Integrated multi-sensor systems for and methods of explosives detection

US7869566B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Morpho Detection, LLC · US

Inventors

• Peter Michael Edic · Albany, US
• Mark Ernest Vermilyea · Niskayuna, US
• Forrest Frank Hopkins · Cohoes, US
• Geoffrey Harding · Hamburg, DE
• Pierfrancesco Landolfi · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01V5/224
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An integrated, multi-sensor, Level 1 screening device is described, which system provides a next-generation Explosives Detection System (EDS) that enables high throughput, while drastically reducing false alarms. In exemplary embodiments, the present system comprises a non-rotational, Computed Tomography (CT) system and a non-translational, X-ray diffraction (XRD) system, both in an inline configuration.