Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1988-04-29
1990-03-06
Orsino, Joseph A.
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
340568, 324233, 324243, G08B 1324
Patent
active
049069730
ABSTRACT:
A walk-through metal detector comprising an array module supporting transmit and receive coil arrays. Surrounding the array module, yet not touching it, is an outer shell protecting the array module from contact. A passageway tube passes through the opening in the array module, and is supported by the outer shell, further isolating the array module from mechanical vibration. The array module has a relatively high resonant frequency; thus, vibration induced signals are higher in frequency than actual target signals and are disregarded by the detection circuitry. The metal detector also includes a bypass chute, mechanically isolated from the array module, in which metallic objects may be placed and transported to the exit of the passageway without setting any alarms. The array module supports a balanced transmit and receive coil array for insensitivity to external electromagnetic interference. Alternate coil configurations may be selected by the operator to reduce the detector's sensitivity at predetermined portions of the passageway. The detection circuitry of the metal detector includes quadrature phase demodulators for separating target signals into components caused by eddy currents and by permeability changes. The detection circuitry looks for permeability changes only when detected eddy currents indicate a person is within the passageway. A small target detection circuit watches for metal only when the person is centered within the passageway. A large target detection circuit with less sensitivity detects quantities of metal that overload the small target detection circuit.
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Karbowski James P.
Rohde Mark W.
Jackson Jill D.
Orsino Joseph A.
White's Electronics, Inc.
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