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Multi-threat detection portal

  • US 8,113,071 B2
  • Filed: 02/04/2008
  • Issued: 02/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for screening an animate subject for a threatening item, the system comprising:

  • a portal for accommodating the animate subject;

    a test unit including equipment for subjecting the animate subject to a combination of two or more different types of tests;

    sensors located in at least one of the portal and the test unit, wherein the sensors read data resulting from testing the animate subject and generate output signals that correspond to the data; and

    a computation unit receiving the output signals from the sensors, processing the output signals individually to generate parameter values, and combining the parameter values from the different types of tests to determine a set of risk factors, wherein each of the risk factors is associated with a category of threat.

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