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US 11,906,686 B2Granted
Luggage detector
OwnerAlessandro Manneschiinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for detecting illicit objects contained in a piece of luggage, characterized in that it comprises a carriage defining a housing (60) for receiving a piece of luggage and examination means (100, 200, 300) placed at the inlet of the housing (60) such that the introduction of the piece of luggage into the housing (60) induces a relative displacement between the piece of luggage and at least one of the examination means (200) and thus an automatic scanning of the piece of luggage by the examination means (200).
Claims14
A detection system comprising:
- a trolley comprising side walls and a bottom wall defining a cavity open upwards, wherein the cavity is configured to fully enclose a piece of luggage;
- and
- analysis means comprising microwave transducers arranged on at least two side walls which are opposite to each other such that the piece of luggage is completely examined by the analysis means when resting on the bottom wall, wherein the analysis means are adjacent an inlet of the cavity such that introduction of the piece of luggage into the cavity causes relative displacement between the piece of luggage and the analysis means and therefore automatic scanning of the piece of luggage by the analysis means.
A detection method comprises the following steps:
- introduction of a piece of luggage into a cavity of a trolley, wherein the cavity is defined by side walls and a bottom wall of the trolley such that the cavity fully encloses the piece of luggage, wherein the cavity comprises an open end opposite the bottom wall of the trolley;
- and
- placing the piece of luggage onto the bottom wall of the trolley by moving the piece of luggage from the open end of the cavity to the bottom wall of the trolley such that the whole piece of luggage is scanned and analysed by analysis means arranged on at least two opposite side walls of the trolley.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.