US 11,961,043 B2
Optical sensing-based inventory control systems and methods
Anupam Kumar Dattamajumdar, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Herbert Lawson Fisher, Portola Valley, CA (US); John Alfred D'Costa, San Jose, CA (US); Rupert P. Robin, British Columbia (CA); Brian Richard Arnold, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Sanandan Sudhir, Gujarat (IN); and Shah Sohil Jayeshbhai, Gujarat (IN)
Assigned to Omnicell, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Omnicell, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/748,729.
Application 17/748,729 is a continuation of application No. 16/836,912, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,361,278.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351121 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); A61G 12/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [A61G 12/001 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); A61G 2203/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medication management workflow and control system, comprising:
a support surface comprising two or more types of sensors that are configured to monitor use of an item, wherein the two or more types of sensors are selected from the group consisting of a load sensor, an imaging device, a radio frequency reader, and an optical reader; and
at least one processor that is configured to:
receive information from the two or more types of sensors;
compare the information from the two or more types of sensors; and
determine an identity of the item based on the compared information from the two or more types of sensors.