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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2008
Alysia M. Sagi-dolev, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alysia M. Sagi-Dolev, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Qylur Security Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for efficiently screening for dangerous threatening items in or on an animate subject (e.g., a person) are presented. The system includes a portal that accommodates an animate subject and a test unit that includes equipment for subjecting the animate subject to a combination of two or more tests. There are sensors located in the portal, wherein each of the sensors reads data resulting from testing the animate subject and generates an output signal. A computation unit receives the output signal from each of the sensors and processes the output signals in parallel to determine a risk factor based on parameters resulting from the two or more tests. The test unit may be coupled to a portal and an object unit, wherein the object unit is for screening inanimate subjects (e.g., bags, coats). The parallel acquisition and processing of the output signals enhances accuracy. By testing multiple animate subjects (or a combination of animate subject(s) and inanimate subject(s)) at once, the system improves throughput.