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US 11,900,749 B2Granted
Fully automated self-divesting cluster screening system
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
InventorsWilliam Hastings, James Gilkeson, Douglas MacIvor
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed toward systems and methods relating to security screening. For example, a screening system includes a chamber configured to accommodate a user to be screened, and a chamber scanner. The chamber scanner is configured to scan the user to identify whether the user is carrying an undivested item that needs to be divested. The chamber is configured to release the user to proceed from the chamber to a secure area, upon confirmation that no undivested items are to be divested.
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A cluster screening system comprising:
- a plurality of chamber scanners, a given chamber scanner being configured to scan a user to identify whether the user is carrying an item that is to be divested;
- a plurality of divestment scanners fewer in number than the plurality of chamber scanners and configured to obtain a detailed item characterization of the item divested from the user, a given divestment scanner being shared to service multiple chamber scanners by multiplexing divested items received from the multiple chamber scanners;
- the cluster screening system being configured to coordinate availability of chamber scanners by verifying an identity of the user, and selectively directing the user enter the given chamber scanner according to the identity of the user;
- the cluster screening system being configured to verify the identity of the user to determine whether the user is prescheduled to undergo screening, or the user is an unscheduled walk-up who is not prescheduled to undergo screening;
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- the cluster screening system being configured to verify the identity of the user by communicating with an identity verification technology or process upstream of and in network communication with the cluster screening system in the security screening process.
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A cluster screening system comprising:
- a plurality of chamber scanners, a given chamber scanner being configured to scan a user to identify whether the user is carrying an item that is to be divested;
- a plurality of divestment scanners fewer in number than the plurality of chamber scanners and configured to obtain a detailed item characterization of the item divested from the user, a given divestment scanner being shared to service multiple chamber scanners by multiplexing divested items received from the multiple chamber scanners;
- the cluster screening system being configured to coordinate availability of chamber scanners by verifying an identity of the user, and selectively directing the user enter the given chamber scanner according to the identity of the user;
- the cluster screening system being configured to verify the identity of the user to determine whether the user is prescheduled to undergo screening, or the user is an unscheduled walk-up who is not prescheduled to undergo screening;
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- the cluster screening system being configured to communicate with a flight reservation system to determine whether the user is prescheduled to undergo screening.
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A cluster screening system comprising:
- a plurality of chamber scanners, a given chamber scanner being configured to scan a user to identify whether the user is carrying an item that is to be divested;
- a plurality of divestment scanners fewer in number than the plurality of chamber scanners and configured to obtain a detailed item characterization of the item divested from the user, a given divestment scanner being shared to service multiple chamber scanners by multiplexing divested items received from the multiple chamber scanners;
- the cluster screening system being configured to coordinate availability of chamber scanners by verifying an identity of the user, and selectively directing the user enter the given chamber scanner according to the identity of the user;
- the cluster screening system being configured to customize a scanning procedure that the chamber scanner is to use on the user prescheduled to undergo screening, based on the identity of the user;
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- the cluster screening system being configured to customize the scanning procedure based on information the user provided during an airline reservation process or identity verification process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.