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Detection of a concealed object

US7834802B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Battelle Memorial Institute · CH

Inventors

Paul E. Keller · Richland, US
Thomas E. Hall · Fort Wayne, US
Douglas L. McMakin · Richland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 2008
Grant date	Nov 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 17, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S13/34
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, devices, and apparatus to determine if a clothed individual is carrying a suspicious, concealed object. This determination includes establishing data corresponding to an image of the individual through interrogation with electromagnetic radiation in the 200 MHz to 1 THz range. In one form, image data corresponding to intensity of reflected radiation and differential depth of the reflecting surface is received and processed to detect the suspicious, concealed object.

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