Image analysis – Applications – Manufacturing or product inspection
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-13
2010-10-12
Bella, Matthew C (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Manufacturing or product inspection
C382S155000, C382S156000, C382S159000, C382S181000, C382S203000, C378S057000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07813540
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for detecting metal contraband such as weapons related material in shipping containers where a container is scanned with at least one penetrating beam, preferably a tomographic x-ray beam, and at least one image is formed. The image can be analyzed by a pattern recognizer to find voids representing metal. The voids can be further classified with respect to their 2 or 3-dimensional geometric shapes. Container ID and contents or bill of lading information can be combined along with other parameters such as total container weight to allow a processor to generate a detection probability. The processor can use artificial intelligence methods to classify suspicious containers for manual inspection.
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Bella Matthew C
Kraft Clifford
Newman Michael A
Oro Grande Technologies LLC
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