Inspection Of Closed Container Patents (Class 378/57)
  • Patent number: 12222273
    Abstract: A rock testing system includes a rock sample having organic matter provided on a stand in a testing device and a photothermal laser that emits a selected wavelength corresponding to an absorption peak of the organic matter. Methods for testing the rock sample include irradiating the rock sample with the photothermal laser to selectively heat the organic matter and monitoring porosity of the rock sample as the organic matter is heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Abrar Alabbad
  • Patent number: 12181422
    Abstract: A method for detecting at least one object of interest in at least one raw data x-ray image includes the steps of emitting an incident x-ray radiation beam through a scanning volume having an object therein, detecting x-ray signals transmitted through at least one of the scanning volume and the object, deriving the at least one raw data x-ray image from the detected x-ray signals, inputting the raw data x-ray image, expressed according to an attenuation scale, into a neural network, for each pixel in the raw data x-ray image, outputting from the neural network a probability value assigned to that pixel, and, classifying each pixel in the raw data x-ray image into a first classification if the probability value associated with the pixel exceeds a predetermined threshold probability value and in a second classification if the probability value associated with the pixel is below the predetermined threshold probability value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Rapiscan Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: James Manalad, Philippe Desjeans-Gauthier, Simon Archambault, William Awad, Francois Brillon
  • Patent number: 12174334
    Abstract: The present specification discloses systems and methods for integrating manifest data for cargo and light vehicles with their X-ray images generated during scanning. Manifest data is automatically imported into the system for each shipment, and helps the security personnel to quickly determine the contents of cargo. In case of a mismatch between cargo contents shown by manifest data and the X-ray images, the cargo may be withheld for further inspection. In one embodiment, the process of analyzing the X-ray image of the cargo in conjunction with the manifest data is automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shehul Sailesh Parikh, Balamurugan Sankaranarayanan, Jeffrey Bryan Abel, Siva Kumar, Joseph Bendahan
  • Patent number: 12169181
    Abstract: A transmission imaging detection device (10) is used to collect projection diagrams of measured objects (200) on a conveyor belt (100), comprising X-ray projection imaging devices and laser occlusion sensing devices, the measured objects (200) shifts across the X-ray projection imaging devices and laser occlusion sensing devices on the said conveyor belt (100), and the laser occlusion sensing devices determines whether the measured objects (200) enter the detection segments, the X-ray projection imaging devices collect projection data of the measured objects (200). The transmission imaging detection device (10) combines the translation motion of the measured objects (200) to complete the data acquisition required for real-time CT slice imaging. The computerized tomography system using the above-mentioned transmission imaging detection device (10) ultimately realizes the real-time reconstruction, storage and display of CT slices by bus data transmission and cluster operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Zheng Fang
  • Patent number: 12169264
    Abstract: The present specification discloses a high speed scanning system for scanning cargo carried by rail. The system uses of a two-dimensional X-ray sensor array with, in one embodiment, a cone-beam X-ray geometry. The pulse rate of X-ray source is modulated based on the speed of the moving cargo to allow a distance travelled by the cargo between X-ray pulses to be equal to the width of the detector, for a single energy source, and to half the width of the detector for a dual energy source. This ensures precise timing between the X-ray exposure and the speed of the passing object, and thus accurate scanning of cargo even at high speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward James Morton
  • Patent number: 12140554
    Abstract: A means is provided for enabling easy identification of baggage in which one or more hazardous item is detected. An inspection system is equipped with a first conveyor, inspection device, cover, camera, controller and display. The first conveyor transports baggage to the inspection device. The inspection device captures transmitted-light images of the baggage using light that transmits through the baggage. The cover covers a transport path of the baggage to prevent a hand of a visitor from being inserted into an image shooting area where electromagnetic waves that are harmful to the human body are irradiated. The camera captures visible-light images of the baggage using visible light. The controller controls the first conveyor, inspection device, camera and display. Under control of the controller, the display simultaneously displays a transmitted-light image and a visible-light image of the baggage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: THE NIPPON SIGNAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takayama, Masaki Takahashi, Yutaka Hasebe, Eishi Kawasaki, Kiyotaka Uchida, Chihaya Ogawa, Takaharu Ishige
  • Patent number: 12111271
    Abstract: Presently disclosed is an x-ray scanning system and method for inspecting an object. The system has a first mobile x-ray scanner configured for scatter imaging and to generate a first compilation of scan data of a first side of the object. A second x-ray scanner is configured for imaging and generating a second compilation of scan data of a second side of the object. A movement device is configured and disposed to move at least one of the first scanner, the second scanner, and the object being scanned, during the scanning of the object. A data integrator is configured and disposed to receive and integrate the first compilation of scan data and the second compilation of scan data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Seethru AI, Inc.
    Inventor: Omar Al-Kofahi
  • Patent number: 12092590
    Abstract: An industrial tomography apparatus (1) comprising a tomography scan device (7) configured to perform tomography scans of the products (2) placed in a scanning zone (4), and an electronic processing unit operatively connected to the tomography scan device (7) for receiving from it digital data about the tomography scans performed by the tomography scan device (7), and programmed to generate, using that digital data, a virtual three-dimensional tomography model (8) of a product (2) scanned by the tomography scan device (7), the virtual three-dimensional tomography model (8) being constituted of a plurality of voxels each of which has its own constant density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: BIOMETIC S.R.L.
    Inventors: Arianna Giudiceandrea, Enrico Ursella, Giancarlo Zane
  • Patent number: 12078770
    Abstract: An apparatus for distant detection of ferrous metallic objects includes a plurality of magnetic field sensors and a fingerprint processing system. The plurality of magnetic field sensors each measure an ambient magnetic field. The fingerprint processing system receives, from the plurality of magnetic field sensors, magnetic field data corresponding to the ambient magnetic field. The fingerprint processing system also generates, from the magnetic field data, a magnetic fingerprint image of one or more perturbations of the ambient magnetic field. The plurality of magnetic field sensors is separated from the ferrous metallic objects being detected by a detection distance that is greater than or equal to 0.5 meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Jun Amano
  • Patent number: 12058472
    Abstract: An imaging unit includes a housing having a wall portion in which a slit for passing radiation is formed, a scintillator having an input surface to which radiation passing through the slit is input, a first mirror that reflects scintillation light output from the input surface, and a line scan camera that detects scintillation light reflected by the first mirror. The scintillator is placed to make the input surface parallel to both the conveying direction and a line direction. The first mirror is positioned outside an irradiation region connecting the peripheral edge of the slit to the input surface of the scintillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Mototsugu Sugiyama, Toshiyasu Suyama, Haruki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12056840
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present specification describes methods for displaying a three-dimensional image of an isolated threat object or region of interest with a single touch or click and providing spatial and contextual information relative to the object, while also executing a view dependent virtual cut-away or rendering occluding portions of the reconstructed image data as transparent. In some embodiments, the method includes allowing operators to associate audio comments with a scan image of an object. In some embodiments, the method also includes highlighting a plurality of voxels, which are indicative of at least one potential threat item, in a mask having a plurality of variable color intensities, where the intensities may be varied based on the potential threat items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mala Sivakumar, Thomas Brown, Karthik Krishnan
  • Patent number: 12044634
    Abstract: A scanner comprises an electromagnetic wave source; a collimator positioned to alter the electromagnetic waves emitted from the electromagnetic wave source into an electromagnetic beam; and a detector positioned to measure one or more levels of electromagnetic energy of the electromagnetic beam, wherein a collimator element is spatially adjustable in at least one axis via one or more adjusting mechanisms to change the one or more levels of electromagnetic energy measured the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Gill, Amer M. Butt, Richard D. Timperio
  • Patent number: 12019035
    Abstract: A method for detecting the maximum potential presence of a material in an object. The method includes obtaining raw x-ray image data comprising a plurality of pixels for the object from an X-ray scanning device, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels has associated therewith an attenuation value and an effective atomic number (Zeff) for the pixel. The method further includes converting, for each pixel having a Zeff value greater than a threshold effective atomic number (Zeff-threshold), the Zeff at the pixel to the Zeff-threshold while applying a correction factor to the attenuation value for the pixel to bring the attenuation value into correspondence with the conversion of the Zeff value for the pixel and determining a maximum potential amount of the material present at each pixel based on the corrected attenuation value at the pixel. This renders material more apparent in visual display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Rapiscan Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Simon Archambault
  • Patent number: 12020518
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a vehicle inspection method, apparatus, system, and computer-readable storage medium and relates to the field of security inspection technologies. The vehicle inspection method of the present disclosure includes: acquiring vehicle profile information of a vehicle through a first sensor that performs measurement in a direction perpendicular to a passage, and determining a feature point of the vehicle according to the vehicle profile information; determining a position of the vehicle in the passage through a second sensor that performs measurement in a direction along the passage, and determining a position of the feature point according to the position of the vehicle in the passage; and switching an operating mode of a ray source based on a preset strategy according to a position relation between the position of the feature point and the ray source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED, NUCTECH (BEIJING) COMPANY LIMITED, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yongming Wang, Junjie Tu, Chuan Gao, Yanwei Xu, Weifeng Yu, Chunguang Zong, Yu Hu
  • Patent number: 12013352
    Abstract: A system to generate a space-time scattering network includes a computing unit configured to store a space-time scattering network (STSN) algorithm. The computing unit also executes the STSN algorithm to represent scattering of light through a material mathematically as a tensor field at a location. The computing unit also generates a subnet that represents the tensor field at the location. The computing unit also identifies, based on a translation operator, connections between a plurality of subnets, where each of the subnets in the plurality of subnets represents a given tensor field at a given location. The computing unit also forms the STSN based at least in part on the identified connections between the plurality of subnets. The computing unit further uses the STSN to inversely design an optical component or to perform tomography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Hooman Mohseni, Travis G. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 12007341
    Abstract: In an approach to X-ray inspection image display systems, a colorized X-ray inspection image is received comprising a monochrome X-ray inspection image that is colorized in accordance with an X-ray inspection system false colorization scheme. The colorized X-ray inspection image is filtered by performing pixel shading on the colorized X-ray inspection image to generate a custom colorized X-ray inspection image having a custom false colorization scheme that is different from the X-ray inspection system false colorization scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Rodney Arthur Hallgren, Michael Ryan Hausler, Allen Kwame Anderson
  • Patent number: 11943696
    Abstract: The growing problem of contraband devices being smuggled into a correctional facility raises both security and safety issue. General fixed contraband detection systems are not cost effective because they require a high up-front cost and high maintenance, training and upgrade cost after installation. The present disclosure provides details of a system and method to detect and control the usage of contraband devices in a correctional facility cost effectively. Such a system is portable and can be relocated to different locations. Such as system both detects contraband devices and disrupts the operations of the contraband devices. Such a system further provides a report on the severity of contraband usage to the correctional facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Global Tel*Link Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Lee Hodge
  • Patent number: 11940395
    Abstract: A chopper wheel assembly includes a collimator configured to narrow an x-ray beam, a chopper wheel has a planar surface configured to face in a direction of the collimator and a housing configured to receive the chopper wheel. The chopper wheel includes a central axis, a plurality of slits in the planar surface, a first projection extending from the planar surface in a direction of the collimator and a second projection extending from the planar surface in the direction of the collimator. The slits extend in radially-outward direction relative to the central axis. The first projection is located radially outward of the plurality of slits and the second projection is located radially inward of the plurality of slits. Each projection is provided for 360 degrees about the central axis. The housing includes an interior wall including a first groove configured to receive the first projection and a second groove configured to receive the second projection with the chopper wheel received within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Videray Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Bradshaw
  • Patent number: 11933745
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface acquires package information regarding a package being conveyed by a sorter that sorts the package and an operation signal generated based on an operation of an operator. The processor outputs reference information, based on past history in which inspection-result information indicating whether or not the package is a regulated-article candidate, generated based on the operation signal, and the package information are associated together, and the package information newly acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yuka Watanabe, Takuma Akagi, Masanori Sato, Kenichi Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 11925183
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a static CT detection device, including: a shielding body, formed with a detection channel through which an object under detection can pass; a ray source, emitting rays for detecting the object under detection when the object under detection passes through the detection channel; and a detector, for acquiring the rays emitted by the ray source and having passed through the detection channel, wherein the shielding body is formed with an opening portion, and the opening portion extends from an inlet of the detection channel to an outlet of the detection channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Li Zhang, Qingping Huang, Yong Zhou, Hui Ding, Chao Ji
  • Patent number: 11921252
    Abstract: The present invention relates a security screening device, comprising: a radiation generator for respectively generating X-rays and neutron beams and irradiating same toward an inspection object; an inspection object transfer unit for changing the position of the inspection object; a radiation detector configured to respectively detect X-rays and neutron beams transmitted through the inspection object; and a gamma ray detector installed adjacent to the inspection object and configured to detect a gamma signal generated from the inspection object, wherein the radiation detector acquires image information of the inspection object by using radiation information detected from the X-rays and neutron beams that have passed through the inspection object, and the gamma ray detector analyzes the detected gamma ray to detect the location of the inspection object from the analysis of the inspection object and the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Byeongno Lee, Kyungmin Oh, Namho Lee, Moonsik Chae, Jungho Mun, Yeongheum Yeon, Jinsik Ju
  • Patent number: 11913890
    Abstract: There is presented a screening system and a corresponding method for screening an item. The screening system includes a detection apparatus (100), a rotatable platform (310) to receive the item, and a mechanical arrangement (320, 330). The detection apparatus has an emitter portion to generate a primary beam of ionising radiation and a detector portion to detect an absorption signal and at least one of a diffraction signal and a scattering signal. The mechanical arrangement is adapted to translate the detection apparatus along a translation axis to scan the item with the primary beam. The screening system may be used for identifying restricted or illicit substances that may be present in some luggage or in mail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Halo X Ray Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Dicken, Daniel Spence
  • Patent number: 11898909
    Abstract: Fluorescence imaging with reduced fixed pattern noise is disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes applying edge enhancement to edges within an exposure frame of the plurality of exposure frames. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm; or from about 795 nm to about 815 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Patent number: 11886564
    Abstract: Examples are directed toward a system and method relating to mobile screening. For example, a mobile screening vehicle includes a passenger scanner that performs security scanning of a passenger on the mobile screening vehicle. The mobile screening vehicle also includes a verification system that verifies, consistent with the security scanning of passengers, that passengers on the mobile screening vehicle are approved to proceed to a secure area of a travel venue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: Kali McManus, Kristi Harmel, Gregory Bennett
  • Patent number: 11874912
    Abstract: Examples are directed toward a system and method relating to mobile screening. For example, a mobile screening vehicle includes a passenger scanner that performs security scanning of a passenger on the mobile screening vehicle. The mobile screening vehicle also includes a verification system that verifies, consistent with the security scanning of passengers, that passengers on the mobile screening vehicle are approved to proceed to a secure area of a travel venue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: Kali McManus, Kristi Harmel, Gregory Bennett
  • Patent number: 11852775
    Abstract: The present specification discloses a high speed scanning system for scanning cargo carried by rail. The system uses of a two-dimensional X-ray sensor array with, in one embodiment, a cone-beam X-ray geometry. The pulse rate of X-ray source is modulated based on the speed of the moving cargo to allow a distance travelled by the cargo between X-ray pulses to be equal to the width of the detector, for a single energy source, and to half the width of the detector for a dual energy source. This ensures precise timing between the X-ray exposure and the speed of the passing object, and thus accurate scanning of cargo even at high speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward James Morton
  • Patent number: 11854268
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires biometric information of a person; a second acquisition unit that acquires identification information of the baggage possessed by the person; and a creating unit that creates link information for associating the biometric information with the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Kawase, Kunio Fudemoto
  • Patent number: 11823452
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for video analytics evaluation are disclosed. A method includes: identifying a video to display a result of an evaluation of video analysis; identifying a particular time in the video when a video analysis determination does not match a ground truth determination for the video; displaying an image from the particular time in the video; and displaying an indication that the video analysis determination does not match the ground truth determination for the video. Displaying the image from the particular time in the video can include generating a graphical user interface for presentation on a display of a computing device. The indication that the video analysis determination does not match the ground truth determination for the video can include a user-selectable icon. In response to a user selecting the user-selectable icon, the method can include displaying video analysis results for the particular time in the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Ethan Shayne, Donald Gerard Madden, Daniel Todd Kerzner, Allison Beach, Benjamin Asher Berg
  • Patent number: 11822040
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a security scanning inspection system and method. The security scanning inspection system comprises a detector, a scanning device and a controller, wherein the detector is configured to detect a protective attribute of an object to be inspected; the scanning device is movably arranged and the scanning device is configured to emit a scanning ray during movement to perform a security scanning inspection on the object to be inspected, the scanning device comprising at least two working modes, wherein a dose of a scanning ray in each working mode is different from a dose of a scanning ray in any other working modes; and the controller configured to select a working mode of the scanning device according to the protective attribute of the object to be inspected detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yanwei Xu, Weifeng Yu, Yu Hu, Chunguang Zong, Shangmin Sun
  • Patent number: 11802988
    Abstract: A method for inspecting at least one vehicle with an inspection system, the inspection system and the at least one vehicle being configured to move relative to one another during an inspection of at least one part of the vehicle, the method including controlling, by a controller, an inspection dose of inspection radiation generated by a radiation source such that, during the inspection of the at least one part of the vehicle by the inspection radiation, the inspection dose remains substantially equal to a predetermined inspection dose, wherein controlling the inspection dose includes the controller obtaining information representative of a speed of the relative movement of the system and the vehicle during the inspection of the at least one part of the vehicle, and the controller controlling the radiation source, based on the obtained information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Smiths Heimann SAS
    Inventors: Joseph Bendahan, Alan Henley
  • Patent number: 11796489
    Abstract: The present specification describes a system for eliminating X-ray crosstalk between a plurality of X-ray scanning systems and passive radiation detectors. The system includes a frequency generator for generating a common operational frequency, a high-energy X-ray source or scanning system coupled with the frequency generator for receiving the common operational frequency and configured to modify the pulse repetition frequency of the high-energy X-ray source or scanning system in order to synchronize with the common operational frequency and a low-energy X-ray scanning system and/or passive radiation detection system coupled with the frequency generator for receiving the common operational frequency and having a processing module configured to remove data associated with the common operational frequency at an instance of time if the high-energy X-ray source or scanning system has emitted X-rays at the instance of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Neil Duncan Carrington
  • Patent number: 11774382
    Abstract: A system includes a target object for examination; electrical transfer points associated with the target object, the electrical transfer points being an application of energy to generate one or more photons; devices for receiving and measuring electromagnetic waves from the one or more photons, to generate a data set of information, the information including at least one of direction, wavelength, and polarity; a computer having a platform to receive the data set of information; generate a model of subatomic particle placement for the photons, as determined by the data set of information; and re-examine the model at one or more of a different initiation-to-destination energy path, a different measuring position, or a different energy input; the receiving of the data set of information, generating of the model, and the re-examination of the model provides information for industrial application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Eric Arno Vigen
  • Patent number: 11768313
    Abstract: The present application is directed toward cargo scanning systems having scanners, each arranged to scan a respective object and generate a set of scan data, processors arranged to process each set of scan data to determine whether it meets a predetermined threat condition, workstations, and data management system arranged to direct data that meets the threat condition to one of the workstations for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward James Morton
  • Patent number: 11754516
    Abstract: A neutron emission unit is configured to emit neutrons such that a center axis (Nh) of a neutron emission intersects a center axis direction of collimators (23a to 23e). A calculation unit is capable of generating information about an inspection object in the center axis direction of the collimators, based on position information of a neutron detector and/or position information of the neutron emission unit, information about an angle (?1) at which the center axis of the neutron emission intersects the center axis direction of the collimators, and a neutron amount detected by the neutron detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Hisashi Tsukada, Shigenori Nagano, Yoshie Otake, Hideyuki Sunaga, Yuichi Yoshimura, Koji Ikado
  • Patent number: 11754742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for inspecting object using a plurality of interlacing radiation energies. The system comprising a radiation module configured for producing and capturing radiation in multiple energy levels to scan the content of the cargo and converting the captured radiation into a plurality of images; and a controller configured for signalling the radiation module to start or to stop producing radiation and for controlling the energy level and pulse frequency of the radiation produced by the radiation module. The system further comprising a processor configured for determining whether the cargo contains any contraband or not by analysing the plurality of images, classifying the cargo based on types of materials and substance groups and highlighting region on an analysed image of the same substance by bounding perimeter of the object within a material-colour image for the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BILLION PRIMA SDN. BHD
    Inventors: Chu Leong Goh, Yuh Jiunn Lee, Joanne Zi En Soh, Heng Kwan Tan
  • Patent number: 11754513
    Abstract: An array (1) for detecting electromagnetic radiation is provided for a radiographic inspection system (20). The array has a plurality of detector elements (2) arranged consecutively along a scan line which extends in a first direction (Y). Each of the detector elements has a detection surface (3) for receiving electromagnetic radiation and converting the received electromagnetic radiation into a corresponding detection signal. Each detection surface (3) has a surface normal (4, N) that extends in a common plane (S) and converges into a common focus (5). The common plane (S) extends in the first direction (Y). The distances between the common focus and the detection surfaces along the respective surface normal (4, N) are different for at least two detector elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo, LLC
    Inventors: Guido Mahnke, Benedikt Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11747509
    Abstract: A system for scanning an object 112 is provided. The system includes a continuous conveyor belt 102, a first electromagnetic radiation sensor 104, a second electromagnetic radiation sensor, a tunnel 106, an electromagnetic radiation generator 108, a third electromagnetic radiation sensor, a fourth electromagnetic radiation sensor 110 and a processor. The continuous conveyor belt 102 receives the object 112 and moves the object 112 in forward direction. The first electromagnetic radiation sensor scans the object 112 that is travelling through the continuous conveyor belt 102. The tunnel 106 receives the object 112 from the continuous conveyor belt 102 after scanned through the first electromagnetic radiation sensor 104. The second electromagnetic radiation sensor is positioned inside the tunnel 106 at entry point. The electromagnetic radiation generator 108 receives a second signal from the second electromagnetic radiation sensor to generate an angular beam of electromagnetic radiation on the object 112.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: VEHANT TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Anoop G Prabhu, Rajeev Ranjan Dixit, Kapil Bardeja
  • Patent number: 11710093
    Abstract: Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities for enhanced cargo screening capabilities are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Tony Baldassari, Howard Stone
  • Patent number: 11695910
    Abstract: A method for generating a quality inspection data block for a distributed ledger includes: determining an identification code associated with a sample to be inspected, inspecting the sample and thereby generating quality inspection data associated with the sample, and after completion of the inspecting of the sample combining the identification code and the quality inspection data into the quality inspection data block. The method also includes adding the quality inspection data block to the distributed ledger. An inspector including a sensor that senses a characteristic of a sample, a memory that stores sensor output data, and a processor configured to: determine an identification code associated with a sample to be inspected, generate quality inspection data based on the sensor output data, and combine the identification code and the quality inspection data into a quality inspection data block. In one example, the inspector is an in-flight 3D inspector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Qcify Inc.
    Inventors: Raf Peeters, Pieter Boogaerts, Joachim Van der Perre, Bert Switten
  • Patent number: 11688067
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an automated high-speed X-ray inspection system may generate a first X-ray image of an inspected sample at a first direction substantially orthogonal to a plane of the inspected sample. The first X-ray image may be a high-resolution grayscale image. The system may identify one or more elements of interest of the inspected sample based on the first X-ray image. The first X-ray image may include interfering elements that interfere with the one or more elements of interest in the first X-ray image. The system may determine one or more first features associated with respective elements of interest based on variations of grayscale values in the first X-ray images. The system may determine whether one or more defects are associated with the respective elements of interest based on the one or more first features associated with the element of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Bruker Nano, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lewis Adler, Scott Joseph Jewler, Freddie Erich Babian
  • Patent number: 11656189
    Abstract: An X-ray inspection device includes a casing including an entrance of an object to be inspected, and a door for opening and closing the entrance; an X-ray detector accommodated inside the casing, and configured to detect a stage on which the object is placed, an X-ray source configured to emit an X-ray, and the X-ray that has been emitted from the X-ray source and transmitted through the object placed on the stage; and a driving system including a moving mechanism of the stage; a communication unit connectable with a communication network; a data acquisition unit configured to acquire consumption determination data including at least one of data indicating an operating situation of the driving system or data indicating the number of times of opening and closing the door; and a data transmission unit configured to output the consumption determination data that has been acquired by the data acquisition unit to the communication network via the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Futoshi Ueki, Bunta Matsuhana
  • Patent number: 11640010
    Abstract: An assembly for detection of foreign bodies in a multihead weigher includes an image recorder and a lighting module and an image evaluation module. The multihead weigher includes weighing containers for filling with bulk material, a selection of the bulk material being emptiable into chutes combined in the shape of a funnel upon arrival of a trigger signal. The image recorder records an image series, and the lighting module and the image evaluation module output a signal upon detection of a foreign body in the image series. The image recorder includes one or more cameras for optical capturing of the funnel, the one or more cameras being arranged inside of or above the funnel and being set up to capture one or more sections of an interior surface of the funnel between two horizontal planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CLK GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Cruse, Christian Dabringhaus, Hendrik Haase, Sebastian Belz, Matthias Biefang
  • Patent number: 11614415
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection system includes: a neutron emission unit 12 capable of emitting neutrons pulsed; a neutron detector capable of detecting the neutrons emitted from the neutron emission unit and penetrating through an inspection object; a storage unit storing attenuation information indicating a relationship between a material of the inspection object and attenuation of the neutrons; and a calculation unit capable of calculating distance information indicating a position of a specific portion in the inspection object in accordance with time change information which is information on a change over time in an amount of the neutrons detected by the neutron detector. The calculation unit is capable of generating information related to an amount of the specific portion from information based on the amount of the neutrons according to the time change information, using the distance information and the attenuation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Topcon Corporation, RIKEN
    Inventors: Shigenori Nagano, Satoru Ishiguro, Yoshie Otake, Hideyuki Sunaga, Yuichi Yoshimura, Koji Ikado
  • Patent number: 11598730
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for generating a three-dimensional combined image is provided. A three-dimensional test image of a test item is combined with a three-dimensional article image of an article that is undergoing a radiation examination to generate the three-dimensional combined image. A first selection region of the three-dimensional article image is selected. The three-dimensional test image of the test item is inserted within the first selection region. Although the test item is not actually comprised within the article under examination, the three-dimensional combined image is intended to cause the test item to appear to be comprised within the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Analogic Corporation
    Inventors: Zhaolin Li, David Lieblich
  • Patent number: 11594001
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present specification describes methods for displaying a three-dimensional image of an isolated threat object or region of interest with a single touch or click and providing spatial and contextual information relative to the object, while also executing a view dependent virtual cut-away or rendering occluding portions of the reconstructed image data as transparent. In some embodiments, the method includes allowing operators to associate audio comments with a scan image of an object. In some embodiments, the method also includes highlighting a plurality of voxels, which are indicative of at least one potential threat item, in a mask having a plurality of variable color intensities, where the intensities may be varied based on the potential threat items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mala Sivakumar, Thomas Brown, Karthik Krishnan
  • Patent number: 11583602
    Abstract: An irradiation system is provided which comprises a cabinet housing one or more X-ray tubes providing an irradiation source for a biomass contained within a cylindrical container arranged on a rotating device. The X-ray tubes generate directional X-ray beams and are provided in ultra-close proximity to the container, and the X-ray tubes can be configured to traverse the container. The rotational movement and traversal during the irradiation process ensure a more even irradiation of the entire biomass in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KIMTRON, INC.
    Inventor: Peter Cawley
  • Patent number: 11579328
    Abstract: A drive-through scanning system comprises a radiation generating means arranged to generate radiation at two different energy levels and direct it towards a scanning volume, detection means arranged to detect the radiation after it has passed through the scanning volume, and control means arranged to identify a part of a vehicle within the scanning volume, to allocate the part of the vehicle to one of a plurality of categories, and to control the radiation generating means and to select one or more of the energy levels depending on the category to which the part of the vehicle is allocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward James Morton
  • Patent number: 11561321
    Abstract: The present specification discloses a high speed scanning system for scanning cargo carried by rail. The system uses of a two-dimensional X-ray sensor array with, in one embodiment, a cone-beam X-ray geometry. The pulse rate of X-ray source is modulated based on the speed of the moving cargo to allow a distance travelled by the cargo between X-ray pulses to be equal to the width of the detector, for a single energy source, and to half the width of the detector for a dual energy source. This ensures precise timing between the X-ray exposure and the speed of the passing object, and thus accurate scanning of cargo even at high speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, inc.
    Inventor: Edward James Morton
  • Patent number: 11538319
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for identification of a distributed prohibited item across various dimensions as well as spatial and/or temporal spaces. The method includes one or more processors assigning an identifier to each container of a plurality of containers entering a defined area. The method further includes determining one or more subcomponents of the plurality of containers entering the defined area that correspond to one or more prohibited items. The method further includes generating a set of subcomponents corresponding to a first prohibited item of the one or more prohibited items based at least in part on the plurality of containers. The method further includes determining whether the set of subcomponents corresponding to the first prohibited item exceeds a prohibited item threshold of the defined area based on a weighted sum of the set of subcomponents, which is a score related to the set of subcomponents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Venkatesh Krishnan, Rambabu Parvatina, Ahmed Hassan, Changwoo Jung
  • Patent number: 11536871
    Abstract: A method for inspecting at least one vehicle with an inspection system, the inspection system and the at least one vehicle being configured to move relative to one another during an inspection of at least one part, the method including controlling, by a controller, an inspection dose of inspection radiation generated by a radiation source such that, during the inspection of the at least one part of the vehicle by the inspection radiation, the inspection dose remains substantially equal to a predetermined inspection dose, wherein controlling the inspection dose includes the controller obtaining image information representative of a location of the at least one part, and location information representative of a location of the at least one part, wherein the image information is obtained from an image of the vehicle, and the controller controlling the radiation source, based on the obtained information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Smiths Heimann SAS
    Inventors: Joseph Bendahan, Alan Henley