Portable radiation detector
AssigneeDanimar Ltd.
InventorsMichael D. Goldstein, Jacob Alter, Menachem Margaliot
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Abstract
Apparatus for detecting ionizing radiation includes a mobile telephone, including an imaging assembly, which includes a solid-state image sensor. A radiation converter is mounted in proximity to the image sensor and is configured to emit, in response to the ionizing radiation, lower-energy radiation for detection by the image sensor. A processor, contained in the mobile telephone, is configured to process images captured by the image sensor so as to assess an intensity of the ionizing radiation.
Claims25
Apparatus for detecting ionizing radiation, comprising:
- a mount for moveable attachment to a mobile device including a camera;
- a scintillator in the mount, which emits visible light in response to detection of ionizing radiation;
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- optics, coupled to the mount, configured to direct the visible light emitted by the scintillator onto the camera, of the mobile device, when the mount is attached to the mobile device,
- wherein the mount is configured for attachment to a mobile telephone and the optics are configured to direct the visible light emitted by the scintillator onto a camera of the mobile telephone.
Apparatus for detecting ionizing radiation, comprising:
- a mobile telephone, comprising an imaging assembly, which comprises a solid-state image sensor camera, for visible imaging by a user;
- a radiation converter mounted in proximity to the image sensor and configured to emit, in response to the ionizing radiation, lower-energy radiation for detection by the image sensor, such that the image sensor is configured to perform both imaging of ionizing radiation for the radiation conversion and the visible imaging by the user;
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- a processor, contained in the mobile telephone, which is configured to process images captured by the image sensor so as to assess an intensity of the ionizing radiation.
A method for detecting ionizing radiation, comprising:
- coupling a radiation converter to a mobile device comprising an image sensor camera for visible imaging by a user, so as to direct lower-energy radiation onto the image sensor of the mobile device in response to the ionizing radiation, such that the image sensor is configured to perform both imaging of ionizing radiation for radiation conversion and the visible imaging by the user;
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- processing signals emitted by the image sensor, by the mobile device in order to assess an intensity of the ionizing radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.