Detecting concealed objects at a checkpoint
US7405692B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V3/12
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed are systems, methods, devices, and apparatus to interrogate a clothed individual with electromagnetic radiation to determine if a concealed object is being carried. This determination includes establishing data corresponding to an image of the individual with a pair of opposed, semi-cylindrical array panels each configured to interrogate the individual with electromagnetic radiation in the 200 MHz to 1 THz range.
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