Patents by Inventor Bennet Waters

Bennet Waters has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260186165
    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: February 17, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: CHERTOFF GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Lee KAIR, Bennet WATERS
  • 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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