Simultaneous image distribution and archiving
AssigneeRapiscan Systems, Inc.
InventorsFelix YaikNan Liu, Zhongming Wu, Benny Taiklin Wong, Ron Jeppesen
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Abstract
The present specification discloses a storage system for enabling the substantially concurrent storage and access of data that has three dimensional images processed to identify a presence of a threat item. The system includes a source of data, a temporary storage memory for receiving and temporarily storing the data, a long term storage, and multiple workstations adapted to display three dimensional images. The temporary storage memory is adapted to support multiple file input/output operations executing substantially concurrently, including the receiving of data, transmitting of data to workstations, and transmitting of data to long term storage.
Claims20
A hybrid NAS for high speed storage and access of data wherein said data comprises a plurality of three dimensional images and wherein said three dimensional images have been processed to identify presence of at least one threat item, the hybrid NAS comprising:
- a random access memory and processor specially programmed to perform:
- a write operation that temporarily stores said data on the random access memory;
- a first read operation that accesses temporarily stored data from the random access memory for transmitting to a first workstation;
- a second read operation that accesses the temporarily stored data from the random access memory for transmitting to a second workstation;
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- a third read operation that accesses the temporarily stored data from the random access memory for transmitting to and storing in a long term storage system, wherein said write, first read, second read and third read operations are executed substantially concurrently and wherein, the random access memory transmits the data to the long term storage and does not retain said data for future transmission to the workstations if said data is not associated with a threat item.
A hybrid NAS for high speed storage and access of data wherein said data comprises a plurality of processed images, the hybrid NAS comprising:
- a random access memory and processor specially programmed to perform:
- a first operation that temporarily writes said data on the random access memory;
- a second operation that reads temporarily stored data from the random access memory for transmitting to a first workstation;
- a third operation that reads the temporarily stored data from the random access memory for transmitting to a second workstation;
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- a fourth operation that reads the temporarily stored data from the random access memory and writes said read temporarily stored data to a long term storage system, wherein said first, second, third and fourth operations are executed substantially concurrently and wherein, the random access memory transmits the data to the long term storage and does not retain said data for future transmission to the workstations if said data is not associated with a threat item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.