Remote baggage screening system, software and method
AssigneeL-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.
InventorsKeith M. McClelland, Craig Dawson, Ying Huang, Andrea L. Whitson
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Abstract
A method of advance baggage screening includes steps of transmitting a threat file corresponding to an item under inspection to a processing center, analyzing the threat file according to a detection algorithm at the processing center to determine a screening result for the item under inspection, and transmitting the screening result to a remotely located operator interface for access by an operator.
Claims16
A method of performing multiple inspections of an object, the method comprising acts of:
- using an X-ray scanning device to perform an X-ray scan of the object to generate scan data representative of the object;
- analyzing the scan data at a first airport to determine whether the object contains any subject matter prohibited from being loaded onto an airplane;
- transmitting the scan data over a communication medium to a second airport;
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- analyzing the scan data at the second airport to determine whether the object is permitted to proceed beyond a checkpoint at the second airport.
An inspection system for providing multiple inspections of an object, the inspection system comprising:
- a network;
- an X-ray scanning device coupled to the network, the X-ray scanning device adapted to perform an X-ray scan of the object to generate scan data representative of the object;
- a first computer to receive the scan data generated by the X-ray scanning device, the first computer adapted to facilitate analysis of the scan data at a first inspection area located in a first airport to determine whether the object contains any subject matter prohibited from being loaded onto an airplane;
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- a second computer coupled to the network to receive the scan data generated by the X-ray scanning device, the second computer adapted to facilitate analysis of the scan data at a second inspection area located in a second airport to determine whether the object is permitted to proceed beyond a checkpoint at the second airport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.