Contraband screening system with enhanced privacy
AssigneeL-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.
InventorsApostle G. Cardiasmenos, Paul J. DeLia
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Abstract
An inspection system that can detect contraband items concealed on, in or beneath an individual's clothing. One embodiment relates to a method of generating an image of a person to identify contraband items. The method comprising receiving a first image from a camera, wherein the first image comprises a first depiction of a person and a first indication of at least one contraband item. The method further comprises using the first image, generating a second image comprising a second depiction of the person and a second indication of the at least one contraband item. The second depiction of the person has enhanced privacy with respect to the first depiction of the person.
Claims20
A method of generating an image of a person to identify contraband items, the method comprising:
- receiving a first image from a camera, the first image comprising a first depiction of a person and a first indication of at least one contraband item;
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- using the first image, generating a second image comprising a second depiction of the person and a second indication of the at least one contraband item, wherein the second depiction of the person has enhanced privacy with respect to the first depiction of the person.
A contraband detection system, comprising:
- a portal sized to accommodate a standing person, the portal comprising a doorway sized to allow the person to walk therethrough to enter and/or exit the portal;
- a first camera configured and arranged to capture a first image of the person within the portal, the first image comprising a first depiction of the person and a first indication of at least one contraband item;
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- a control system coupled to the first camera, wherein the control system is adapted to use the first image to generate a second image comprising a second depiction of the person and a second indication of the at least one contraband item, and wherein the second depiction of the person has enhanced privacy with respect to the first depiction of the person.
At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method of generating an image of a person to identify contraband items, the method comprising:
- using a first image, the first image comprising a first depiction of the person and a first indication of at least one contraband item, generating a second image comprising a second depiction of the person and a second indication of the at least one contraband item, wherein the second depiction of the person has enhanced privacy with respect to the first depiction of the person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.