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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN SECURITY SCREENING PROVIDING INCREMENTAL DISPLAY OF THREAT DETECTION INFORMATION AND SECURITY SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME

  • US 20080152082A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2007
  • Published: 06/26/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for facilitating visual identification of a threat in an image during security screening, said method comprising:

  • a. receiving data conveying an image of the contents of a receptacle derived from an apparatus that scans the receptacle with penetrating radiation;

    b. processing the data conveying the image of the contents of the receptacle to derive an area of interest in the image, the area of interest potentially containing a threat;

    c. displaying on a display device first threat information conveying the area of interest in the image while processing the area of interest in the image using an automated threat detection processor to derive second threat information associated to the receptacle;

    d. displaying on the display device the second threat information, the second threat information being displayed subsequently to the displaying of the first threat information.

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