prescription-drug-identification

Project description Medical care helps to save millions of people and cure numerous known diseases. However, the introduction of a substantial number of new prescription pills and drugs has made identifying them increasingly challenging and time-consuming. In 2006, 46% of all people have to come to the emergency rooms (ERs) and spent an average of 2.6 hours. To address the problem, we propose a solution namely Prescription Drug Identification device (PDI) which is capable of minimizing time, increasing accuracy and providing detailed instant drug information to both patients and doctors. The device is designed mainly for ERs but can also be used in doctor offices or at home. The PDI with camera will capture images of drugs. It will then extract all drugs characteristics such as imprint code, shape, color, etc. through the image processing techniques. These features will be looked up in offline built-in or enormous online database to provide the information needed