Distributed analysis x-ray inspection methods and systems

US10509142B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rapiscan Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Shehul Sailesh Parikh · Snoqualmie, US
• Balamurugan Sankaranarayanan · Kent, US
• Jeffrey Bryan Abel · Issaquah, US
• Siva Kumar · Fremont, US
• Joseph Bendahan · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 15, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30248
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.