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US 2017/0370861 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for detecting explosives
AssigneeOne Resonance Sensors, LLC
InventorsPablo J. PRADO, Timothy RAYNER
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Abstract
Portable electronic devices may be inspected for the presence of explosives using a combination of nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) and explosive trace detection (ETD). NQR may be used to detect bulk or sheet explosives while the ETD may be used to detect minute quantities of explosive particulates. An alarm indication may be generated when either the NQR spectroscopy or the ETD detects an explosive material.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an explosive trace detection (ETD) unit;
- a nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) spectroscopy unit;
- a user interface module configured to present, on a display, an alarm indication in response to at least one of the following:
- a detection of a presence of a first explosive by the ETD unit;
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- a detection of a presence of the first explosive or a second explosive by the NQR spectroscopy unit.
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