Security scanning device

• US 10,234,594 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2017
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hillis, W. Daniel, Hyde, Roderick A., Kare, Jordin T., Leuthardt, Eric C., Wood, Jr., Lowell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bryant, Michael C
• Application Number:
  US15/724,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20180045852A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 22/00 Investigating or analysing materials by the use of microwaves or radio waves, i.e. electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of one millimetre or more G01N3/00 - G01N17/00, G01N24/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 29/0654 Imaging
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 11/002 Details, e.g. power supply systems for logging instruments, transmitting or recording data, specially adapted for well logging, also if the prospecting method is irrelevant means for transmitting well survey signals E21B47/12; signal transmission systems in general G08C; transmission in general H04B
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 5/22 Active interrogation, i.e. by irradiating objects or goods using external radiation sources, e.g. using gamma rays or cosmic rays
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 5/222 measuring scattered radiation

Abstract

A method for scanning an individual with a security device includes providing a scanner, engaging the scanner in a first scanning mode to produce an initial scan of the individual with a controller, producing an initial representation based on the initial scan, determining a property of a second scanning mode based on information from the initial representation, and engaging the scanner in the second scanning mode to produce a second scan of the individual.

Claims

1. A security device, comprising:

a scanner configured to transmit at least two selectable scanning beams of electromagnetic waves at a person, and to receive a return of the electromagnetic waves from the person;

a controller configured to;

engage the scanner in a first scanning mode that includes a first scanning of the person with a first scanning beam of electromagnetic waves;

receive a return of the first scanning beam of electromagnetic waves from the person;

produce a representation of the person based on the returned first scanning beam of electromagnetic waves;

determine a property of a second scanning mode based on the representation;

engage the scanner in a second scanning mode that includes a second scanning of the person with a second scanning beam of electromagnetic waves;

receive a return of the second scanning beam of electromagnetic waves from the person;

detect an indicia of a contraband carried by the person in response to the return of the second scanning beam;

output a signal indicative of the detected contraband; and

an operator indicator device responsive to the output signal indicative of the detected contraband.

2. The security device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to determine an allowable dosage based on a characteristic of the person.

3. The security device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to determine a maximum allowable dosage based on a characteristic of the person.

4. The security device of claim 3, wherein the property includes a target area of the person.

5. The security device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to determine a maximum allowable dosage for the person based on a characteristic of the person and a maximum dose exposure limit for the person.

6. The security device of claim 1, wherein the property includes a dose that may be received by the person.

7. The security device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to determine a characteristic of the person with the controller using the first scan.

8. The security scanner of claim 1, wherein the detect an indicia includes detect an indicia of a contraband carried by the person and a location where the contraband is carried on the person in response to the return of the second scanning beam from the person.

9. The security scanner of claim 8, wherein the output signal includes an output signal indicative of the detected contraband and the location where the contraband is carried on the person.

10. The security scanner of claim 9, wherein the operator indicator is further configured to output an alert indicative of the detected contraband in response to the outputted signal.

11. The security scanner of claim 1, wherein the detect an indicia includes detect an indicia of a contraband carried by the person, creating a representation of the contraband, and a determine a location where the contraband is carried on the person in response to the beam returned from the person.

12. A method comprising:

engaging a scanner in a first scanning mode that includes a first scanning of a person with a first scanning beam of electromagnetic waves;

receiving a return of the first scanning beam of electromagnetic waves from the person;

producing a representation of the person based on the returned first scanning beam of electromagnetic waves;

determining a property of a second scanning mode based on the representation;

engaging the scanner in the second scanning mode that includes a second scanning of the person with a second scanning beam of electromagnetic waves;

receiving a return of the second scanning beam of electromagnetic waves from the person;

detecting an indicia of a contraband carried by the person in response to the return of the second scanning beam; and

displaying a human-perceivable notification of the detected contraband.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining a maximum allowable dosage for the person based on a characteristic of the person and a maximum dose exposure limit for the person.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining an allowable dosage with the controller based on a characteristic of the person.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising determining a maximum allowable dosage for the person based on a characteristic of the person.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the property includes a dose that may be received by the person.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the dose that may be received by the person during the second scanning mode is greater than the dose that may be received by the person during the first scanning mode.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the first scanning mode comprises at least one of an optical scan, a biometric identification scan, and an infrared scan.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the first scanning mode comprises at least one of a microwave scan, an ultrasound scan, and a radiofrequency scan.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the first scanning mode comprises at least one of a backscattering x-ray scan and a transmissive x-ray scan.