公开(公告)号：US11119245B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16878982

申请日：2020-05-20

Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Edward James Morton

IPC: G01V5/00

Abstract: The present specification discloses a high speed scanning system for scanning cargo carried by rail. The system uses of a two-dimensional X-ray sensor array with, in one embodiment, a cone-beam X-ray geometry. The pulse rate of X-ray source is modulated based on the speed of the moving cargo to allow a distance travelled by the cargo between X-ray pulses to be equal to the width of the detector, for a single energy source, and to half the width of the detector for a dual energy source. This ensures precise timing between the X-ray exposure and the speed of the passing object, and thus accurate scanning of cargo even at high speeds.

公开(公告)号：US11099294B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US16678668

申请日：2019-11-08

Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Shehul Sailesh Parikh ,  Balamurugan Sankaranarayanan ,  Jeffrey Bryan Abel ,  Siva Kumar ,  Joseph Bendahan

IPC: G01V5/00 ,  G08B13/194 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06Q10/08

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.

公开(公告)号：US20210231819A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US17156229

申请日：2021-01-22

Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Willem Gerhardus Johannes Langeveld

IPC: G01T1/36 ,  G01T1/208

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting Compton scatter are provided. The system includes a first detector configured to detect incident radiation and output a first detector signal; more than one second detectors surrounding the first detector and configured to detect incident radiation scattered by the first detector, wherein each of the second detectors output a second detector signal, and wherein a signal decay time of the first detector signal differs from the signal decay time of the second detector signals; and a digitizer configured to receive a single input consisting of output signals from each of the first detector and the plurality of second detectors, wherein the digitizer is further configured to simultaneously digitize the signals to produce a digitized output waveform, and wherein a shape of the output waveform is indicative of a presence or an absence of a Compton scatter signal. The systems and methods are also configured to detect pulse pileup, with or without second detectors.

公开(公告)号：US20210170734A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US16705075

申请日：2019-12-05

Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Evgeniy Kuksin ,  Neal Hartsough ,  William C. Barber

IPC: B32B37/12 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H01L23/00 ,  C09J5/06 ,  C09J9/02 ,  C09J163/00 ,  C09J183/04 ,  C09J7/35 ,  B32B37/18 ,  B32B7/14 ,  B32B3/26

Abstract: A method of attaching a detector onto a substrate that has an array of electrically conducting pads is provided, together with the resulting detector assembly. The method includes pouring a non-conductive adhesive material over a substrate surface, allowing the adhesive to settle between the conducting pads to form dams around the conducting pads, applying a conductive adhesive material onto the conducting pads of the substrate, and placing a surface of the detector on the substrate surface over the conducting and non-conducting adhesives to thereby attach the surface of the detector to the surface of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20210165122A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US17123452

申请日：2020-12-16

Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Edward James Morton

IPC: G01V5/00 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G01N23/046 ,  H05G1/70

Abstract: The present application discloses an X-ray scanner having an X-ray source arranged to emit X-rays from source points through an imaging volume. The scanner may further include an array of X-ray detectors which may be arranged around the imaging volume and may be arranged to output detector signals in response to the detection of X-rays. The scanner may further include a conveyor arranged to convey an object through the imaging volume in a scan direction, and may also include at least one processor arranged to process the detector signals to produce an image data set defining an image of the object. The image may have a resolution in the scan direction that is at least 90% as high as in one direction, and in some cases two directions, orthogonal to the scan direction.

公开(公告)号：US20210145996A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：US17098360

申请日：2020-11-14

Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Edward James Morton ,  Magesh Raman Ramakrishnan ,  Adrian Michael Kelly ,  Jeremy Charles Norton

IPC: A61L2/26 ,  A61L2/10

Abstract: Screening systems and methods for inspecting and sterilizing objects include a scanner with an upstream side having an entry shroud and a downstream side having an exit shroud. The scanner houses an inspection volume coupled to a radiation source and a detector array. Ultra-violet light curtains are positioned at the entry shroud and a first conveyor transports objects through the ultra-violet light curtains and into the inspection volume for scanning. A second conveyor transports the objects from the inspection volume after scanning.

公开(公告)号：US10976465B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US15938458

申请日：2018-03-28

Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Edward James Morton ,  Andreas F. Kotowski

IPC: G01N23/04 ,  G01V5/00 ,  G01N23/203

Abstract: The present invention provides a four-sided scanning system for vehicles that uses a combination of backscatter and transmission based X-ray imaging to achieve material discrimination. In one embodiment, the system is designed as a mobile, drive-through system, which can be folded and stowed in a truck and can be conveniently deployed at any place when required.

公开(公告)号：US10976271B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US16997309

申请日：2020-08-19

Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Edward James Morton

IPC: G01N23/04 ,  G01N23/10 ,  G01V5/00 ,  G01N23/20 ,  G06T7/187 ,  G01T1/29 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06T7/143 ,  G01N23/046

Abstract: An X-ray imaging inspection system for inspecting items comprises an X-ray source 10 extending around an imaging volume 16, and defining a plurality of source points 14 from which X-rays can be directed through the imaging volume. An X-ray detector array 12 also extends around the imaging volume 16 and is arranged to detect X-rays from the source points which have passed through the imaging volume, and to produce output signals dependent on the detected X-rays. A conveyor 20 is arranged to convey the items through the imaging volume 16.

公开(公告)号：US20210033583A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-04

申请号：US16527966

申请日：2019-07-31

Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Bradley Douglas Shaw ,  William Rogers ,  Vladimir Romanov ,  Adam Justin Maines

IPC: G01N33/00 ,  B01D53/26

Abstract: Embodiments of the present specification provide methods and systems for maintaining accuracy and precision of calibration for a detector. The methods and systems include reducing the humidity of an internal calibration assembly by directing flow path of dry air periodically through the internal calibration assembly.

公开(公告)号：US10782440B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

申请号：US16432827

申请日：2019-06-05

Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Gerard Andrew Hanley

IPC: G01V5/00

Abstract: The present specification describes a scanning/inspection system configured as a dual-view system using dual-energy sensitive stacked detectors that are partially populated with multi-energy discriminating detectors for overall enhanced energy resolution and therefore improved discrimination of materials through better estimation of material physical properties such as density and effective atomic number.