A blister strip inspection device for sensing blister segments of a blister strip, having (a) an image acquisition device which is arranged to capture images of the blister strip, wherein the image acquisition device comprises a digital camera (18.1), (b) an advance sensing device for continuously sensing an advance (x) of the blister strip, and (c) an evaluating unit which is connected to the digital camera (18.1) and to the advance sensing device and which is configured to automatically perform a method having the following steps: (i) sensing the advance of the blister strip, (ii) determining a target time (t i), at least also on the basis of the advance, at which a blister segment (12.i) is completely in the field of view (20.1) of the digital camera, and (iii) acquiring an image with the digital camera (18.1) at said target time (t i), (d) wherein the digital camera (18.1) is a video camera which - has a field of view (20.1, 20.2) and - is formed to capture an image sequence consisting of temporally successive images, wherein (e) the evaluating unit is configured to automatically (i) determine the target time (t i) at which a blister segment (12.i) is completely in the field of view (20.1, 20.2), at least also on the basis of the advance (x), (ii) take an image (A i) from the image sequence such that a monitoring image is generated, (iii) store the monitoring image and (iv) repeat steps (i) to (iii) such that a stored monitoring image sequence is generated and (f) the evaluating unit is configured to automatically - acquire at least one preceding image at a time which lies shortly before the target time (t i) and/or acquire at least one following image at a time that lies shortly after the target time, - determine which of the images sufficiently completely contains the greatest portion of a blister segment by means of image recognition, and - store this image as a monitoring image. (a) an image acquisition device which is arranged to capture images of the blister strip, wherein the image acquisition device comprises a digital camera (18.1), (b) an advance sensing device for continuously sensing an advance (x) of the blister strip, and (c) an evaluating unit which is connected to the digital camera (18.1) and to the advance sensing device and which is configured to automatically perform a method having the following steps: (i) sensing the advance of the blister strip, (ii) determining a target time (t i), at least also on the basis of the advance, at which a blister segment (12.i) is completely in the field of view (20.1) of the digital camera, and (iii) acquiring an image with the digital camera (18.1) at said target time (t i), (i) sensing the advance of the blister strip, (ii) determining a target time (t i), at least also on the basis of the advance, at which a blister segment (12.i) is completely in the field of view (20.1) of the digital camera, and (iii) acquiring an image with the digital camera (18.1) at said target time (t i), (d) wherein the digital camera (18.1) is a video camera which - has a field of view (20.1, 20.2) and - is formed to capture an image sequence consisting of temporally successive images, wherein - has a field of view (20.1, 20.2) and - is formed to capture an image sequence consisting of temporally successive images, (e) the evaluating unit is configured to automatically (i) determine the target time (t i) at which a blister segment (12.i) is completely in the field of view (20.1, 20.2), at least also on the basis of the advance (x), (ii) take an image (A i) from the image sequence such that a monitoring image is generated, (iii) store the monitoring image and (iv) repeat steps (i) to (iii) such that a stored monitoring image sequence is generated and (i) determine the target time (t i) at which a blister segment (12.i) is completely in the field of view (20.1, 20.2), at least also on the basis of the advance (x), (ii) take an image (A i) from the image sequence such that a monitoring image is generated, (iii) store the monitoring image and (iv) repeat steps (i) to (iii) such that a stored monitoring image sequence is generated and (f) the evaluating unit is configured to automatically - acquire at least one preceding image at a time which lies shortly before the target time (t i) and/or acquire at least one following image at a time that lies shortly after the target time, - determine which of the images sufficiently completely contains the greatest portion of a blister segment by means of image recognition, and - store this image as a monitoring image. - acquire at least one preceding image at a time which lies shortly before the target time (t i) and/or acquire at least one following image at a time that lies shortly after the target time, - determine which of the images sufficiently completely contains the greatest portion of a blister segment by means of image recognition, and - store this image as a monitoring image.