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US 11,275,194 B2Granted
Scanning systems
AssigneeRapiscan Systems, Inc.
InventorEdward James Morton
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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.
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A scanning system, comprising:
- two or more scanners, wherein each of the two or more scanners is configured to scan an object, generate scan data, and communicate the scan data to a network;
- a data switch configured to receive the scan data via the network;
- a dispatcher in data communication with the data switch;
- a threat detection processor in data communication with the dispatcher, wherein the dispatcher is configured to cause scan data to be sent to the threat detection processor and wherein the threat detection processor is configured to first execute a materials discrimination process on the scan data and configured to subsequently execute an automated detection process on the scan data;
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- one or more operator workstations in data communication with the network and configured to receive and display the scan data to one or more operators after said materials discrimination process and said automated detection process are performed on the scan data, wherein the one or more operator workstations are physically remote from the threat detection processor, wherein the two or more scanners are each physically remote from the threat detection processor, and wherein data flow between any of the two or more scanners, the dispatcher, the threat detection processor, and any of the one or more operator workstations is fully mediated through the data switch.
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A scanning system, comprising:
- two or more scanners, wherein each of the two or more scanners is configured to scan an obj ect, generate scan data, and communicate the scan data to a network;
- a data switch configured to receive the scan data via the network;
- a dispatcher in data communication with the data switch;
- a threat detection processor in data communication with the dispatcher and configured to detect a plurality of threat items, wherein the dispatcher is configured to cause the scan data to be sent to the threat detection processor, wherein the threat detection processor is configured to execute at least one of a materials discrimination process or an automated detection process on the scan data, wherein the threat detection processor is configured to allocate each of the plurality of threat items to one of a number of threat categories, and wherein each of the threat categories corresponds to a different level of threat;
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- one or more operator workstations in data communication with the network and configured to receive and display the scan data to one or more operators after said materials discrimination process or said automated detection process are performed on the scan data, wherein the one or more operator workstations are physically remote from the threat detection processor, wherein the two or more scanners are each physically remote from the threat detection processor, and wherein data flow between any of the two or more scanners, the dispatcher, the threat detection processor, and any of the one or more operator workstations is fully mediated through the data switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.