Target odor detection and security apparatus
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1. A security apparatus comprising:
- a screening station including a screening zone defined between an ingress portal and an egress portal of the screening station for an odor emitter to pass through the screening zone;
a remote observation room;
a conduit including a first end and a second end, the conduit attached adjacent the screening station proximate the first end and attached adjacent the observation room proximate the second end, wherein gas can flow freely through the conduit from the screening station screening zone to the observation room;
an inanimate odor detector located in the observation room and configured to identify at least one target odor;
an airflow inducer for inducing airflow from within the screening zone, through the conduit, and to the observation room to entrain odors in the observation room that were emitted in the screening zone so that the inanimate odor detector is exposed to the entrained odors to screen the odors for one or more target odors.
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Abstract
A target odor detection apparatus and system configured to house one or more inanimate odor detectors for screening air passed across odor emitters or conveyances that pass through the target odor detection apparatus. Various communication technologies are incorporated in certain embodiments to provide enhanced control over an apparatus or system located in multiple and, in some cases, very distant, geographic locations.
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1. A security apparatus comprising:
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a screening station including a screening zone defined between an ingress portal and an egress portal of the screening station for an odor emitter to pass through the screening zone; a remote observation room; a conduit including a first end and a second end, the conduit attached adjacent the screening station proximate the first end and attached adjacent the observation room proximate the second end, wherein gas can flow freely through the conduit from the screening station screening zone to the observation room; an inanimate odor detector located in the observation room and configured to identify at least one target odor; an airflow inducer for inducing airflow from within the screening zone, through the conduit, and to the observation room to entrain odors in the observation room that were emitted in the screening zone so that the inanimate odor detector is exposed to the entrained odors to screen the odors for one or more target odors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A security apparatus comprising:
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a screening station including a screening zone defined between an ingress portal and an egress portal of the screening station for an odor emitter to pass through the screening zone; an observation room; an enclosed passageway defining a transfer zone between the screening zone and the observation room; an inanimate odor detector located in the observation room; and an airflow inducer for inducing airflow from within the screening zone, through the transfer zone, and to the observation room to entrain odors in the observation room that were emitted in the screening zone so that the inanimate odor detector is exposed to the entrained odors to screen the odors for one or more target odors, wherein the inanimate odor detector is in communication with an event indicator. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mobile security apparatus comprising:
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a vehicle comprising a screening chamber including a screening zone defined therein, the screening chamber including a portal through which an odor emitter can enter to be screened for one or more target odors; an observation chamber; an enclosed passageway defining a transfer zone between the screening zone and the observation chamber; an inanimate odor detector located in the observation chamber and configured to identify at least one target odor; and an airflow inducer for inducing airflow from within the screening zone, through the transfer zone, and to the observation chamber to entrain odors in the observation chamber that were emitted in the screening zone so that the inanimate odor detector is exposed to the entrained odors to screen the odors for one or more target odors, an engagement apparatus including a sensing device attached adjacent thereto, wherein the sensing device is in communication with an event indicator, and wherein the inanimate odor detector is in communication with the event indicator to indicate that a target odor has been detected.
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19. A security apparatus for screening a conveyance while the conveyance remains in motion, the apparatus comprising:
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a structure including a lateral section, the structure defining a passageway through which a conveyance can pass from an entrance aperture to an exit aperture; a primary exhaust chamber; a plurality of air inducers attached adjacent the lateral section, wherein the air inducers, when operational, direct air within the passageway to the primary exhaust chamber; an air mixing apparatus for ensuring turbulent air conditions during operation within the primary exhaust chamber; a duct attached adjacent the primary exhaust chamber wherein, during operation, a portion of the air flowing through the primary exhaust chamber exits through the duct; and an observation room attached adjacent the duct for receiving air from the passageway and for temporarily housing an inanimate odor detector for screening the air passing through the observation room for a target odor. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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