Patent ID: 9714920
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G01N,G01V

Claim:
1. A detection system for detecting a presence of a threat object on a person comprising: a gate defining a detection area; at least one camera positioned proximate to said gate, wherein said at least one camera is adapted to capture a plurality of frames and wherein each of said plurality of frames is indicative of a position of the person as the person moves through said detection area; a plurality of magnetic field generators and a plurality of magnetic field detectors positioned within said gate and adapted to generate a plurality of electromagnetic images of said person and the threat object passing through said detection area; and a processor adapted to determine which frame from said plurality of frames was recorded when an electromagnetic image from said plurality of electromagnetic images was generated, to analyze said frame to identify which parts of the person are within said electromagnetic image, and determine how far said parts were displaced relative to a reference position.