Storage device with object taking gesture detection function

Abstract

The utility model discloses a storage device with a fetching gesture detection function, which comprises a drawer accommodated in a cabinet body, and a plurality of partition plates which are vertically and horizontally arranged are vertically arranged on the surface of a bottom plate in the accommodating space of the drawer so as to divide a plurality of compartments for placing articles, the drawer is provided with a plurality of frames provided with gesture detection modules above the peripheral side plates of the bottom plate, each frame is provided with a plurality of light emitting elements and light receiving elements which are opposite to each other for detecting the array unit, and each light emitting element and each light receiving element are connected with a processing unit; light rays projected to the light receiving elements by the light emitting elements are vertically staggered above the partition plate to form a detection interval, when a hand of a user stretches into any compartment of the drawer to take articles, the light rays in the detection interval can be blocked by the hand, and the processing unit detects the position of the light receiving element which cannot receive the light rays, so that the light receiving element can receive the light rays. And judging that the object taking action exists in the corresponding compartment position.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to a storage device with a gesture detection function for picking up objects, specifically a drawer that is divided into multiple compartments by partitions, and an array of multiple light emitting elements and light receiving elements is provided above the side panels around the drawer. The processing unit can detect that the light emitted by the light emitting elements is blocked by a hand when it detects that there is a picking up action in the compartment. Background Technology

[0002] Nowadays, when the general public registers for medical treatment at a hospital, they first go to the consultation room according to their department. The doctor will write a prescription on the computer based on the patient's condition and print it out in the consultation room. The prescription is then given to the patient to pay at the counter. After receiving the computer prescription and medicine bag, the outpatient pharmacy or emergency pharmacy can have the pharmacy staff pick up the medicines and quantities recorded on the computer prescription at the dispensing station. Only after verifying that the prescription held by the patient matches the computer prescription will the medicine bag containing the required amount of medicine be given to the patient.

[0003] Hospital pharmacies typically have a dispensing counter with multiple medicine boxes in each drawer of the cabinet. These boxes contain various medications, such as tablets, capsules, injections, sprays, or suppositories. Pharmacists can open the boxes to retrieve the medications based on the prescription information on the computer. However, due to the large quantity of medications stored in the cabinet, pharmacists often manually check the names and quantities of drugs during dispensing. This can easily lead to errors, such as misplacement of medicine boxes, misidentification of medications by name or appearance, or receiving the wrong medication as a gift. This can result in patients accidentally ingesting the wrong medication, harming their health. Therefore, addressing the issue of medication errors caused by the large number of medications and resulting in management oversights is a crucial area that those in the industry urgently need to research and improve. Utility Model Content

[0004] Therefore, in view of the above deficiencies, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a storage device with a gesture detection function for picking up objects.

[0005] This utility model provides a storage device with a gesture detection function for retrieving objects. It includes a drawer housed in a pre-designed cabinet. The drawer has a bottom plate and multiple side plates vertically arranged around its perimeter to form a storage space. Multiple partitions are vertically arranged on the surface of the drawer's bottom plate to divide it into multiple compartments. Multiple frames for a gesture detection module are respectively arranged above the four side plates of the drawer. Each frame is equipped with multiple light emitting elements and light receiving elements of a detection array unit facing each other. The multiple light emitting elements and light receiving elements... Connected to the processing unit, the light emitted by the light emitting element and projected onto the light receiving element are perpendicularly intersected above the partition to form a detection zone. When a user's hand reaches into any compartment of the drawer to retrieve an item (such as medicine), the light in the detection zone is blocked by the hand. The processing unit then detects the position of the light receiving element that cannot receive the light, thereby determining that there is a medicine retrieval action in the corresponding compartment. It can also further determine whether the medicine retrieval position is correct or whether there are foreign objects obstructing the medicine retrieval position, providing comprehensive and convenient detection of medicine retrieval actions, and more effectively implementing medicine management.

[0006] The gesture detection module has multiple frames with light-emitting sides and light-receiving sides facing each other. Multiple light-emitting elements of the multiple detection array units on the circuit board are respectively arranged on the two adjacent light-emitting sides, and multiple light-receiving elements of the multiple detection array units on the circuit board are respectively arranged on the other two adjacent light-receiving sides.

[0007] The gesture detection module has a frame located outside the detection array unit, with a cover plate made of transparent material attached to it, and the multiple light emitting elements and light receiving elements are located between the circuit board and the cover plate.

[0008] A filter is provided between the detection array unit and the cover plate.

[0009] When the light emitted by the light emitting element and projected onto the light receiving element is blocked, the light receiving element outputs an electronic signal to the processing unit to determine that there is a retrieving action in the corresponding compartment. Attached Figure Description

[0010] Figure 1 This is a three-dimensional view of the present invention.

[0011] Figure 2 This is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.

[0012] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the architecture of the gesture detection module of this utility model.

[0013] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the action of the gesture detection for picking up objects according to this utility model.

[0014] Explanation of reference numerals in the attached diagram: 1-Drawer; 10-Accommodation space; 101-Compartment; 11-Base plate; 12-Side plate; 13-Divider; 2-Gesture detection module; 20-Detection area; 21-Frame; 211-Light emitting side; 212-Light receiving side; 22-Detection array unit; 220-Circuit board; 221-Light emitting element; 222-Light receiving element; 23-Processing unit; 24-Cover plate; 25-Filter; 3-Item; 4-User's hand. Detailed Implementation

[0015] In order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives and effects of this utility model, the technical means and structure adopted by this utility model are described in detail below with reference to the preferred embodiment of this utility model, so as to facilitate a complete understanding.

[0016] Please see as follows Figures 1-4 The figures show a three-dimensional appearance view, a three-dimensional exploded view, a schematic diagram of the gesture detection module, and a schematic diagram of the action of detecting the object retrieval gesture. As can be clearly seen from the figures, the storage device with the object retrieval gesture detection function of this utility model includes a drawer 1 stored in a cabinet and a gesture detection module 2 set in each drawer 1. A bottom plate 11 is provided at the bottom of the drawer 1, and multiple side plates 12 are vertically arranged around the bottom plate 11 to form a storage space 10. Multiple partitions 13 are vertically arranged on the surface of the bottom plate 11 to form a longitudinal and transverse staggered arrangement, which can divide the storage space 10 of the drawer 1 into multiple compartments 101, so that each compartment 101 of the drawer 1 can be used to place various medicines including tablets, capsules, injections, sprays, suppositories, etc. However, in actual application, it is not limited to this, or other items 3 that the user's hand 4 can reach into the compartment 101 to take out.

[0017] In this embodiment, drawer 1 has multiple frames 21 above the four perimeter panels 12, each frame 21 having a light-emitting side 211 and a light-receiving side 212 facing each other. Two adjacent light-emitting sides 211 are each equipped with multiple light-emitting elements 221 (such as infrared LEDs) of the detection array unit 22 on the circuit board 220. Similarly, two adjacent light-receiving sides 212 are each equipped with multiple light-receiving elements 222 (such as infrared LEDs) of the detection array unit 22 on the circuit board 220. The system consists of multiple light emitting elements 221 and light receiving elements 222 connected by a flexible circuit board or flexible flat cable to a processing unit 23. Preferably, the processing unit 23 is separately located on the bottom plate 11 or the inner side of the panel of the drawer 1 to drive and control the light emitted by each light emitting element 221 of the detection array unit 22 to enter the corresponding light receiving element 222, and to make the light emitted by each light emitting element 221 vertically intersect above the multiple partitions 13 to form a matrix-type non-contact detection zone 20.

[0018] Furthermore, the aforementioned frame 21 is located outside the detection array unit 22 and is combined with a cover plate 24 made of transparent material, with each light emitting element 221 and light receiving element 222 located between the circuit board 220 and the cover plate 24. A filter layer can be directly formed on the surface of the cover plate 24 to suppress stray light interference, but it is not limited to this. A filter 25 or a combination of filter 25 and lens can also be further provided between the detection array unit 22 and the cover plate 24 so that the light can be collimated and projected onto the light receiving element 222 to improve the overall detection accuracy.

[0019] Therefore, the cabinet used in the storage device with the object retrieval gesture detection function of this utility model is preferably a medicine cabinet, but it is not limited to this. It can also be a parts storage cabinet or a clothing storage cabinet, etc., which contains multiple drawers 1. The storage space 10 inside each drawer 1 can be divided into multiple compartments 101 for placing items 3 by multiple partitions 13. Each partition 13 is an assembly or disassembly structure, and can also be arranged in different combinations according to the user's needs to divide the space into different compartments 101 of different sizes, thereby realizing the modular installation function.

[0020] When a user wants to retrieve the medication prescribed on the prescription, they can first operate the dispensing station to unlock the drawer 1 of the medicine cabinet corresponding to the item 3 (such as the medicine). The indicator light on the partition 13 will show the location of the compartment 101 where the medicine is located, allowing the user to quickly find the medicine they need. Since drawer 1 is equipped with multiple detection array units 22 of gesture detection module 2 above the four perimeter panels 12, and the light emitted by each light emitting element 221 is projected onto the light receiving element 222 to form a matrix detection range 20 above the multiple partitions 13, when the light in the detection range 20 is blocked, the processing unit 23 can immediately know the location of the light receiving element 222 that cannot receive the light, so as to determine the user's action of retrieving the item.

[0021] For example, when a user's hand 4 reaches into any compartment 101 of drawer 1 to retrieve medicine, the processing unit 23 of the gesture detection module 2 can detect that the light emitted by the light emitting element 221 of multiple detection array units 22 to the light receiving element 222 is blocked. That is, after the user's hand 4 reaches into the compartment 101 through the detection zone 20, the amount of light entering the light receiving element 222 will be reduced or blocked. At this time, the light receiving element 222 will output an electronic signal to the processing unit 23 to indicate that there is a light blocking action (Dark On). The processing unit 23 can determine that there is a medicine retrieval action in the corresponding compartment 101 based on the electronic signal. It can also further determine whether the medicine retrieval position is correct or whether there is a foreign object blocking the medicine position. Compared with the traditional use of light sensors and pressure sensors to detect whether the medicine in the compartment has been taken out, this provides a comprehensive and convenient medicine retrieval action detection, which can more effectively implement medicine management.

[0022] The above detailed description is only for the purpose of describing a preferred and feasible embodiment of the present utility model. However, this embodiment is not intended to limit the scope of the present utility model. All other equivalent changes and modifications made without departing from the spirit of the art disclosed in the present utility model should be included within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0023] In conclusion, the storage device with gesture detection function of this utility model can indeed achieve its function and purpose, and therefore this utility model is indeed a utility model with excellent practicality.

Claims

1. A storage device with a gesture detection function for retrieving items, comprising a drawer housed in a pre-designed cabinet, a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates vertically arranged around the bottom plate to form a storage space, and a plurality of partitions arranged in a longitudinal and transverse pattern on the surface of the bottom plate to divide the storage space inside the drawer into multiple compartments for placing items, characterized in that: The drawer has multiple frames above its four perimeter panels, each equipped with a gesture detection module. Each frame has multiple light emitting elements and light receiving elements arranged in a detection array unit, facing each other. A processing unit connects the light emitting elements and light receiving elements to the processing unit. The light rays projected from the light emitting elements onto the light receiving elements intersect vertically above the multiple partitions to form a detection zone. When the light within this detection zone is blocked by a user's hand inserted into any of the drawer's compartments, the processing unit can detect the position of the light receiving element that cannot receive the light, thus determining the location of the corresponding compartment.

2. The storage device with a take-out gesture detection function according to claim 1, wherein, The gesture detection module has multiple frames with light-emitting sides and light-receiving sides facing each other. Multiple light-emitting elements of the multiple detection array units on the circuit board are respectively arranged on the two adjacent light-emitting sides, and multiple light-receiving elements of the multiple detection array units on the circuit board are respectively arranged on the other two adjacent light-receiving sides.

3. The storage device with a take-out gesture detection function according to claim 2, wherein, The frame of the gesture detection module is located outside the detection array unit and is fitted with a cover plate made of transparent material, with the multiple light emitting elements and light receiving elements located between the circuit board and the cover plate.

4. The storage device with a take-out gesture detection function according to claim 3, wherein, A filter is provided between the detection array unit and the cover plate.

5. The storage device with a take-out gesture detection function according to claim 1, wherein, When the light emitted by the light emitting element and projected onto the light receiving element is blocked, the light receiving element outputs an electronic signal to the processing unit to determine that there is a retrieval action at the corresponding compartment location.

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