Verification system for a pharmacy packaging system
A pharmacy packaging system configured to dispense pharmaceuticals into a pharmaceutical pouch formed by a feed roll and including a verification system. The verification system includes a camera system configured to capture images in a visible spectrum and an infrared spectrum, a first light source configured to output an infrared spectrum light, a second light source configured to output a visible spectrum light, and a processor. The processor is operable to activate the first light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a first image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the first light source. The processor is also operable to activate the second light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a second image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the second light source. The processor is further operable to generate a third image based on the first image and the second image.
1. A pharmacy packaging system comprising:
a feed roll for forming a pharmaceutical pouch;
a dispenser configured to dispense pharmaceuticals into the pharmaceutical pouch formed by the feed roll; and
a verification system including
a camera system configured to capture images in a visible spectrum and an infrared spectrum,
a first light source configured to output infrared spectrum light,
a second light source configured to output visible spectrum light, and
a processor communicatively coupled to the camera system, the first light source, and the second light source, the processor operable to:
activate the first light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch,
capture a first image, using the camera system, of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the first light source,
activate the second light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch,
capture a second image, using the camera system, of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the second light source,
generate a third image based on the first image and the second image,
generate a dashboard to simultaneously display first images, second images, and third images from a first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches, wherein
the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches includes the pharmaceutical pouch, the first images include the first image, the second images include the second image, and the third images include the third image,
each of the third images from the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches include individual pharmaceuticals arranged in rows or columns, and
the individual pharmaceuticals are included in a pharmaceutical pouch of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches,
receive a user selection on the dashboard to approve the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches currently displayed on the dashboard, and
in response to receiving the user selection on the dashboard to approve the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches
simultaneously display first images, second images, and third images from a second plurality of pharmaceutical pouches on the dashboard, the second plurality of pharmaceutical pouches being different than the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches.
2. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first images, the second images, and the third images of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches are arrayed in a grid on the dashboard, wherein the grid includes a plurality of rows and columns, wherein each column of the grid includes the first image, the second image, and the third image of one pouch of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches.
3. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of pharmaceutical pouches are subsequent to the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches in a take-up roll.
4. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further operable to
receive a user selection on the dashboard simultaneously displaying the first images, the second images, and the third images from the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches to display previous pouches; and
simultaneously display first images, second images, and third images from a third plurality of pharmaceutical pouches on the dashboard in response to receiving the user selection on the dashboard simultaneously displaying the first images, the second images, and the third images from the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches to display previous pouches, the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches being subsequent to the third plurality of pharmaceutical pouches in the take-up roll.
5. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further operable to:
analyze a third image of a pharmaceutical pouch of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches to determine a first characteristic of pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical pouch,
determine whether the first characteristic of pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical pouch matches a second characteristic of expected pharmaceuticals,
when the first characteristic of pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical pouch matches the second characteristic of expected pharmaceuticals, provide a first indication on the third image of the pharmaceutical pouch that the pharmaceutical pouch is correctly filled, and
when the first characteristic of pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical pouch does not match the second characteristic of expected pharmaceuticals, provide a second indication on the third image of the pharmaceutical pouch that the pharmaceutical pouch is incorrectly filled.
6. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 5 , wherein the first indication includes a border around the third image of the pharmaceutical pouch having a first color, and wherein the second indication includes a border around the third image of the pharmaceutical pouch having a second color that is different than the first color.
7. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 5 , wherein the first indication includes a border having a first color around an individual pharmaceutical in the third image of the pharmaceutical pouch, wherein the second indication includes a border having a second color that is different than the first color around one of a blank space or an individual pharmaceutical in the third image of the pharmaceutical pouch, and wherein an individual pharmaceutical in the third image having a boarder of the first color is displayed above an individual pharmaceutical in the third image having a boarder of the second color.
8. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 5 , wherein the first characteristic of pharmaceuticals is at least one selected from a group consisting of an amount of pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical pouch and a type of pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical pouch.
9. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the feed roll is a first feed roll having a translucent material to form a first half of the pharmaceutical pouch, and further comprising a second feed roll having a transparent material to form a second half of the pharmaceutical pouch,
wherein the first light source is positioned on a side of the pharmaceutical pouch facing the translucent material, and wherein the camera system is positioned on a side of the pharmaceutical pouch facing the transparent material, and wherein the second light source is positioned on the side of the pharmaceutical pouch facing the transparent material.
10. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the dashboard further includes images of expected pills, and
wherein the third images of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches are displayed such that the individual pharmaceuticals in the third images of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches align with individual pharmaceuticals in the images of expected pills.
11. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 10 , wherein the third images of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches include a blank space that indicate where correct pills should have been displayed.
12. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 11 , wherein the third images of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches includes a border around the blank space having a color to indicate that the expected pill is missing from the pharmaceutical pouch.
13. A method of verifying pharmaceuticals packaged within a pharmaceutical pouch using a pharmacy packaging system, the pharmacy packaging system including a feed roll for forming the pharmaceutical pouch, a dispenser configured to dispense pharmaceuticals into the pharmaceutical pouch formed by the feed roll, a camera system configured to capture images in a visible spectrum and an infrared spectrum, a first light source configured to output an infrared spectrum light, a second light source configured to output a visible spectrum light, and a processor communicatively coupled to the camera system, the first light source, and the second light source, the method comprising:
activating, by the processor, the first light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch;
capturing a first image, by the processor using the camera system, of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the first light source;
activating, by the processor, the second light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch;
capturing a second image, by the processor using the camera system, of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the second light source;
generating, by the processor, a third image based on the first image and the second image;
generating, by the processor, a dashboard to simultaneously display first images, second images, and third images from a first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches, wherein
the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches includes the pharmaceutical pouch, the first images include the first image, the second images include the second image, and the third images include the third image,
each of the third images from the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches include individual pharmaceuticals arranged in rows or columns, and
the individual pharmaceuticals are included in a pharmaceutical pouch of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches;
displaying the dashboard;
receiving a user selection on the dashboard to approve the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches currently displayed on the dashboard; and
in response to receiving the user selection on the dashboard to approve the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches
simultaneously displaying first images, second images, and third images from a second plurality of pharmaceutical pouches on the dashboard, the second plurality of pharmaceutical pouches being different than the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second plurality of pharmaceutical pouches are subsequent to the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches in a take-up roll, the method further comprising
receiving a user selection on the dashboard simultaneously displaying the first images, the second images, and the third images from the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches to display previous pouches; and
simultaneously displaying first images, second images, and third images from a third plurality of pharmaceutical pouches on the dashboard in response to receiving the user selection on the dashboard simultaneously displaying the first images, the second images, and the third images from the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches to display previous pouches, the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches being subsequent to the third plurality of pharmaceutical pouches in the take-up roll.
15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
analyzing the third image of a pharmaceutical pouch of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches to determine a first characteristic of pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical pouch,
determining whether the first characteristic of pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical pouch matches a second characteristic of expected pharmaceuticals,
when the first characteristic of pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical pouch matches the second characteristic of expected pharmaceuticals, providing a first indication on the third image of the pharmaceutical pouch that the pharmaceutical pouch is correctly filled, and
when the first characteristic of pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical pouch does not match the second characteristic of expected pharmaceuticals, providing a second indication on the third image of the pharmaceutical pouch that the pharmaceutical pouch is incorrectly filled.
16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
capturing, using the camera system, a fourth image of a label information printed on the pharmaceutical pouch, wherein the dashboard displays fourth images simultaneously with the first images, the second images, and the third images for the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches.
17. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further operable to
in response to determining that at least one of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches is incorrectly filled
prevent the user selection on the dashboard to approve the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches until a resolving action is selected for the at least one of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches on the dashboard.
18. The method of claim 13 , the method further comprising:
in response to determining that at least one of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches is incorrectly filled
preventing the user selection on the dashboard to approve the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches until a resolving action is selected for the at least one of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches on the dashboard.
19. The pharmacy packaging system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first images from the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches includes a pharmaceutical pouch of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches and each of the second images from the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches include a pharmaceutical pouch of the first plurality of pharmaceutical pouches.