Methodology for developing texture in simulants
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
InventorsMichael Brogden, Kevin Pedersen, Ronald Krauss
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a simulant and method relating to producing a simulant. For example, a simulant of a textured target threat includes a background material associated with a background attenuation, and a texture component(s) dispersed in the background material and associated with a component attenuation and a component characteristic. The component characteristic prevents the component attenuation of the texture component from being homogeneously dispersed throughout the background attenuation of the background material, to cause the simulant to mimic an aspect(s) of an X-ray signature of the textured target threat.
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A simulant of a textured target threat, comprising:
- a background material associated with a background attenuation;
- and
- a first texture component dispersed in the background material and associated with a first component attenuation and a first component characteristic;
- wherein the first component characteristic prevents the first component attenuation of the first texture component from being homogeneously dispersed throughout the background attenuation of the background material, to cause the simulant to mimic a first aspect of an X-ray signature of the textured target threat.
A method of producing a simulant of a textured threat compound, comprising:
- formulating a background material associated with a background attenuation;
- formulating a first texture component associated with a first component attenuation and a first component characteristic based on mechanically separating the first texture component according to the first component characteristic;
- and
- dispersing, in the background material, the first texture component;
- wherein the first component characteristic enables dispersion of the first texture component in the background material of the simulant to mimic a first aspect of an X-ray signature of the textured target threat.
A method of producing a simulant of a textured threat compound, comprising:
- quantitatively characterizing a threat texture of the textured threat compound;
- formulating a background material associated with a background attenuation;
- formulating a first texture component associated with a first component attenuation and a first component characteristic;
- dispersing, in the background material, the first texture component;
- quantitatively characterizing a simulant texture of the simulant;
- comparing the simulant texture to the threat texture;
- and
- iteratively adjusting the first texture component to cause the simulant texture to match the threat texture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.