Security inspection apparatus and method

US10585052B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED · CN

Inventors

• Zhiqiang Chen · Beijing, CN
• Ziran Zhao · Beijing, CN
• Jin Cui · Beijing, CN
• Dong Lin · Miaocheng, CN
• Bin Hu · Los Altos, US
• Xianshun Tan · Beijing, CN
• Hong Wang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 10, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01V5/222
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure proposes a security inspection apparatus and method, relates to the technical field of radiation, wherein the security inspection apparatus of the disclosure includes: radiation emitting device, back-scatter detector, size-distance detecting device, orientation adjusting device; the back-scatter detector located between the radiation emitting device and an inspected object; the size-distance detecting device located between the radiation emitting device and the inspected object, for detecting a size of the inspected object and/or a distance between the inspected object and the size-distance detecting device; and the orientation adjusting device adjusts orientation of the radiation emitting device according to the size of the inspected object and/or the distance from the inspected object.