Smart Medicine Box With Rotary Cartridges and User Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing intelligent medicine boxes are cumbersome, complex, and fail to address issues such as elderly users taking the wrong medicine or missing doses, while traditional pillboxes lack organization and reminder functionality.
Innovation Solution
An intelligent medicine box with a rotatable frame, medicine identification, facial recognition, and prompt modules, which manages medicine storage, identifies user identity, and reminds users to take the correct dosage and replenish medicine based on the identified information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional pillboxes are used, then simplicity is maintained, but organization and reminder functionality are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The medicine box is divided into multiple compartments including a storage compartment, transition compartment, and multiple medicine cartridges arranged radially. Each cartridge can be independently positioned and managed, allowing organized storage of different medications while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The medicine box integrates multiple functions including storage, automatic positioning via rotary mechanism, identification through medicine identification module, user authentication via facial recognition, and reminder notifications. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate devices into one unified system.
2Reliability
If basic reminder functions are added to traditional medicine boxes, then reminder capability is achieved, but storage organization and error prevention remain insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The medicine identification module automatically identifies medicine information in each cartridge and provides feedback to the control module. The system then provides feedback to the user through prompt modules about correct medication, dosage, and timing, preventing errors from misidentification or incorrect usage.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs automatic medicine identification, user authentication via facial recognition, and dosage calculation without requiring manual input from the user. The control module autonomously manages the dispensing process based on the identified medicine information and stored prescription data.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple intelligent features are integrated, then functionality is enhanced, but device becomes cumbersome and complex for elderly users
Solution Approach 1:
The facial recognition module automatically identifies users without requiring them to remember passwords or perform complex authentication. The system autonomously retrieves the appropriate medication regimen and guides the user through the process, eliminating the need for users to navigate complex interfaces or remember multiple steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The prompt module provides clear, direct feedback to users about which medicine to take, the correct dosage, and the timing. This continuous guidance simplifies the user experience by eliminating ambiguity and reducing the cognitive load required to use the device correctly.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The intelligent medicine box provides accurate medicine management, ensures correct dosage reminders, and alerts users to replenish medicine, making it user-friendly for elderly users.
Implementation Method 1
a rotary motor and a push-rod electric motor; wherein the rotary motor is configured to drive the rotatable frame to rotate
Implementation Method 2
the push-rod electric motor is configured to drive a push rod to push the one of the plurality of medicine cartridges that has rotated to the medicine outlet out through the medicine outlet
Implementation Method 3
the plurality of medicine cartridges and the rotatable frame are connected by springs that are radially arranged
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AI summary
A smart medicine box and a method of using same. The smart medicine box comprises: a medicine box, provided with a medicine outlet; a rotating frame, rotatably arranged in the medicine box, a plurality of sets of medicine cases distributed in the circumferential direction and capable of sliding in a reciprocating mode in the radial direction being arranged on the rotating frame, and the medicine cases being connected to the rotating frame by means of radially arranged springs; a driving module, arranged in the medicine box and composed of a rotating motor and a push rod motor, the rotating motor being used for driving the rotating frame to rotate such that a medicine case rotates to a medicine discharging position, and the push rod motor being used for driving a push rod to push the medicine case rotating to the medicine discharging position out of the medicine outlet; a medicine recognition module, fixedly arranged in the medicine box and used for recognizing medicine information; a face recognition module, fixedly arranged on the medicine box and used for recognizing user identity information; and a reminding module, fixedly arranged on the medicine box and used for reminding a user to take medicines or supplement medicines. The present solution can achieve multiple reminding functions such as medicine taking, dosage, medicine supplementing, and correct medicine taking, and is convenient for the elderly to use.