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Method and system for electronic inspection of baggage and cargo

  • US 8,600,149 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2008
  • Issued: 12/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of electronically inspecting baggage, comprising:

  • generating scan data representative of a piece of baggage;

    extracting at least one of contour and surface information from the scan data, the at least one of contour and surface information representative of an object within the baggage;

    converting the at least one of contour and surface information to spherical harmonic coefficients;

    performing a weighted comparison of the spherical harmonic coefficients to an object database to identify an object match, the object database comprising spherical harmonic coefficients representative of shapes of known objects; and

    presenting the object match.

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