Lockheed Martin Corporation

Joseph P Zanovitch

Jeffrey Scott Poulin

Michael A Heaton

Richard C Van Hall

Robert Strebel

Linda H Rockwood

Tonya K Bender

Susan Douglas

Douglas J Beach

A dynamically configurable threat scanning machine management system is capable of tracking information associated with one ore more items and/or passengers. The central control computer network can transmit, among other things, operational software and threat profiles to the threat scanning machines, while the threat scanning machines can transmit, among other things, images, alarms, and performance data to the central computer that can be distributed to one or more operator stations and/or other command and control centers for review and analysis. The threat scanning machine management system can be arranged in a hierarchical manner which enables threat scanning machines at various locations to be connected into regional, national or international control centers. The tracked information and alarm generation and distribution allow, for example, comparison to other information to determine if an alarm or change in thresholds or sensitivity is warranted.

Passenger and item tracking with system alerts

Disclosed is a dynamically configurable threat scanning machine management system that utilizes a network to connect threat scanning machines with a central control computer. The central control computer can transmit, among other things, operational software and threat profiles to the threat scanning machines, while the threat scanning machines can transmit, among other things, images and performance data to the central computer. The threat scanning machine management system can be arranged in a hierarchical manner, which enables threat scanning machines at various locations to be connected into regional, national or international control centers for greater management efficiency. The network may be wireless and the control computer may be portable, enabling a supervisor to remotely manage the threat scanning machines while remaining mobile about the facility, or elsewhere. Additionally, the threat scanning machine management system can be accessed and monitored remotely from a web browser via secure Internet access.

Threat scanning machine management system

The processing of mail pieces relies in part on automated address interpretation of captured address field images to generate sortation signals that control automated mail sorting machinery at outgoing and incoming mail centers. In alternative implementations, a coding depth file (&ldquo;CDF&rdquo;) controls (i) the depth to which a captured address field image is resolved and (ii) a time delay in performing address interpretation. In one aspect, a CDF includes a first set of data associating a depth value with each of a selected plurality of incoming mail centers to which an outgoing mail center sends mail pieces. The depth value controls the depth to which a stored address field image is resolved and corresponds to a level of refinement to which automated sorting machinery at the associated incoming mail center sorts mail pieces. In another aspect, a CDF includes a second set of data associating a deferral time with stored address data, the deferral time representing at least an acceptable maximum length of time before sortation signals are rendered accessible to the automated sorting machinery at the incoming mail center.

Coding depth file and method of postal address processing using a coding depth file

A system for assembling and communicating variable-length data messages over a computer network is adapted to access a master set of predefined data structures and select for inclusion within an assembled message those predefined data structures within the master set meeting a predetermined set of inclusion criteria. A message is assembled to include a set of selected predefined structures and an index including a set of index references. Each index reference corresponds to a data structure within the message and is indicative of the content of the data structure to which it corresponds. An offset reference is associated with each index reference of a selected set of index references included in the index. An offset reference is indicative of the location within the assembled message of a predefined data structure corresponding to the index reference with which the offset references is associated.

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Barton, NY, United States of America

Joseph P Zanovitch