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Method and device for detecting hidden objects by means of electromagnetic millimeter waves

US8624772B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SMITHS HEIMANN GMBH · DE

Inventors

Michael Jeck · Mainz, DE
Claudius Volz · Wiesbaden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2011
Grant date	Jan 7, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 19, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S13/9064
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for detecting hidden objects by means of electromagnetic millimeter waves is provided, in which a test object is irradiated with millimeter waves and the millimeter waves that are reflected from the test object are evaluated. The millimeter waves are focused on different depth layers of the test object during the irradiation thereof.

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