Portable security inspection system
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1. An inspection system for screening an object under inspection and configured to be transported on a trailer of a vehicle comprising:
- a container with four walls, four corners, a ceiling and a base that defines an enclosed volume, wherein in a stowed position said container rests on the trailer portion of the vehicle and wherein the trailer portion comprises a bracket;
at least one radiation source positioned within said enclosed volume, wherein emissions from said radiation source define a field of view;
at least one detector array positioned within said enclosed volume or physically attached to said container;
a piston positioned in each of said four corners, wherein each piston is positioned to move horizontally from a first retracted state to an extended state;
four legs, each of said four legs attached to said piston in each of the four corners, wherein each of said four legs is adapted to be horizontally extendable outwards from each of said four corners and retractable into each of said four corners based upon a horizontal movement of the attached piston, wherein each of said four legs is vertically extendable to at least one height position from ground level; and
a controller configured to determine said at least one height position using a plurality of data, wherein said plurality of data includes a desired field of view, and to cause each of said four legs to vertically extend to said at least one height position, and wherein at least one the four legs comprises a plate configured to connect to said bracket, thereby securing the container to the trailer.
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The present specification discloses a radiographic inspection system for screening an area. The inspection system has a container that defines an enclosed volume, a radiation source positioned within the enclosed volume, a detector array, a movable structure attached to a portion of the base of the container, and a controller programmed to move the movable structure to achieve an optimum height of the radiation source'"'"'s field of view based upon a plurality of data.
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1. An inspection system for screening an object under inspection and configured to be transported on a trailer of a vehicle comprising:
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a container with four walls, four corners, a ceiling and a base that defines an enclosed volume, wherein in a stowed position said container rests on the trailer portion of the vehicle and wherein the trailer portion comprises a bracket; at least one radiation source positioned within said enclosed volume, wherein emissions from said radiation source define a field of view; at least one detector array positioned within said enclosed volume or physically attached to said container; a piston positioned in each of said four corners, wherein each piston is positioned to move horizontally from a first retracted state to an extended state; four legs, each of said four legs attached to said piston in each of the four corners, wherein each of said four legs is adapted to be horizontally extendable outwards from each of said four corners and retractable into each of said four corners based upon a horizontal movement of the attached piston, wherein each of said four legs is vertically extendable to at least one height position from ground level; and a controller configured to determine said at least one height position using a plurality of data, wherein said plurality of data includes a desired field of view, and to cause each of said four legs to vertically extend to said at least one height position, and wherein at least one the four legs comprises a plate configured to connect to said bracket, thereby securing the container to the trailer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of deploying an inspection system comprising:
- a container with four walls, a ceiling and a base that defines an enclosed volume, wherein said container is stowed on a trailer portion of a transportation vehicle and said trailer portion comprises at least one bracket;
at least one radiation source positioned within said enclosed volume, wherein emissions from said radiation source define a field of view;
at least one detector array positioned within said enclosed volume or physically attached to said container; and
a plurality of legs attached, via pistons, to said container at each of four corners of said container, wherein at least one of said plurality of legs comprises a member that is attached to said bracket, thereby securing the container to said trailer portion, the method comprising;using at least one of said pistons, extending at least one of said plurality of legs horizontally outwards from said four corners of said container; using a controller, determine a height position for said plurality of legs using a plurality of data, wherein said plurality of data includes a desired field of view; based on said determination, extending each of said plurality of legs vertically downwards so that each of said plurality of legs achieves said height position and is in contact with the ground at a surveillance site; continuing to extend each of said plurality of legs vertically downwards to enable said container to be lifted off from the trailer portion and be supported fully on said plurality of legs at said surveillance site; and
,driving said trailer portion away from said surveillance site. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
- a container with four walls, a ceiling and a base that defines an enclosed volume, wherein said container is stowed on a trailer portion of a transportation vehicle and said trailer portion comprises at least one bracket;
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