Machine Vision Consulting (MVC) has been notified that the US Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent on technology we developed in conjunction with one of our customers. MVC’s CTO and Co-Founder, Phil Gouin, and I are among the Inventors on the patent.

The patent, #7,599,516, is titled “Machine Vision Counting System Apparatus and Method”. The patent covers an implementation of machine vision technology useful for counting small objects. We developed the technology for counting pills on a pharmacy scale.

The patented technology is described on the MVC website. It can be found in the Pharmaceutical Industry section, under Pill Counting. The technology was used on the Eyecon™ precision pharmacy scale.

This is very exciting news that has been a long time in the making. The provisional application on this technology was filed in August of 2005.

Tags: Machine Vision, Patent, Pill Counting

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