14
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Publication No.: US10091468B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Sanjay Mehrotra , Fatma Seda Memik , Ilya Mikhelson
- Applicant: Northwestern University
- Applicant Address: US IL Evanston
- Assignee: Northwestern University
- Current Assignee: Northwestern University
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Evanston
- Agency: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
- Main IPC: H04N7/00
- IPC: H04N7/00 ; H04N7/18 ; A61J7/04 ; G06F19/00 ; A61J1/14

Abstract:
A system and a method include a medicine container having a bottle and a cap. The medicine container includes a controller and can include a camera located in the cap. The container can include a scale in the base. The controller controls the camera to take an image of the inside of the container to detect the contents, along with a weight measurement to determine usage of the content. A memory connects with the camera and the scale to store the image and weight data. The container can communicate data with a backend server using a wired or wireless connection upon a trigger event. Multiple containers can be connected to form a network of containers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160212389A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING CONTENT IN A MEDICINE CONTAINER Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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