Patent ID: 11900749
Assignee: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 29:
30. A cluster screening system comprising:
a plurality of chamber scanners, a given chamber scanner being configured to scan a user to identify whether the user is carrying an item that is to be divested;
a plurality of divestment scanners fewer in number than the plurality of chamber scanners and configured to obtain a detailed item characterization of the item divested from the user, a given divestment scanner being shared to service multiple chamber scanners by multiplexing divested items received from the multiple chamber scanners;
the cluster screening system being configured to coordinate availability of chamber scanners by verifying an identity of the user, and selectively directing the user enter the given chamber scanner according to the identity of the user;
the cluster screening system being configured to customize a scanning procedure that the chamber scanner is to use on the user prescheduled to undergo screening, based on the identity of the user; and
the cluster screening system being configured to customize the scanning procedure based on information the user provided during an airline reservation process or identity verification process.