Autonomous container-transportable system for vehicle scanning

• US 10,416,340 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2017
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Linev Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Adani Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Karas, Vladimir, Linev, Vladimir N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Hoon K
• Application Number:
  US15/607,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20180341039A1
• Time in Patent Office: 843 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 5/20 Detecting prohibited goods, e.g. weapons, explosives, hazardous substances, contraband or smuggled objects
• 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

Abstract

A containerized system for vehicle scanning, includes a container; the container having a vertically movable top portion of the container, the top portion including an X-ray source and a collimator; the container having a bottom portion, the bottom portion including a first linear X-ray detector; an entry ramp that rotates to a vertical position in a transportable state and functions as a first wall of the container, the entry ramp being foldable so as not to exceed a height of the container in the transportable state; an exit ramp that rotates to a vertical position in the transportable state and functions as a second wall of the container, the entry ramp being foldable so as not to exceed a height of the container in the transportable state; a generator for autonomous operation; and an operator station for display of scan data.

Claims

1. A containerized system for vehicle scanning, comprising:

a container;

the container having a vertically movable top portion of the container, the top portion including an X-ray source and a collimator;

the container having a bottom portion, the bottom portion including a first linear X-ray detector;

an entry ramp that rotates to a vertical position in a transportable state and functions as a first wall of the container, the entry ramp being foldable so as to reduce its length to not exceed a height of the container in the transportable state;

an exit ramp that rotates to a vertical position in the transportable state and functions as a second wall of the container, the entry ramp being foldable so as to reduce its length to not exceed a height of the container in the transportable state;

a generator for autonomous operation; and

an operator station for display of scan data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the X-ray generates X-rays at two different wavelengths.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the generator is located in a separate compartment.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operator station is located in a separate compartment.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein vertically movable top portion is movable using hydraulic actuators.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the containerized system, in the transportable state, is approximately a size of an intermodal shipping container.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising two vertical detectors on either side of the vehicle.