Patent ID: 7119553
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: A61B,G01N,G01R,G01V

Abstract:
1. A security scanning device for scanning, identifying and imaging the contents of devices in a sensing space, comprising: a plurality of arrays of sensor means adjacent the sensing space; means for developing a plurality of electric fields between at least one excitation electrode and each of a plurality of detection electrodes of a second array of detection electrodes of said sensor means in response to input signals applied to said excitation electrode of said sensor means; software for attributing different sensor signals for dividing the sensing space into small cubes in multiple layers; means for delivering signals from each detection electrode of said second array of detection electrodes of said sensor means to a data acquisition system; means for analyzing signals received by said data acquisition system to determine the nature of the devices in said sensing space and to image a cross-section of the device; and a knowledge database associated with said means for analyzing signals received by said data acquisition system, said database being indexed such that data is used for back propagation for identifying concealed objects.