Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Yuyama
Hiroyuki Yuyama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20220142869Abstract: A drug inspection assisting apparatus for assisting an inspection of drugs collected by a drug collecting apparatus and/or by a manual operation, including: a plurality of drug inspection means, the drug inspection assisting apparatus being capable of implementing a plurality of drug inspection plans having different accuracies through selective implementation of the drug inspection means; an information acquiring means for acquiring first information and second information, the first information being information related to collection paths of drugs and/or devices involved in the collection of the drugs, the second information being information related to an operator who is involved in collection of drugs; and a plan selection means for selecting a certain drug inspection plan based on the first information and the second information, and the drug inspection plan selected by the plan selection means is implemented.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventor: Hiroyuki YUYAMA
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Patent number: 11046465Abstract: A solid preparation subdividing device includes: one or more dispensing devices, a solid preparation information input unit to input information on solid preparations, an administration information input unit, and a packaging unit. The dispensing device includes: an accommodating portion with a charging port to receive solid preparations, and a pickup unit to discharge a desired number of solid preparations from the accommodating portion. The administration information input unit is for directly inputting an administration timing for each solid preparation and a dosage for each administration timing in association with the solid preparations charged into the accommodating portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Yuyama
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Publication number: 20210166799Abstract: The present invention provides a medicine loading device which can prevent an improper medicine from being loaded based on prescription information. The medicine loading device has a main body, a medicine dispensing cassette and medicine discriminating means. An openable/closable lid and a locking mechanism for locking the cover are included in the medicine dispensing cassette. When a type of a medicine detected by the medicine discriminating means matches a type of a medicine to be contained in the medicine dispensing cassette, the locking mechanism is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki YUYAMA
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Publication number: 20200331641Abstract: A solid preparation subdividing device includes: an information reading device; at least one solid preparation dispensing device; and a packaging device. The solid preparation dispensing device includes: a solid preparation accommodating portion configured to receive the solid preparations charged therein; and a solid preparation pickup unit configured to discharge a desired number of solid preparations from the solid preparation accommodating portion. The information reading device is configured to read information related to an administration method from the information recording portion of the container. The packaging device is configured to individually package one or a plurality of solid preparations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventor: Hiroyuki YUYAMA
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Patent number: 10762614Abstract: Provided is an inspection apparatus, an inspection method and a computer program product which can easily remove an improper target object. An inspection apparatus (1000) includes a base (700) for placing target objects thereon, a photographing part (100) which can photograph the target objects placed on the base (700), an inspection part for performing an inspection for the target objects placed on the base (700) based on an image photographed by the photographing part (100), and a distinguishing process part for performing a process of making a specific target object placed on the base (700) visually distinguishable from other target objects placed on the base (700) based on a result of the inspection performed by the inspection part.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: YUYAMA MFG, CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Hirokazu Amano
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Publication number: 20200115075Abstract: A solid preparation subdividing device includes: one or more dispensing devices, a solid preparation information input unit to input information on solid preparations, an administration information input unit, and a packaging unit. The dispensing device includes: an accommodating portion with a charging port to receive solid preparations, and a pickup unit to discharge a desired number of solid preparations from the accommodating portion. The administration information input unit is for directly inputting an administration timing for each solid preparation and a dosage for each administration timing in association with the solid preparations charged into the accommodating portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventor: Hiroyuki YUYAMA
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Publication number: 20180286031Abstract: Provided is an inspection apparatus, an inspection method and a computer program product which can easily remove an improper target object. An inspection apparatus (1000) includes a base (700) for placing target objects thereon, a photographing part (100) which can photograph the target objects placed on the base (700), an inspection part for performing an inspection for the target objects placed on the base (700) based on an image photographed by the photographing part (100), and a distinguishing process part for performing a process of making a specific target object placed on the base (700) visually distinguishable from other target objects placed on the base (700) based on a result of the inspection performed by the inspection part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki YUYAMA, Hirokazu AMANO
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Patent number: 10045914Abstract: Provided is a medicine dispensing apparatus including a plurality of medicine cassettes for respectively dispensing desired types of medicines. The medicine dispensing apparatus allocates medicine information on a medicine to be dispensed to one of the medicine cassettes when the medicine information is given. Then, the medicine dispensing apparatus drives the medicine cassette according to a predetermined driving condition corresponding to the medicine information allocated to the medicine cassette to dispense the medicine from the medicine cassette. By using the medicine dispensing apparatus, it is possible to reduce a user work for dispensing the desired types of medicines.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Tooru Tanaka, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Tetsuya Terada, Kento Miwa
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Patent number: 9994347Abstract: A system for individually packaging medicine is provided with a medicine inspection device that is capable of performing inspection of medicine that is individually packaged using a device for individually packaging medicine or the like. The control device of the medicine inspection device is provided with an inspection database in which images of medicine are stored as master images and is capable of carrying out an inspection task using image matching processing that involves an image acquired by imaging. The control is also capable of performing similarity determination for determining whether a medicine that is similar to a medicine that is packaged in an individual wrapper is present in the inspection database in a state in which the reference scope of the inspection database is restricted.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Hirokazu Amano, Hiromichi Tsuda, Dai Shimizube
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Patent number: 9792756Abstract: A medicine feeding apparatus includes a cylindrical body 8, a first rotating body 9, and a second rotating body 10. The first rotating body 9 is disposed on the inner side of the cylindrical body 8, and together with the cylindrical body 8, constitutes a medicine storage section 42 capable of storing medicine. The first rotating body 9 can reciprocate in the axial direction of the cylindrical body 8, and can rotate about a first rotary axis. The second rotating body 10 is disposed on the outer circumference of an opening of the cylindrical body 8, and can rotate about a second rotary axis. This configuration has a function of smoothly performing automatic dispensing depending on the remaining amount of stored medicine while storing a large amount of medicine.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Mitsuhiro Mitani, Masao Fukada
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Publication number: 20170273869Abstract: A medicine feeding apparatus includes a cylindrical body 8, a first rotating body 9, and a second rotating body 10. The first rotating body 9 is disposed on the inner side of the cylindrical body 8, and together with the cylindrical body 8, constitutes a medicine storage section 42 capable of storing medicine. The first rotating body 9 can reciprocate in the axial direction of the cylindrical body 8, and can rotate about a first rotary axis. The second rotating body 10 is disposed on the outer circumference of an opening of the cylindrical body 8, and can rotate about a second rotary axis. This configuration has a function of smoothly performing automatic dispensing depending on the remaining amount of stored medicine while storing a large amount of medicine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Hiroyuki YUYAMA, Naoki KOIKE, Mitsuhiro MITANI, Masao FUKADA
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Patent number: 9641812Abstract: A dispensing verification device which is capable of readily verifying the contents of dispensing. The dispensing verification device has a camera capturing a counter with a mark, an image management server storing the image captured by the camera, a determination means determining whether the mark is hidden by a prescription, a timer outputting a time information, a writing control means controlling the writing of the image to the image management server, a display displaying the image stored in the image management server, and a readout control means retrieving a written image and reading out the written image from the image management server and outputting the same to the display. If the determination means determines that the mark is hidden, the writing control means associates the image captured by the camera with the time information and writes the image to the image management server as a still image.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Keita Yasuoka
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Patent number: 9626822Abstract: A preparation task for medicine, which must be manually prepared in advance, is efficiently performed without error. A medicine supply device includes: a medicine supply means having a plurality of medicine receiving portions, the medicine supply means being configured to receive a medicine per a dosing time and appropriately discharge the received medicine; a display means including a plurality of display portions, the display portions being provided in association with the medicine receiving portions respectively; and a display control means configured to allow the display portion of the medicine receiving portion, which receives a corresponding medicine among the medicine receiving portions, to operate based on a prescription data. The display portion of the display means is configured to display a number corresponding to the dosing time of each medicine included in the prescription data.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Hirokazu Amano
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Patent number: 9511000Abstract: A medicine feeding device is configured by providing a first rotor that rotates around a first shaft, a second rotor that rotates around a second shaft, a partition wall extending from the second rotor towards the first rotor, a medicine discharge port provided on the outside of the second rotor, a medicine guide section located in the downstream of a movement section in the medicine transport direction, and a height regulator disposed between the movement section and medicine guide section. In addition, the width regulator that is disposed between the medicine guide section and the height regulator is further provided. Also, a medicine counting device is further provided with a medicine detection means for detecting the medicine that is supplied from the medicine discharge port, and a counting means (central control unit) for counting the medicines based on the detection performed by the medicine detection means.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Mitsuhiro Mitani, Masao Fukada
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Publication number: 20160151245Abstract: A medicine feeding apparatus includes a cylindrical body 8, a first rotating body 9, and a second rotating body 10. The first rotating body 9 is disposed on the inner side of the cylindrical body 8, and together with the cylindrical body 8, constitutes a medicine storage section 42 capable of storing medicine. The first rotating body 9 can reciprocate in the axial direction of the cylindrical body 8, and can rotate about a first rotary axis. The second rotating body 10 is disposed on the outer circumference of an opening of the cylindrical body 8, and can rotate about a second rotary axis. This configuration has a function of smoothly performing automatic dispensing depending on the remaining amount of stored medicine while storing a large amount of medicine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Hiroyuki YUYAMA, Naoki KOIKE, Mitsuhiro MITANI, Masao FUKADA
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Publication number: 20160114925Abstract: A system for individually packaging medicine is provided with a medicine inspection device that is capable of performing inspection of medicine that is individually packaged using a device for individually packaging medicine or the like. The control device of the medicine inspection device is provided with an inspection database in which images of medicine are stored as master images and is capable of carrying out an inspection task using image matching processing that involves an image acquired by imaging. The control is also capable of performing similarity determination for determining whether a medicine that is similar to a medicine that is packaged in an individual wrapper is present in the inspection database in a state in which the reference scope of the inspection database is restricted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Hiroyuki YUYAMA, Hirokazu AMANO, Hiromichi TSUDA, Dai SHIMIZUBE
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Patent number: 9242785Abstract: A medicine feeding apparatus includes a cylindrical body 8, a first rotating body 9, and a second rotating body 10. The first rotating body 9 is disposed on the inner side of the cylindrical body 8, and together with the cylindrical body 8, constitutes a medicine storage section 42 capable of storing medicine. The first rotating body 9 can reciprocate in the axial direction of the cylindrical body 8, and can rotate about a first rotary axis. The second rotating body 10 is disposed on the outer circumference of an opening of the cylindrical body 8, and can rotate about a second rotary axis. This configuration has a function of smoothly performing automatic dispensing depending on the remaining amount of stored medicine while storing a large amount of medicine.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Mitsuhiro Mitani, Masao Fukada
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Publication number: 20160000655Abstract: A medicine feeding device is configured by providing a first rotor that rotates around a first shaft, a second rotor that rotates around a second shaft, a partition wall extending from the second rotor towards the first rotor, a medicine discharge port provided on the outside of the second rotor, a medicine guide section located in the downstream of a movement section in the medicine transport direction, and a height regulator disposed between the movement section and medicine guide section. In addition, the width regulator that is disposed between the medicine guide section and the height regulator is further provided. Also, a medicine counting device is further provided with a medicine detection means for detecting the medicine that is supplied from the medicine discharge port, and a counting means (central control unit) for counting the medicines based on the detection performed by the medicine detection means.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Hiroyuki YUYAMA, Naoki KOIKE, Mitsuhiro MITANI, Masao FUKADA
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Patent number: 9155681Abstract: A medicine feeding device is configured by providing a first rotor 23 that rotates around a first shaft 24, a second rotor 35 that rotates around a second shaft, a partition wall 18 extending from the second rotor 35 towards the first rotor 23, a medicine discharge port 73 provided on the outside of the second rotor 35, a medicine guide section 65 located in the downstream of a movement section 37 in the medicine transport direction, and a height regulator 41 disposed between the movement section 37 and medicine guide section 65. In addition, the width regulator 52 that is disposed between the medicine guide section 65 and the height regulator 41 is further provided. Also, the medicine counting device is further provided with a medicine detection means 70 for detecting a medicine that is supplied from the medicine discharge port 73, and a counting means (central control unit 83) for counting the medicines based on the detection by the medicine detection means 70.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Naoki Koike, Mitsuhiro Mitani, Masao Fukada
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Publication number: 20150190312Abstract: Provided is a medicine dispensing apparatus including a plurality of medicine cassettes for respectively dispensing desired types of medicines. The medicine dispensing apparatus allocates medicine information on a medicine to be dispensed to one of the medicine cassettes when the medicine information is given. Then, the medicine dispensing apparatus drives the medicine cassette according to a predetermined driving condition corresponding to the medicine information allocated to the medicine cassette to dispense the medicine from the medicine cassette. By using the medicine dispensing apparatus, it is possible to reduce a user work for dispensing the desired types of medicines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Hiroyuki Yuyama, Tooru Tanaka, Tomohiro Sugimoto, Tetsuya Terada, Kento Miwa