Patent ID: 9582956
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61J,B26D,B65D,G07F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of counting tablets in a tablet dispensing apparatus that dispenses the tablets based on a supply timing varying according to a size and a shape of the tablets to be dispensed, the method comprising: setting a supply timing according to a size and a shape of tablets to be dispensed; passing objects including the tablets and fragments through a dispensing path of the tablets, wherein a sensor is installed in the dispensing path; detecting the objects passing through the dispensing path using the sensor; generating detection signals using the sensor, wherein the detection signals include a time that the objects take to traverse the sensor; comparing the time with the supply timing set in the setting; counting the detection signals, wherein the detected signals are omitted from the counting when the detected signals are detected out of the supply timing set in the setting.