System to monitor, detect and analyze chemical, radiation and/or biological threats

• US 20050078004A1
• Filed: 04/30/2003
• Published: 04/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Global Interface Solutions Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Johnson R. Brent
• Inventors: Johnson, R. Brent
• Granted Patent: US 7,159,239 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.260
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/5438 Electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 1/163 Whole body counters hand or feet contamination measurement G01T1/167; lung, brain, thyroid, kidney or the like counting G01T1/16
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/12 responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 31/00 Predictive alarm systems characterised by extrapolation or other computation using updated historic data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/163333 Organic [e.g., chemical warfare agents, insecticides, etc.]

Abstract

A system to monitor, detect and analyze chemical, radiation and/or biological threats. The system includes a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor gathers data on chemical, radiation or biological agents. A central processing unit is in communication with sensors analyzes sensor collected data. A transmission system transmits data in the form of alerts from each central processing unit by secure, encrypted packets over a network.

Claims

1. A system to monitor, detect and analyze chemical, radiation or biological threats, which system comprises:

a plurality of biosensors, wherein each said biosensor gathers data on chemical, radiation, or biological agents;

a transmission system to transmit said data from each said biosensor via a secure, encrypted transmission; and

a central site central processing unit in communication with said transmission system to collect all of said data.

2. A system to monitor, detect and analyze as set forth in claim 1 wherein said transmission system includes at least one transmitting system central processing unit remote from said central site processing unit.

3. A system to monitor, detect and analyze as set forth in claim 1 wherein said biosensors are mounted on a walk through metal detector.

4. A system to monitor, detect and analyze as set forth in claim 1 wherein transmission system transmits data in the form of alerts and wherein said central site central processing unit has a computer program executing to receive computer generated alert information.

5. A system to monitor, detect and analyze as set forth in claim 1 wherein said transmission system retrieves a dynamic address from a secure name server using a unique ID/password combination.

6. A process to monitor, detect and analyze chemical, radiation or biological threats, which process comprises:

gathering data on chosen biological or chemical agents from a plurality of biosensors;

transmitting said data from each said biosensor via a secure, encrypted transmission; and

receiving, decrypting and analyzing said data from said plurality of biosensors.

7. A process as set forth in claim 6 including the additional step of mounting said biosensors on a walk through metal detector.

8. A process as set forth in claim 6 wherein said data is transmitted by a transmission system over a network, wherein said data is received at a central site central processing unit in communication with said transmission system.

9. A process as set forth in claim 6 wherein said data analysis includes eliminating false positives.