Abstract:
An X-Ray inspection system and methodology is disclosed. The system comprises a conveyor, an X-ray source that exposes an item under inspection to X-ray radiation and at least one X-ray detector that detects X-ray radiation modified by the item. The X-ray source and X-ray detector may be movable in any of first and second dimensions. The X-ray source may also be moved in a third dimension to zoom in and out on regions of interest in the item order inspection. The system further comprises a controller that controls movement of the X-ray source and X-ray detector, independently of each other, in any of collinear and different directions, to provide a plurality of X-ray views of the item at varying examination angles of the X-ray radiation. A processor coupled to the controller may be configured to receive and process detection information from the X-ray detector and to provide processed information to an operator interface. The operator interface may also receive instructions from an operator input and provide the instructions to the controller.
Abstract:
A portable, self-contained, electronic radioscopic imaging system (10) uses an X-ray source (12), preferably configured to operate in a low-power pulsed mode, a remote X-ray sensor (14) , and a self-contained, display and controller unit (16) to produce, store, and/or display digital radioscopic images of an object (22) under investigation. The X-ray source (12) typically transmits a burst of narrow pulses of X-rays at the object being investigated at a low repetition rate. The X-ray sensor (14) utilizes an X-ray scintillating screen (42) in combination with either an integrating CCD camera (48), or an active matrix (52) of thin film transistors (60) and sample-and-hold photodiodes (62), to produce an integrated signal representative of the accumulated number of flashes of radiation (X-ray pulses that pass through the object) that are sensed in a given pixel area of the scintillating screen. The self-contained display and controller unit (16) utilizes digital signal processing within an enhanced portable computer, including a flat solid state display panel (28) and associated drive circuitry, in order to display the full dynamic range and resolution of the sensor. A modem (36) allows the digitized image to be sent to a remote location where the exact same image can be recreated for analysis by of-site experts.
Abstract:
The present specification discloses systems and methods for integrating manifest data for cargo and light vehicles with their X-ray images generated during scanning. Manifest data is automatically imported into the system for each shipment, and helps the security personnel to quickly determine the contents of cargo. In case of a mismatch between cargo contents shown by manifest data and the X-ray images, the cargo may be withheld for further inspection. In one embodiment, the process of analyzing the X-ray image of the cargo in conjunction with the manifest data is automated.
Abstract:
The present invention is provided with: a receiving means for receiving, via a network, alarm information pertaining to dangerous substance detection as transmitted from a detection device; a target person extraction means for performing, on the basis of alarm-issued-time information included in the alarm information received by the receiving means, a face image search on image data from an image-capturing device installed in the periphery of a detection device by using the alarm-issued time and a prescribed time before the alarm-issued time as search conditions, and extracting a target person suspected of possessing the dangerous substance; a gray list registration means for registering, in a gray list, the target person suspected of possessing the dangerous substance as extracted by the target person extraction means; and a target person search means for periodically executing, for each of the target persons suspected of possessing the dangerous substance as registered in the gray list by the gray list registration means, a similar face image search on image data recorded in a recording device, the present invention being capable of more quickly and accurately discovering a person possessing an explosive from among a large number of passengers.
Abstract:
Described is a radiation dosimeter including multiple sensor devices (including one or more passive integrating electronic radiation sensor, a MEMS accelerometers, a wireless transmitters and, optionally, a GPS, a thermistor, or other chemical, biological or EMF sensors) and a computer program for the simultaneous detection and wireless transmission of ionizing radiation, motion and global position for use in occupational and environmental dosimetry. The described dosimeter utilizes new processes and algorithms to create a self-contained, passive, integrating dosimeter. Furthermore, disclosed embodiments provide the use of MEMS and nanotechnology manufacturing techniques to encapsulate individual ionizing radiation sensor elements within a radiation attenuating material that provides a “filtration bubble” around the sensor element, the use of multiple attenuating materials (filters) around multiple sensor elements, and the use of a software algorithm to discriminate between different types of ionizing radiation and different radiation energy.
Abstract:
A method of advance baggage screening (104, 106) includes steps of transmitting a threat file (532) corresponding to an item under inspection to a processing center, analyzing the treat file according to a detection algorithm (530) at the processing center to determine a screening result for the item under inspection, and transmitting the screening result to a remotely located operator interface for access by an operator.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for continuously checking people, vehicles, containers or packages, comprising a device that detects and identifies in real time a moving source of gamma radiation, and comprising: at least one radiation detector (11); - at least one spectrometer (12) capable of sampling and shaping the signal; - a remote monitoring station (14); - an acquisition and processing unit (13) which comprises means of analyzing the spectrum of this signal and comprising • means of smoothing this spectrum, • means of calculating a reference spectrum, • means of subtracting this reference spectrum, • means of searching for the total absorption peaks, • means of validating the detection of the peaks, • means of estimating the background under the validated peaks of the spectrum, • means of calculating the characteristics of the peaks,• means of identifying radionucleides and • means of displaying the results.
Abstract:
A cargo scanning system comprises a plurality of scanners each arranged to scan a respective object and generate a set of scan data, processing means arranged to process each set of scan data to determine whether it meets a predetermined threat condition, a plurality of workstations, and data management means arranged to direct data that meets the threat condition to one of the workstations for analysis.