Patents by Inventor Kejun Kang
Kejun Kang 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).
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Patent number: 7386093Abstract: A method and an apparatus for liquid safety-detection with a radiation source relate to a radiation detecting technology.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company LimitedInventors: Wanlong Wu, Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Yulan Li, Li Zhang, Yinong Liu, Xuewu Wang, Bin Sang, Hailin Wang
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Publication number: 20080131312Abstract: The present invention discloses a mobile electron beam radiation sterilizing apparatus, comprising: a movable chassis vehicle (1); a cabinet body (2) installed on the chassis vehicle (1); an electron accelerator (6) which generates electron beam for articles to be radiation-processed; an accelerator control box (31), which controls operation of the accelerator, wherein the electron accelerator (6) is provided in the cabinet body. The invention has advantages as following: since the electron accelerator is provided in the cabinet body of the chassis vehicle, it has a small volume with flexible maneuverability, which can be transferred rapidly in a short time. In addition, the apparatus has no additional requirement of using environment, and does not need any additional construction. The invention can implement electron beam radiation for all kinds of documents and mails and achieve rapid and complete sterilization, reaching safety purpose.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicants: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company LimitedInventors: Kejun Kang, Huayi Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Chuanxiang Tang, Yaohong Liu, Huaibi Chen, Huaping Tang, Nan Jiang, Dongsheng Zhang, Yu He, Feng Gao, Weiqiang Guan, Jian Li, Yanfeng Cao
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Patent number: 7367764Abstract: The present invention discloses a reversible plate positioning device for a stationary radiation imaging trailer system, comprising a left platform (7-1) and a right platform (7-2) that can be connected with a trailing part (4) of a trailer frame and ground locking part (12), the left platform (7-1) and right platform (7-2) provided with slopes (1) for the uploading of a vehicle to be detected respectively at the front ends and with positioning recesses (9) at the middle of an upper surface, each positioning recess (9) being provided with a wheel-locking device (2), wherein, each wheel-locking device (2) comprises of a pivotable crank plate (10) that is hinged to the positioning recess (9) and can rotates about the pivot axis thereof, a chain (15) connected with the crank plate (10), a pull-rod (14) connected with the chain (15), and a fixing sleeve (6) corresponding to the pull-rod (14), in which a spring (13) is provided in the fixing sleeve (6), and when the vehicle to be detected is located in the positioType: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Ning Li, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Wanquan Shen, Jianjun Su, Zhongrong Yang, Qitian Miao, Jianmin Li
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Publication number: 20080089469Abstract: A mobile vehicle inspection system includes a moving device; a driving device for driving the moving device to move during scanning inspection; a radiation source disposed on the moving device for emitting a ray; a rotary table pivotally disposed on the moving device; an upright post installed on the rotary table at a lower end of the upright post; traverse detector beam having an end connected with an upper end of the upright post; the upright detector beam having an upper end connected with the other end of the traverse detector beam, and extending downwards from the other end of the traverse detector beam so that the upright post, the traverse detector beam and the upright detector beam constitute a frame of a substantial inverted āUā shape, a ray emitted from the radiation source so as to inspect a vehicle to be inspected which passes through the inverted-āUā-shaped frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2007Publication date: April 17, 2008Applicants: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company LimitedInventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Hua Peng, Chuanxiang Tang, Shangmin Sun, Yinong Liu, Jianmin Li, Junli Li, Li Zhang, Yaohong Liu, Nan Jiang, Zhongrong Yang, Tao Wang
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Publication number: 20080084962Abstract: A multiple-view-angle cargo security inspection method for inspecting an object using a cargo security inspection system, the cargo security inspection system including a radiation source for generating a beam of rays for transmitting through the object to be inspected and a data collecting unit for collecting the transmission projection data after the beam of rays has transmitted through the inspected object, the method including a scanning step including: rotating the radiation source and/or the object about a rotation axis so as to achieve a relative rotation, thereby positioning the radiation source in a plurality of discrete positions with different view angles with respect to the inspected object, wherein, in each view angle, the radiation source moves along a straight line in a direction parallel to the rotation axis and at the same time scans the inspected object so as to acquire the transmission projection data at each view angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2007Publication date: April 10, 2008Inventors: Li Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Yuxiang Xing, Xinhui Duan, Yongshun Xiao, Ziran Zhao, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu
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Publication number: 20080075226Abstract: A cargo security inspection system inspecting an object moving through the system, including: a mechanical conveyance unit carrying, conveying, and defining a travel path of the object in the system; a radiation-generating unit generating ray beams for transmitting through the object; and a data collecting unit collecting transmission data about the rays having already transmitted through the object and processing the transmission data; wherein the travel path includes at least two linear sub-paths at an angle relative to each other; the data collecting unit includes at least two detector arrays receiving ray beams, each detector array corresponding to one linear sub-path, a receiving plane of each of the detector arrays disposed parallel to its corresponding linear sub-path; and in use, the radiation-generating and data collecting units remain stationary, and the object travels along its travel path and only translates on the at least two linear sub-paths without any rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Li Zhang, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Hewei Gao, Ziran Zhao, Yuxiang Xing, Yongshun Xiao, Jianmin Li
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Publication number: 20080056443Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a device for security-inspection of liquid articles with radiations, which relate to the field of radiation inspection technology. The method comprises steps of acquiring original environment information, emitting radiation beams to transmit the liquid articles, receiving the radiation beams transmitted through the liquid articles to form multi-angle projection data, computing a radiation absorption coefficient of the liquid articles to be detected by inverse operation of the multi-angle projection data, based on the initial environmental information and the uniformity of the liquid articles, and comparing the radiation absorption coefficients with the preset data to get the relevant information of the liquid articles. Comparing with the prior art, the present invention is not subjected to affection of cuter package of the liquid article, and is advantageous of high anti-jamming high accuracy, high safety and reliability, low cost and small size.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Kejun Kang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yinong Liu, Yulan Li, Li Zhang, Wanlong Wu, Ziran Zhao, Xilei Luo, Bin Sang
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Publication number: 20070280417Abstract: A cargo security inspection method and system based on spiral scanning, the method including: spirally scanning an inspected object at a first precision to obtain the transmission projection data; judging whether there is a suspect area in the inspected area; scanning at least one slice of the suspect area at a second precision wherein the second precision is greater than the first precision; reconstructing a tomographic image of the at least one slice; and using the reconstructed tomographic image to judge whether there is any dangerous article in the suspect area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2007Publication date: December 6, 2007Inventors: Kejun Kang, Li Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen, Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Guowei Zhang, Ziran Zhao, Yuxiang Xing, Yongshun Xiao
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Publication number: 20070183568Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for inspecting an object using multi-energy radiations and an apparatus thereof. The method comprises the steps of: causing multi-energy radiations to interact with an object under inspection; detecting and recording detection values after an interaction between the multi-energy radiations and the object under inspection; substituting a portion of the detection values into a predetermined calibration function to obtain information comprising primary material attribute; and determining further material attributes of the object by applying a set of functions suitable for a energy band corresponding to the information. The present invention is applicable to the large container cargo inspection without opening containers at customs, ports and airports.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Xuewu Wang, Chuanxiang Tang, Liming Wang, Yinong Liu, Yaohong Liu, Li Zhang, Jianmin Li, Huaqiang Zhong, Jianping Cheng, Huaibi Chen, Hua Peng, Yali Xie, Junli Li, Ning Kang, Qinghua Li
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Publication number: 20070158412Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic ticket compatible with the existing railway paper tickets, which comprises two layers of paper media where an antenna and a chip are buried in advance and is characterized in that dynamic encryption information is written into said chip in advance and has a check code associated with a serial number for anti-counterfeiting; at a ticket selling terminal, ticket information will be written into said chip, and such ticket information in said chip can be rewritten many times; and said antenna is used for receiving RF signals and transmitting them to said chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kejun KANG, Haifeng Hu, Shi WANG, Qitian MIAO, Zhiqiang CHEN
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Patent number: 7239245Abstract: A method and device for monitoring the position of radioactive materials in vehicles relates to a technical field of monitoring of radioactive materials.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company LimitedInventors: Kejun Kang, Wenhuan Gao, Xiaobing Wang, Jianmin Li, Yu He, Yinong Liu, Yuanjing Li
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Publication number: 20070133740Abstract: A containers/vehicles inspection system with adjustable radiation X-ray angle relates to the technical field of radiation inspection. The present invention comprises a detector arm rack equipped with detectors, a second collimator, a pulling device, and an accelerator rack with the accelerator. X-ray produced by the accelerator is right opposite to the calibrator, the first collimator and the second collimator all of which are arranged in order, wherein, said accelerator rack is further composed of a horizontal regulation mechanism for moving the base forward and afterward horizontally, a vertical regulation mechanism for moving the bending framework up and down vertically, a rotary regulation mechanism for rotating the cantilever, a pitching regulation mechanism for driving the accelerator to make pinching movement, as well as a framework formed by a base, a vertical arm, a bending framework and a cantilever.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2004Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Kejun Kang, Jianmin Li, Zhigiang Chen, Shangmin Sun, Yucheng Wu, Wangun Shen, Hongliang Yang, Jianxin Wang
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Publication number: 20070126189Abstract: The present invention discloses a reversible plate positioning device for a stationary radiation imaging trailer system, comprising a left platform (7-1) and a right platform (7-2) that can be connected with a trailing part (4) of a trailer frame and ground locking part (12), the left platform (7-1) and right platform (7-2) provided with slopes (1) for the uploading of a vehicle to be detected respectively at the front ends and with positioning recesses (9) at the middle of an upper surface, each positioning recess (9) being provided with a wheel-locking device (2), wherein, each wheel-locking device (2) comprises of a pivotable crank plate (10) that is hinged to the positioning recess (9) and can rotates about the pivot axis thereof, a chain (15) connected with the crank plate (10), a pull-rod (14) connected with the chain (15), and a fixing sleeve (6) corresponding to the pull-rod (14), in which a spring (13) is provided in the fixing sleeve (6), and when the vehicle to be detected is located in the positioType: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: June 7, 2007Inventors: Ning Li, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Wanquan Shen, Jianjun Su, Zhongrong Yang, Qitian Miao, Jianmin Li
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Publication number: 20070116175Abstract: It is disclosed a system and a method for reconstructing an image by using a straight-line trajectory scan to avoid image spatial resolution reduction due to interpolations in angular direction and detector direction during data rebinning. This system comprises: a projection data conversion section for converting projection data from straight-line trajectory scan into projection data under quasi-parallel-beam scan; a filtration section for obtaining filtered projection data by convoluting the projection data under quasi-parallel-beam scan with a predetermined convolutional kernel; and a back-projection section for reconstructing an image by back-projecting the filtered projection data with a weighting factor. By using the inventive system and method, the spatial resolution in the reconstructed image is improved, and the influence of data truncation on the reconstructed image is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2006Publication date: May 24, 2007Inventors: Li Zhang, Hewei Gao, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Jianping Cheng, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Yuxiang Xing, Ziran Zhao, Yongshun Xiao
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Publication number: 20070116177Abstract: It is disclosed an imaging system comprising: radiation generating means including at least one radiation source for generating radiations; data acquiring means including an detector matrix faced the radiation source for obtaining projection data by receiving radiations penetrated through an object to be inspected; transporting means for making the object to be inspected between the radiation source and the detector matrix linearly moving relative to the radiation source and the detector matrix; and controlling and image processing means for controlling the radiation generating means, the data acquiring means and the transporting means, and for reconstructing an image of the object to be inspected from the projection data. The imaging system according to the present invention achieves a real stereoscopic radiography by using straight-line trajectory scan and reconstructing a tomographic or stereoscopic image through a straight-line filtered back-projection algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2006Publication date: May 24, 2007Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Li Zhang, Hewei Gao, Kejun Kang, Jianping Cheng, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Yuxiang Xing, Ziran Zhao, Yongshun Xiao
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Publication number: 20070096036Abstract: Disclosed is a method of discriminating materials by employing fast neutron and continuous spectral X-ray and an equipment for the same. The method comprising the steps of: (a) transmitting a fast neutron beam produced by a fast neutron source and a continuous spectral X-ray beam produced by a continuous spectral X-ray source through inspected objects; (b) directly measuring the intensity of the transmitted X-rays and the intensity of the transmitted neutrons by a X-ray detector array and a neutron detector array respectively; and (c) identifying the materials of the inspected object by Z-dependency curves formed by the attenuation differences between the neutron beam and X-ray beam transmitted through different materials of the inspected object. This direct measurement of transmitted dual-ray technique has much more efficient than secondary radiations measurement such as neutron activation analysis, has much more material discrimination sensitivity than dual-energy x-ray technique.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Inventors: Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Yali Xie, Qitian Miao, Yigang Yang, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Xuewu Wang
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Publication number: 20070062253Abstract: The present invention discloses a lifting apparatus, comprising: a vertical guide device; a turntable device which is movable along the vertical guide device upwards or downwards; and a first driving device which drives the turntable device moving in an upward and downward direction guided by the vertical guide device. Wherein said turntable device comprises: a bracket which is slidably engaged with the vertical guide device and projects perpendicularly toward a side of the vertical guide device; a turntable which is rotatably provided on the bracket; and a second driving device which rotates the turntable on the bracket. The present invention further discloses a safety inspection system comprising the lifting apparatus. Compared with prior art, the present invention combines a rotating mechanism and a lifting mechanism as a single apparatus, thus, realizing the self rotation and elevation of the objects to be detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicants: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Xilei Luo, Kejun Kang, Yinong Liu, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Wanlong Wu, Yulan Li, Li Zhang, Ziran Zhao, Bin Sang, Hailin Wang
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Publication number: 20060239402Abstract: A CT method and an apparatus for liquid safety-detection with a radiation source relate to a radiation imaging detecting technology field. The invention comprises using a radiation source, a detector and data collector, a computer data processor; and the main steps are: 1) a liquid article to be detected being placed onto a rotary platform which is rotatable; 2) the ray emitted from the radiation source passing through the liquid article, and being received and formed into projection data by the detector and data collector; and 3) the projection data being transmitted to the computer data processor, which processes it to obtain the liquid density of the detected article, compares the result with the densities of dangerous articles in a current database, and then visually displays the detected information of the detected liquid article.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2005Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Kejun Kang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yinong Liu, Yulan Li, Li Zhang, Wanlong Wu, Ziran Zhao, Xilei Luo, Bin Sang
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Publication number: 20060133566Abstract: A method and an apparatus for liquid safety-detection by backscatter with a radiation source relate to a radiation detecting technology field.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicants: Tsinghua University, NucTech Company LimitedInventors: Yulan Li, Haifeng Hu, Yinong Liu, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Li Zhang, Wanlong Wu, Yuanjing Li, Yi Wang, Wenjun He, Mingrui Qi
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Publication number: 20060126772Abstract: A container inspection system with CT tomographic scanning function, which is related to a large container inspection system for Customs, is disclosed, comprising: a radiation source; an annular rotatable rack with the radiation source provided at the outside thereof and rotated with it; an annular rack body for supporting the annular rotatable rack in a vertical plane; a driving device for rotating the annular rotatable rack; a detector array provided in the inner side of said annular rotatable rack and opposed to a side where the radiation source is provided; a transmission device passing through the annular rotatable rack and annular rack body, and transmitting a container truck to be detected in linear movement; a remote control device for controlling the operations of the radiation source, the driving device and the transmission device, and receiving/displaying the image signal obtained by the detector array.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2005Publication date: June 15, 2006Applicants: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Haifeng Hu, Qitian Miao, Liming Wang, Kejun Kang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yucheng Wu, Shangmin Sun, Yanjun Han, Hua Peng, Nan Jiang, Zhizhong Liang