Radiant energy – Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling – With means to inspect passive solid objects
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-16
2006-05-16
Gagliardi, Albert (Department: 2878)
Radiant energy
Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling
With means to inspect passive solid objects
C250S359100, C250S360100, C250S369000, C378S057000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07045787
ABSTRACT:
A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the fast-moving target object having a variable velocity and acceleration while maintaining a substantially constant distance from the radiation source and being selected from the group consisting of: a vehicle, a cargo container and a railroad car; a velocity measuring device configured to measure the variable velocity of the fast-moving target object; a detector array comprising a plurality of photon detectors, having a position such that at least some of the at least a portion of the radiation passing through the target object is received thereby, the detector array having a variable count time according to the variable velocity and a grid unit size; a counter circuit coupled to the detector array for discretely counting a number of photons entering individual photon detectors, the counter circuit measuring a count rate according to a contents within the fast-moving target object; a high baud-rate interface coupled to the counter circuit for sending count information from the counter circuit at a rate fast enough to support real-time data transfer therethrough; and a processor coupled to the velocity measuring device and to the high-baud-rate interface, receiving count information from the high baud-rate interface and generating distortion-free image data in real time as a function of the count information and the variable velocity. A method for using the system is also disclosed.
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Adams Jeffrey
Maxwell Judith
Shyffer Ryan
Smith Scott
Verbinski Victor
Gagliardi Albert
Science Applications International Corporation
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