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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Smiths Heimann Sas, Vitry sur Seine, FR;

Inventors:

Agathe Brabant, Vitry sur Seine, FR;

Guillaume Jegou, Vitry sur Seine, FR;

Assignee:

SMITHS HEIMANN SAS, Vitry-sur-Seine, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/10 (2018.01); G01V 5/00 (2006.01); G21K 1/10 (2006.01); H01J 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/10 (2013.01); G01V 5/0016 (2013.01); G01V 5/0041 (2013.01); G01V 5/0066 (2013.01); G21K 1/10 (2013.01); H01J 37/023 (2013.01); G01N 2223/206 (2013.01); G01N 2223/3032 (2013.01); G01N 2223/313 (2013.01); G01N 2223/32 (2013.01); G01N 2223/3308 (2013.01); G01N 2223/41 (2013.01); G01N 2223/639 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inspection system () having: ⋅ a source () configured to generate inspection radiation (); ⋅ a collimator () configured to collimate the inspection radiation into an inspection beam () configured to irradiate a section of a vehicle (); ⋅ a filter () located between the source and the collimator, the filter having at least a cargo configuration and an attenuation configuration; and ⋅ a controller () configured to control the configuration of the filter, such that the filter is in the cargo configuration when the inspection beam irradiates a container (), and in the attenuation configuration when the inspection beam irradiates a cabin ().


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