Storage device with item location indication and gesture detection function

Abstract

This utility model discloses a storage device with item retrieval location indication and gesture detection functions. It includes a drawer housed in a cabinet, and multiple light-emitting partitions arranged in a crisscross pattern within the drawer's accommodating space to divide the space into multiple compartments for item placement. A gesture detection module is installed above the four perimeter panels of the drawer. Each light-emitting partition includes a circuit board and a cover plate mounted on a shelf, and multiple light-emitting diodes are provided on the circuit board. Each substrate of the gesture detection module is provided with multiple light-emitting elements and multiple light-receiving elements of a detection array unit. The device can emit light through at least two light-emitting partitions around any compartment of the drawer to indicate the location of the compartment where the user needs to retrieve the item. The gesture detection module detects the user's hand reaching into any compartment to retrieve the item, thereby determining whether the item retrieval location is correct.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to a storage device with a retrieval location indication and gesture detection function, specifically referring to a drawer with multiple compartments divided by luminous partitions, indicating the location of the compartment where the user needs to retrieve the item, and a gesture detection module that can detect the user's hand reaching into the compartment to retrieve the item in order to determine whether the retrieval location is correct. 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 the functions of indicating the location of the item to be retrieved and detecting gestures.

[0005] This utility model provides a storage device with item retrieval location indication and gesture detection functions, including a drawer housed in a pre-set cabinet, multiple light-emitting partitions arranged in a crisscross pattern inside the drawer, and a gesture detection module. The drawer has a base at its bottom, and vertical side panels are provided around the base to form an accommodating space. Each of the multiple light-emitting partitions includes a shelf, a circuit board mounted on the shelf, and a cover plate, used to divide the accommodating space inside the drawer into multiple compartments for placing items. Multiple light-emitting diodes are provided on the surface of the circuit board facing the cover plate, and each compartment emits light through at least two surrounding light-emitting partitions to indicate the item retrieval location to a user. The gesture detection module includes multiple substrates mounted above the side panels of the drawer, and multiple light-emitting elements and multiple light-receiving elements are respectively arranged on the multiple substrates, with each light-emitting element projecting light onto the multiple light-receiving elements in a vertically crisscross pattern above the multiple light-emitting partitions to form a detection zone. The drawer is equipped with multiple luminous partitions to divide it into multiple compartments for storing items. Each luminous partition includes a circuit board and a cover plate mounted on a shelf. Each circuit board has multiple light-emitting diodes. Above the side panels around the drawer, multiple substrates for a gesture detection module are installed. Each substrate has multiple light emitting elements and light receiving elements of a detection array unit. Light can be emitted from any compartment of the drawer through at least two surrounding luminous partitions to visually guide the user to quickly locate the compartment where the desired item is located. When the user's hand reaches into any compartment to retrieve an item (such as medicine), the detection array unit of the gesture detection module can detect the action of retrieving medicine in the compartment corresponding to the blocked light location. This allows the system to determine whether the user's action matches the indicated location of the medicine, thus more effectively managing the medicine.

[0006] The drawer has a horizontal main control board on its base, and multiple connecting parts are provided on the main control board. Below the circuit board of the light-emitting partition, there is at least one docking part that is electrically connected to the connecting part corresponding to the main control board.

[0007] The drawer has a base plate above the main control panel.

[0008] The light-emitting diodes on the circuit board of the light-emitting partition emit light upwards towards the top of the partition, so that the top of the light-emitting partition can emit display light outwards.

[0009] The gesture detection module has four substrates with light-emitting sides and light-receiving sides facing each other. A light-emitting element of a detection array unit on a circuit board is respectively arranged on two adjacent light-emitting sides of the multiple substrates, and a light-receiving element of a detection array unit on a circuit board is respectively arranged on two other adjacent light-receiving sides of the multiple substrates.

[0010] The substrate of the gesture detection module has a transparent cover attached to the outside of the detection array unit, so that the light emitted by the light emitting element can pass through the cover and be projected onto the corresponding light receiving element. Attached Figure Description

[0011] Figure 1 This is a three-dimensional view of the present invention.

[0012] Figure 2 This is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.

[0013] Figure 3 This is an exploded perspective view of the light-emitting partition of this utility model.

[0014] Figure 4 This is a three-dimensional exploded view of the gesture detection module of this utility model.

[0015] Figure 5 This is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0016] Figure 6 This is a side cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0017] Explanation of reference numerals in the attached drawings: 1-Drawer; 10-Accommodation space; 101-Compartment; 11-Base; 12-Side panel; 13-Main control board; 131-Connecting part; 14-Base plate; 2-Light-emitting partition; 21-Shelf; 22-Circuit board; 221-Light-emitting diode; 222-Mating part; 23-Cover plate; 3-Gesture detection module; 30-Detection area; 31-Substrate; 311-Light-emitting side; 312-Light-receiving side; 32-Detection array unit; 321-Circuit board; 322-Light emitting element; 323-Light receiving element; 33-Outer cover; 4-Item; 5-User's hand. Detailed Implementation

[0018] 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.

[0019] Please see as follows Figures 1-4The figures shown are a perspective view, an exploded perspective view, an exploded perspective view of the luminous partition, and an exploded perspective view of the gesture detection module of this utility model. As can be clearly seen from the figures, the storage device of this utility model with item retrieval location indication and gesture detection functions includes a drawer 1 housed in a cabinet, multiple luminous partitions 2 disposed within the drawer 1, and a gesture detection module 3. The drawer 1 has a base 11 at its bottom, and vertical side panels 12 are provided around the base 11 to form an accommodating space 10. A horizontal main control board 13 is disposed within the accommodating space 10 between the base 11 and the upper bottom plate 14. Multiple connecting parts 131 (e.g., ...) are provided on the main control board 13, exposed at corresponding openings on the bottom plate 14. Figure 6 (As shown).

[0020] In this embodiment, the multiple light-emitting partitions 2 are preferably arranged vertically on the surface of the base plate 14 in a staggered arrangement of longitudinal and transverse directions. However, this is not a limitation. The multiple light-emitting partitions 2 can also be arranged vertically on the surface of the base plate 14 to divide the accommodating space 10 of the drawer 1 into multiple compartments 101. Each compartment 101 contains various medicines or drugs, including but not limited to tablets, capsules, injections, sprays, suppositories, etc., and can also contain items 4 (such as tablets, capsules, injections, sprays, suppositories, etc.) that the user's hand 5 can reach into the compartment 101 to retrieve. Figure 6 (As shown).

[0021] The light-emitting partition 2 includes a vertical frame plate 21, a circuit board 22 mounted on the frame plate 21, and a cover plate 23. Multiple light-emitting diodes 221 that emit light upwards toward the frame plate 21 are provided on the side surface of the circuit board 22 facing the cover plate 23. At least one protruding docking part 222 is provided below the circuit board 22. The docking part 222 can be passed through the corresponding opening on the base plate 14 and then connected to the corresponding connecting part 131 on the main control board 13 to form a detachable electrical connection, so as to drive and control each light-emitting diode 221 to emit light of a specific brightness or color.

[0022] Furthermore, the gesture detection module 3 includes multiple substrates 31 mounted above the four peripheral panels 12 of the drawer 1. Each of the four substrates 21 has a light-emitting side 311 and a light-receiving side 312 facing each other. Multiple light-emitting elements 322 of the detection array unit 32 on the circuit board 321 are respectively disposed on two adjacent light-emitting sides 311, while multiple light-receiving elements 323 of the detection array unit 32 on the circuit board 321 are respectively disposed on the other two adjacent light-receiving sides 312. Figure 4As shown, the circuit board 321 of the detection array unit 32 can be connected to the main control board 13 through a flexible circuit board or flexible flat cable to form an electrical connection, so as to drive and control the light projected by multiple light emitting elements 322 to enter the corresponding light receiving elements 323 respectively, and make the light projected by each light emitting element 322 vertically interlaced above multiple light emitting partitions 2 to form a matrix-type non-contact detection range 30.

[0023] In this embodiment, the substrate 31 of the gesture detection module 3 is a frame type, and the circuit board 321 of the detection array unit 32 is mounted on the frame. The substrate 21 is combined with an outer cover 33 made of transparent material outside the detection array unit 32. At the same time, the multiple light emitting elements 322 or light receiving elements 323 on the circuit board 321 are respectively aligned with the outer cover 33. A filter layer can be directly formed on the surface of the outer cover 33 to suppress stray light interference, but it is not limited to this. The substrate 31 of the gesture detection module 3 can also be a circuit board, and multiple light emitting elements 322 or light receiving elements 323 of the detection array unit 32 are respectively provided on the circuit board. A filter or a combination of filter and lens can be further provided outside each substrate 31 or between the detection array unit 32 and the outer cover 33, so that the light emitted by the light emitting element 322 can penetrate the outer cover 33 and be collimated to the corresponding light receiving element 222, thereby improving the overall detection accuracy.

[0024] Please refer to the following for further information. Figures 5-6 The figures shown are a perspective view and a side sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As can be clearly seen from the figures, the cabinet of the present invention is preferably a medicine cabinet, but it is not limited to this. It can also be a parts or clothing storage cabinet, etc., to store multiple drawers 1 in layers. In the accommodating space 10 of each drawer 1, multiple light-emitting partitions 2 can be used to divide multiple compartments 101 for placing items 4. Each light-emitting partition 2 can also be an assembled or disassembled structure, and can also be arranged in different spatial combinations according to the user's needs to divide different compartments 101 of different sizes, thereby realizing the modular installation function. Therefore, they will all be described together in the following description.

[0025] 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 4 (such as the medicine). Multiple luminous partitions 2 will then display the location of the medicine in the compartment 101. The display method is that multiple light-emitting diodes 221 on the drive control circuit board 22 emit constant or flashing light towards the shelf 21 and / or the compartment 101. That is, the light penetrates the top of the shelf 21 and / or the cover 23, which may be a light diffuser or a light-transmitting material. The compartment 101 where the medicine is located can emit light to the outside through the tops of at least two adjacent or opposite luminous partitions 2. It also has the function of indicating the location of the item 4, allowing the user to visually and quickly find the item 4 they need.

[0026] However, when a user's hand 5 reaches into any compartment 101 of drawer 1 to retrieve an item 4 (such as medicine), the detection array unit 32 of the gesture detection module 3 can detect that the light emitted by the light emitting element 322 to the light receiving element 323 is blocked. That is, when the user's hand 5 reaches into the compartment 101 through the detection zone 30, the amount of light entering the light receiving element 222 will be reduced or blocked, indicating a light-blocking action (Dark On). This can be used to determine that there is a medicine-retrieval action in the corresponding compartment 101, and can also be used to determine whether the medicine-retrieval position is correct or whether there are foreign objects blocking the medicine position. Compared with the traditional use of light sensors and pressure sensors to detect whether 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.

[0027] 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.

[0028] In summary, the storage device with the functions of item retrieval location indication and gesture detection described above can indeed achieve its effects and purposes when used. Therefore, this utility model is indeed a utility model with excellent practicality.

Claims

1. A storage device with a take-out position indication and gesture detection function, characterized by, It includes drawers housed within a pre-designed cabinet, multiple illuminated shelves arranged in a crisscross pattern within the drawers, and a gesture detection module, wherein: The drawer has a base at the bottom and vertical side panels around the base to form an accommodating space; The multiple luminous partitions include a shelf, a circuit board mounted on the shelf, and a cover plate, which are used to divide the accommodating space inside the drawer into multiple compartments for placing items. Multiple light-emitting diodes are provided on the side surface of the circuit board facing the cover plate, and each compartment emits light to the outside through at least two luminous partitions around it to indicate to a user the location of the item. The gesture detection module includes multiple substrates mounted above the side panel of the drawer, and multiple light emitting elements and multiple light receiving elements with detection array units facing each other are respectively arranged on the multiple substrates. The light rays projected by the multiple light emitting elements onto the multiple light receiving elements are perpendicularly intersected above the multiple light-emitting partitions to form a detection range.

2. The storage device with the object taking position indication and gesture detection functions as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The drawer has a horizontal main control board on its base, and multiple connecting parts are provided on the main control board. Below the circuit board of the light-emitting partition, there is at least one docking part that is electrically connected to the connecting part corresponding to the main control board.

3. The storage device with item retrieval location indication and gesture detection function as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The drawer has a base plate above the main control panel.

4. The storage device with item retrieval location indication and gesture detection function as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The light-emitting diodes on the circuit board of the light-emitting partition emit light upwards so that the top of the light-emitting partition can emit display light outwards.

5. The storage device with item retrieval location indication and gesture detection function as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The gesture detection module has four substrates with light-emitting sides and light-receiving sides facing each other. On two adjacent light-emitting sides of the multiple substrates, light-emitting elements of the detection array unit on a circuit board are respectively arranged, and on the other two adjacent light-receiving sides of the multiple substrates, light-receiving elements of the detection array unit on a circuit board are respectively arranged.

6. The storage device with item retrieval location indication and gesture detection function as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The substrate of the gesture detection module has a transparent cover attached to the outside of the detection array unit, so that the light emitted by the light emitting element can pass through the cover and be projected onto the corresponding light receiving element.

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