Apparatus, method and system for screening receptacles and persons
First Claim
1. Apparatus for performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles, said apparatus comprising:
- an input for receiving image data conveying an image of contents of a currently screened receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the currently screened receptacle with penetrating radiation;
a processing unit, for determining whether the image depicts at least one prohibited object;
a storage component for storing history image data associated with images of contents of receptacles previously screened by said apparatus; and
a graphical user interface for displaying a representation of the contents of the currently screened receptacle on a basis of the image data, said graphical user interface being adapted for displaying a representation of the contents of each of at least one of the receptacles previously screened by said apparatus on a basis of the history image data.
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Abstract
An apparatus for performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles. The apparatus may comprise an input for receiving image data conveying an image of contents of a receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation. The apparatus may also comprise a processing unit for determining whether the image depicts at least one prohibited object. The apparatus may also comprise a graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying a representation of the contents of the receptacle on a basis of the image data. The GUI may also display a representation of the contents of each of one or more receptacles previously screened by the apparatus. When a detection of depiction of at least one prohibited object is made, the GUI may display information conveying a level of confidence in the detection. The GUI may also provide at least one control allowing a user to select whether or not the GUI is to highlight on the representation of the contents of the receptacle a location of each of at least one prohibited object deemed to be depicted in the image.
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75 Claims
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1. Apparatus for performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles, said apparatus comprising:
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an input for receiving image data conveying an image of contents of a currently screened receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the currently screened receptacle with penetrating radiation;
a processing unit, for determining whether the image depicts at least one prohibited object;
a storage component for storing history image data associated with images of contents of receptacles previously screened by said apparatus; and
a graphical user interface for displaying a representation of the contents of the currently screened receptacle on a basis of the image data, said graphical user interface being adapted for displaying a representation of the contents of each of at least one of the receptacles previously screened by said apparatus on a basis of the history image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer implemented graphical user interface for use in performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles, said computer implemented graphical user interface comprising a component for displaying a representation of contents of a currently screened receptacle, the representation of contents of a currently screened receptacle being derived from image data conveying an image of the contents of the currently screened receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the currently screened receptacle with penetrating radiation, said computer implemented graphical user interface being adapted for displaying a representation of contents of each of at least one of a plurality of previously screened receptacles, the representation of contents of each of at least one of a plurality of previously screened receptacles being derived from history image data associated with images of the contents of the previously screened receptacles.
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12. A method for performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles, said method comprising:
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receiving image data conveying an image of contents of a currently screened receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the currently screened receptacle with penetrating radiation;
processing the image data to determine whether the image depicts at least one prohibited object;
storing history image data associated with images of contents of previously screened receptacles; and
displaying on a graphical user interface a representation of the contents of the currently screened receptacle on a basis of the image data; and
displaying on the graphical user interface a representation of the contents of each of at least one of the previously screened receptacles on a basis of the history image data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. Apparatus for performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles, said apparatus comprising:
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an input for receiving image data conveying an image of contents of a receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation;
a processing unit for determining whether the image depicts at least one prohibited object; and
a graphical user interface for;
displaying a representation of the contents of the receptacle on a basis of the image data; and
providing at least one control allowing a user to select whether or not said graphical user interface highlights on the representation of the contents of the receptacle a location of each of at least one prohibited object deemed to be depicted in the image. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer implemented graphical user interface for use in performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles, said computer implemented graphical user interface comprising:
- a component for displaying a representation of contents of a receptacle, the representation of contents of a receptacle being derived from image data conveying an image of the contents of the receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation; and
a component for providing at least one control allowing a user to select whether or not said computer implemented graphical user interface highlights on the representation of the contents of the receptacle a location of each of at least one prohibited object deemed to be depicted in the image.
- a component for displaying a representation of contents of a receptacle, the representation of contents of a receptacle being derived from image data conveying an image of the contents of the receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation; and
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32. A method for performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles, said method comprising:
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receiving image data conveying an image of contents of a receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation;
processing the image data to determine whether the image depicts at least one prohibited object; and
displaying on a graphical user interface a representation of the contents of the receptacle on a basis of the image data; and
providing on the graphical user interface at least one control allowing a user to select whether or not said graphical user interface highlights on the representation of the contents of the receptacle a location of each of at least one prohibited object deemed to be depicted in the image. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. Apparatus for performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles, said apparatus comprising:
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an input for receiving image data conveying an image of contents of a receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation;
a processing unit for;
processing the image data to detect depiction of one or more prohibited objects in the image; and
responsive to detection that the image depicts at least one prohibited object, deriving a level of confidence in the detection; and
a graphical user interface for displaying;
a representation of the contents of the receptacle derived from the image data; and
information conveying the level of confidence. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A computer implemented graphical user interface for use in performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles, said computer implemented graphical user interface comprising:
- a component for displaying a representation of contents of a receptacle, the representation of contents of a receptacle being derived from image data conveying an image of the contents of the receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation; and
a component for displaying information conveying a level of confidence in a detection that the image depicts at least one prohibited object, the detection being performed by a processing unit processing the image data.
- a component for displaying a representation of contents of a receptacle, the representation of contents of a receptacle being derived from image data conveying an image of the contents of the receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation; and
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59. A method for performing a security screening operation on receptacles to detect presence of one or more prohibited objects in the receptacles, said method comprising:
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receiving image data conveying an image of contents of a receptacle, the image data being derived from a device that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation;
processing the image data to detect depiction of one or more prohibited objects in the image;
responsive to detection that the image depicts at least one prohibited object, deriving a level of confidence in the detection;
displaying on a graphical user interface a representation of the contents of the receptacle derived from the image data; and
displaying on the graphical user interface information conveying the level of confidence. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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