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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Howard N. Lavalley, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert Almassy, Alexandria, VA (US);
Howard N. LaValley, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert Almassy, Alexandria, VA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A detection system and method are provided having vehicle-mounted and manportable mobile surveillance capabilities with minimal equipment redundancy. The system comprises a vehicle-mounted sensor unit, a hand-held unit, a manportable unit and a vehicle-mounted air collector unit. The vehicle-mounted sensor unit comprises a spectroscopy subsystem that is configured to direct light onto a surface outside the vehicle and to capture scattered optical energy from the surface outside the vehicle while the vehicle is moving. The hand-held unit may be removably mounted to the air collector unit to interrogate airborne particles in collected air. The hand-held unit is removable from the air collector unit and is connected to the manportable unit by a cable so as to form an integrated portable detection system for mobile surveillance away from the vehicle by a user.