Methods and systems for detecting concealed objects
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1. A system for detecting a presence of concealed objects, the system comprising:
- at least one temperature modifying component for modifying a temperature distribution of an emitting body;
said at least one temperature modifying component altering a thermal balance of said emitting body;
at least one image acquisition device for receiving electromagnetic radiation from the emitting body and of acquiring at least one image of the emitting body from the received electromagnetic radiation; and
an analysis component for identifying at least one region in said at least one image, said analysis component receiving said at least one image from said at least one image acquisition device;
the received electromagnetic radiation from the emitting body, the emitting body having a modified temperature distribution, enabling detection of the presence of concealed objects.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for detecting the presence of concealed objects.
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1. A system for detecting a presence of concealed objects, the system comprising:
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at least one temperature modifying component for modifying a temperature distribution of an emitting body;
said at least one temperature modifying component altering a thermal balance of said emitting body;at least one image acquisition device for receiving electromagnetic radiation from the emitting body and of acquiring at least one image of the emitting body from the received electromagnetic radiation; and an analysis component for identifying at least one region in said at least one image, said analysis component receiving said at least one image from said at least one image acquisition device; the received electromagnetic radiation from the emitting body, the emitting body having a modified temperature distribution, enabling detection of the presence of concealed objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for detecting a presence of concealed objects, the method comprising the steps of:
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modifying a temperature distribution of an emitting body by altering a thermal balance of the emitting body; acquiring, utilizing an acquisition device, at least one image from electromagnetic radiation emanating from the emitting body after the temperature distribution has been modified; identifying, utilizing at least one processor and at least one computer readable medium having computer readable code that causes the processor to perform the method step, at least one region in the at least one image; determining, utilizing at least one processor and at least one computer readable medium having computer readable code that causes the processor to perform the method step, characteristics of the at least one region; enhancing detectability of the at least one region in the at least one acquired image, utilizing at least one processor and at least one computer readable medium having computer readable code that causes the processor to perform the method step; and providing the at least one image for detection of the presence of concealed objects. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for detecting a presence of concealed objects, the system comprising:
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at least one temperature modifying component for modifying a temperature distribution of an emitting body;
said modifying the temperature distribution comprising altering a thermal balance of said emitting body;at least one image acquisition device for receiving electromagnetic radiation from the emitting body and of acquiring at least one image of the emitting body from the received electromagnetic radiation; at least one processor; and at least one computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein, the computer readable code causing said at least one processor to; receive said at least one image from said at least one image acquisition device; enhance detectability of at least one region in said at least one image; and provide said at least one image with enhanced detectability to a detection component. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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