US 11,854,679 B1
Medication inventory system including machine learning based medication discrepancy determination and related methods
James W. McCracken, Jr., Winston Salem, NC (US); Brian Rogers, Greensboro, NC (US); and Michael Snellenburg, Winston Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to INMAR RX SOLUTIONS, INC., Ft. Worth, TX (US)
Filed by INMAR RX SOLUTIONS, INC., Ft. Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/395,343.
Int. Cl. G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)
CPC G16H 20/13 (2018.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medication inventory system comprising:
a mobile wireless communications device comprising a housing, a display carried by the housing, and wireless communications circuitry carried by the housing;
a medication tray comprising a plurality of partitions defining a plurality of compartments, the medication tray having a computer-readable tray identifier associated therewith, and each compartment for storing a respective medication;
at least one imaging apparatus carried by the housing; and
a processor and an associated memory configured to
cooperate with said at least one imaging apparatus to obtain a tray identifier image and determine the computer-readable tray identifier of the medication tray based upon the tray identifier image,
maintain in the memory a desired respective medication within each compartment based upon the computer-readable tray identifier,
cooperate with said at least one imaging apparatus to obtain a respective compartment image including the medication within each compartment, the respective compartment image comprising alphanumeric text associated with the medication therein,
use machine learning based upon an optical character recognition of the alphanumeric text to determine the medication within each compartment based upon the respective compartment image, and
determine a discrepancy between the determined medication within each compartment and the desired respective medication within each compartment, and upon determining the discrepancy, generate a display notification for display on the display, the display notification including an image of the medication tray including the plurality of compartments and the medications within each compartment and with visual indicators corresponding to each compartment overlaid on each compartment in the image of the medication tray, each visual indicator having one of a first visual characteristic indicative of the discrepancy and a second visual characteristic different than the first visual characteristic indicative of no discrepancy.