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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Inventors:
Willem Gerhardus Johannes Langeveld, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Edward D. Franco, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G01V 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/0041 (2013.01); G01N 23/04 (2013.01); G01N 2223/423 (2013.01); G01N 2223/643 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present specification discloses systems for a compact and portable X-ray transmission imaging system that is used for security inspection of small items. The system includes a housing with an X-ray tunnel for receiving an article to be inspected, a conveyor for conveying the article through the tunnel, a dual source X-ray system, with a central target, for generating two overlapping cone beams, and a two-dimensional X-ray detector system for detecting the generated dual energy X-rays.