An object of the present invention is to automatically recognize a direction, a posture and characteristics such as a shape, a size, a type and an expiration date of a medicine and store the medicine with ensuring a high degree of freedom. A medicine supplying apparatus 1 includes an recognizing part 300 and a storing part 500. A storing area is defined at the time of storing the medicine 2 according to a size of a medicine 2 contained in characteristics of the medicine 2 recognized by the recognizing part 300. The medicine 2 is stored in the storing part 500 in a state that identification information of the medicine 2 is associated with the storing area. Further, the medicine supplying apparatus 1 has a determination processing part which can determine whether or not the medicine 2 is a target to be treated based on the characteristics of the medicine recognized by the recognizing part 300.本發明之藥劑分類裝置自動地辨別藥劑之方向及姿勢與如形狀、大小、種類、使用期限等性狀並確保較高之自由度而加以儲存。藥劑供給裝置1包含辨別部300及儲存部500。根據包含於由辨別部300辨別之藥劑2之性狀之大小，於儲存時設定儲存區域。將藥劑2之辨別資訊與儲存區域建立關聯，而將藥劑2儲存於儲存部500。進而，藥劑供給裝置1具有可基於由辨別部300辨別之藥劑之性狀而判定藥劑2是否為處理對象之判定處理部。
