Patent ID: 7808381
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G06Q,G08B

Abstract:
1. A networked CBRNE detection and reporting system for inter-modal freight, comprising: a plurality of networked CBRNE detectors for parallel screening of inter-modal containers at a plurality of screening sites, wherein each detector is capable of detecting one or more agents in a sample of air drawn from an inter-modal container, wherein the agents are indicative of the presence of at least one weapon-of-mass-destruction in the inter-modal container, and further wherein the detectors are at a dockside location; a sample line at each screening site, wherein a first end of the sample line is coupled to the detector and a second end of the sample line is suitably positionable to obtain the sample of air from the inter-modal container at each screening site; a data processing system, wherein the data processing system: (a) is networked to the plurality of detectors; (b) receives information from each detector pertaining to the sample of air obtained from each inter-modal container; (c) receives first information from a shipping manifest for each inter-modal container; (d) analyzes the information pertaining to the sample and the first information for each inter-modal container to determine whether a weapon-of-mass-destruction is present therein; and a device for issuing an alarm, wherein the alarm issues when the data processing system determines that a weapon-of-mass-destruction is present in one of the inter-modal container at one of the screening sites.