Patents Assigned to Chertoff Group, LLC
  • Publication number: 20250317536
    Abstract: A method for remote identification of security threats in an imaged object at a remote viewing location of a plurality of remote viewing locations, involving receiving a first signal over a communication network, the first signal indicating that an image is available, the image being generated by a first threat detection scanner located at a separate physical location; acquiring the image over the communication network in response to the first signal; generating a threat report based on the image, the threat report indicating an assessment of whether the image depicts a security threat; and transmitting the threat report over the communication report to the first threat detection scanner, along with a method for a threat detection scanner and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium related to the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2025
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicants: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC, SureScan Coroporation
    Inventors: Lee R. KAIR, Jeffery J. HAMEL, Daniel S. PODER, Metin K. ALAYBEYOGLU, George M. HARDY, III, James M. CONNELLY, Edward M. OLIN, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250314800
    Abstract: A transportation security system, having a set of screening node devices located at one or more airports, each having image capturing equipment deployed thereat by which image data are generated, the image data comprising individual images of objects passing through the image capturing equipment; a set of image interpretation node devices at which it is determined whether a security threat is depicted in the image data generated at the screening node devices; and a multiplexing control node having a processor coupled to memory and configured to assign an image, from the image data generated by the set of screening nodes, to an image interpretation node of the set of image interpretation nodes for analysis, a method, and a transportation security apparatus related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2025
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Lee KAIR, Bennet WATERS
  • Patent number: 12363262
    Abstract: A method for remote identification of security threats in an imaged object including transmitting an initialization signal to a first threat detection scanner over a communication network, the first threat detection scanner being located at a separate physical location, receiving a ready-to-send signal from the first threat detection scanner, the ready-to-send signal including a storage location of a scan image generated by the first threat detection scanner for security inspection, receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, transmitting, after receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, a second initialization signal to a second threat detection scanner at the separate physical location, generating a threat detection report based on a rendering of the scan image, and transmitting the threat detection report to the first threat detection scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC, SureScan Corporation
    Inventors: Lee R. Kair, Jeffery J. Hamel, Daniel S. Poder, Metin K. Alaybeyoglu, George M. Hardy, III, James M. Connelly, Edward M. Olin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12360281
    Abstract: In a transportation security technique, images are stored that are received from image capturing equipment deployed at respective screening nodes. The images are analyzed using a machine learning model, where presence of a particular object in an image indicates that a threat condition exists at the screening node. The analyzed images are transmitted to threat assessment components in accordance with predetermined criteria. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is received from the threat assessment components. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is transmitted to the screening node responsive to receiving the indication that the particular object is observed in the image. An indication of whether the particular object is present at the screening node is received. The machine learning model is trained based on the received indication of whether the particular object is observed in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Lee Kair, Bennet Waters
  • Patent number: 12212893
    Abstract: A method for remote identification of security threats in an imaged object including transmitting an initialization signal to a first threat detection scanner over a communication network, the first threat detection scanner being located at a separate physical location, receiving a ready-to-send signal from the first threat detection scanner, the ready-to-send signal including a storage location of a scan image generated by the first threat detection scanner for security inspection, receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, transmitting, after receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, a second initialization signal to a second threat detection scanner at the separate physical location, generating a threat detection report based on a rendering of the scan image, and transmitting the threat detection report to the first threat detection scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC, IDSS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Lee R. Kair, Jeffery J. Hamel, Daniel S. Poder, Metin K. Alaybeyoglu, George M. Hardy, III, James M. Connelly, Edward M. Olin, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240248233
    Abstract: In a transportation security technique, images are stored that are received from image capturing equipment deployed at respective screening nodes. The images are analyzed using a machine learning model, where presence of a particular object in an image indicates that a threat condition exists at the screening node. The analyzed images are transmitted to threat assessment components in accordance with predetermined criteria. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is received from the threat assessment components. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is transmitted to the screening node responsive to receiving the indication that the particular object is observed in the image. An indication of whether the particular object is present at the screening node is received. The machine learning model is trained based on the received indication of whether the particular object is observed in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Lee KAIR, Bennet WATERS
  • Publication number: 20240236275
    Abstract: A method for remote identification of security threats in an imaged object including transmitting an initialization signal to a first threat detection scanner over a communication network, the first threat detection scanner being located at a separate physical location, receiving a ready-to-send signal from the first threat detection scanner, the ready-to-send signal including a storage location of a scan image generated by the first threat detection scanner for security inspection, receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, transmitting, after receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, a second initialization signal to a second threat detection scanner at the separate physical location, generating a threat detection report based on a rendering of the scan image, and transmitting the threat detection report to the first threat detection scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC, IDSS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Lee R. KAIR, Jeffery J. HAMEL, Daniel S. PODER, Metin K. ALAYBEYOGLU, George M. HARDY, III, James M. CONNELLY, Edward M. OLIN, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240137472
    Abstract: A method for remote identification of security threats in an imaged object including transmitting an initialization signal to a first threat detection scanner over a communication network, the first threat detection scanner being located at a separate physical location, receiving a ready-to-send signal from the first threat detection scanner, the ready-to-send signal including a storage location of a scan image generated by the first threat detection scanner for security inspection, receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, transmitting, after receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, a second initialization signal to a second threat detection scanner at the separate physical location, generating a threat detection report based on a rendering of the scan image, and transmitting the threat detection report to the first threat detection scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC, IDSS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Lee R. KAIR, Jeffery J. HAMEL, Daniel S. PODER, Metin K. ALAYBEYOGLU, George M. HARDY, III, James M. CONNELLY, Edward M. OLIN, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240137471
    Abstract: A method for remote identification of security threats in an imaged object including transmitting an initialization signal to a first threat detection scanner over a communication network, the first threat detection scanner being located at a separate physical location, receiving a ready-to-send signal from the first threat detection scanner, the ready-to-send signal including a storage location of a scan image generated by the first threat detection scanner for security inspection, receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, transmitting, after receiving the scan image from the first threat detection scanner, a second initialization signal to a second threat detection scanner at the separate physical location, generating a threat detection report based on a rendering of the scan image, and transmitting the threat detection report to the first threat detection scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC, IDSS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Lee R. KAIR, Jeffery J. HAMEL, Daniel S. PODER, Metin K. ALAYBEYOGLU, George M. HARDY, III, James M. CONNELLY, Edward M. OLIN, JR.
  • Patent number: 11846746
    Abstract: In a transportation security technique, images are stored that are received from image capturing equipment deployed at respective screening nodes. The images are analyzed using a machine learning model, where presence of a particular object in an image indicates that a threat condition exists at the screening node. The analyzed images are transmitted to threat assessment components in accordance with predetermined criteria. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is received from the threat assessment components. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is transmitted to the screening node responsive to receiving the indication that the particular object is observed in the image. An indication of whether the particular object is present at the screening node is received. The machine learning model is trained based on the received indication of whether the particular object is observed in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Lee Kair, Bennet Waters
  • Publication number: 20220279010
    Abstract: In a transportation security technique, images are stored that are received from image capturing equipment deployed at respective screening nodes. The images are analyzed using a machine learning model, where presence of a particular object in an image indicates that a threat condition exists at the screening node. The analyzed images are transmitted to threat assessment components in accordance with predetermined criteria. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is received from the threat assessment components. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is transmitted to the screening node responsive to receiving the indication that the particular object is observed in the image. An indication of whether the particular object is present at the screening node is received. The machine learning model is trained based on the received indication of whether the particular object is observed in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Lee KAIR, Bennet WATERS
  • Patent number: 11336674
    Abstract: In a transportation security technique, images are stored that are received from image capturing equipment deployed at respective screening nodes. The images are analyzed using a machine learning model, where presence of a particular object in an image indicates that a threat condition exists at the screening node. The analyzed images are transmitted to threat assessment components in accordance with predetermined criteria. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is received from the threat assessment components. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is transmitted to the screening node responsive to receiving the indication that the particular object is observed in the image. An indication of whether the particular object is present at the screening node is received. The machine learning model is trained based on the received indication of whether the particular object is observed in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Chertoff Group, LLC
    Inventors: Lee Kair, Bennet Waters
  • Publication number: 20200084234
    Abstract: In a transportation security technique, images are stored that are received from image capturing equipment deployed at respective screening nodes. The images are analyzed using a machine learning model, where presence of a particular object in an image indicates that a threat condition exists at the screening node. The analyzed images are transmitted to threat assessment components in accordance with predetermined criteria. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is received from the threat assessment components. An indication that the particular object is observed in the image is transmitted to the screening node responsive to receiving the indication that the particular object is observed in the image. An indication of whether the particular object is present at the screening node is received. The machine learning model is trained based on the received indication of whether the particular object is observed in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Chertoff Group, LLC
    Inventors: Lee KAIR, Bennet Waters