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Systems and methods for detecting and/or identifying materials

US9086483B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2012
Grant dateJul 21, 2015
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/3563
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

One embodiment of the invention includes a material detection system. The system includes a sensor system configured to collect radiation from a region of interest. The collected radiation can include a plurality of frequency bands. The system also includes a processing unit configured to detect a material of interest. The material of interest can be a concealed dielectric material, and the processing unit can be configured to decompose the collected radiation into natural resonance signals to analyze the natural resonance signals to detect an anomaly corresponding to the concealed dielectric material based on wave characteristics of the natural resonance signals. The processing unit could also include processing layers associated with the plurality of frequency bands for detecting and identifying the material of interest based on wave characteristics associated with each of the plurality of frequency bands of the collected radiation.

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