Human body: scanning, typing and profiling system

• US 7,239,151 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2005
• Issued: 07/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Secure Logistix
• Original Assignee: Secure Logistix Incorporated
• Inventors: Bailey, Kenneth S., Barrera, Fernando A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Vincent Q.
• Application Number:
  US11/127,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20060110010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 324/644
• CPC Class Codes: A41H 1/02 Devices for taking measurements on the human body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/103 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes A61B5/08 takes precedence; measuring aids for tailors A41H1/00; measuring instruments specially adapted for dentistry A61C19/04
• 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

Abstract

A body scanning measurement, typing and profiling apparatus and method utilizing microwave energy. Microwaves are used to measure the size and shape of an individual. An array of miniaturized transmitting antennas direct RF energy to a similarly sized array of receiving antennas. Microwaves are directed toward an object, such as a human being, to be measured and the unabsorbed energy of the microwaves transmitted is measured and converted to a signal representative of the size and shape of the object being measured. A computer processor generates vital body measurements and stores such measurements for future use.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

transmitting a plurality of signals alone a line which plurality of signals are spaced from one another;

receiving at least some of said plurality of signals in a receiver;

moving a position of said transmitting; and

using a processor to determine a three-demensional shape of an object between said transmitting and said receiving, based on said two-dimensional scanner, further comprising using said three-dimensional shape for identification of a human individual.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein said moving comprises moving the transmitting and receiving along a vertical line while scanning in the horizontal direction.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein said moving comprises rotating the transmitting and receiving in a plane while scanning in that plane.

4. A method as in claim 1, further comprising using said three-dimensional shape for determining a size of a person.

5. A method as in claim 1, wherein said identification comprises determining a category of the person'"'"'s body type from said scanning.

6. A method as in claim 1, further comprising sending information indicative of the three-dimensional shape from said processor to a remote computer which is remote from said processor.

7. A method as in claim 1, wherein said transmitting a plurality of signals comprises transmitting a plurality of RF signals.

8. A method, comprising:

transmitting a plurality of signals along a line which plurality of signals are spaced from one another;

receiving at least some of said plurality of signals in a receiver;

moving a position of said transmitting; and

using a processor to determine a three-dimensionai shape of an object between said transmitting and said receiving, based on said two-dimensional scanner, further comprising using said three-dimensional shape to form width profiling between different body parts, and using said width profiling to identify human individuals.