Patents by Inventor Rainer HEINKEL

Rainer HEINKEL 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting a particular material in an object by means of electromagnetic radiation
    Patent number: 9128200
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for detection of a particular material in an object, in particular in an item of luggage, by means of electromagnetic radiation in which the intensities of non-absorbed radiation from at least three radiation planes are measured and evaluated in associated detector apparatus, wherein an image is produced, initially from the intensities of the non-absorbed radiation, and then if single regions of low complexity are found which are characterized by approximately constant intensities, an estimation of the attenuation coefficient s performed and a material detection is carried out in the region according to an algorithm which calculates a three-dimensional reconstruction from different views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Smiths Heimann GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Muenster, Joerg Nittikowski, Pia Dreiseitel, Andreas Mader, Rainer Heinkel, Thomas Ries, Dirk Naumann, Uwe Siedenburg
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A PARTICULAR MATERIAL IN AN OBJECT BY MEANS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
    Publication number: 20110091013
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for detection of a particular material in an object, in particular in an item of luggage, by means of electromagnetic radiation in which the intensities of non-absorbed radiation from at least three radiation planes are measured and evaluated in associated detector apparatus, wherein an image is produced, initially from the intensities of the non-absorbed radiation, and then if single regions of low complexity are found which are characterized by approximately constant intensities, an estimation of the attenuation coefficient s performed and a material detection is carried out in the region according to an algorithm which calculates a three-dimensional reconstruction from different views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Matthias MUENSTER, Joerg NITTIKOWSKI, Pia DREISEITEL, Andreas MADER, Rainer HEINKEL, Thomas RIES, Dirk NAUMANN, Uwe SIEDENBURG