Patent ID: 8350747
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G01S,G01V,G06K,G07B,G07C

Abstract:
1. A surveillance system, comprising: a first screening apparatus configured to transmit toward and receive from a subject in a subject position, first electromagnetic radiation in a frequency range of about 100 MHz to about 2 THz, from positions spaced from the subject position, the subject including at least a portion of a person in a subject position and detectable objects carried by the person, the first screening apparatus configured to produce from the received radiation, a first image signal representative of a first image of at least a portion of the subject; a second screening apparatus different than the first screening apparatus, and configured to detect from at least one subject-associated item a given characteristic of an object potentially carried by the subject or the at least one subject-associated item, and to produce a screening signal representative of the detection of the given characteristic; and a controller apparatus configured to control operation of the first and second screening apparatuses; to produce, from the image signal, image data representative of the image of the at least a portion of the subject and screening data from the screening signal; to relate the image data to the screening data; to produce from the related image data and screening data, relational information data about whether at least one of (a) the person and (b) the at least one subject-associated item is potentially carrying an object having the given characteristic; to generate conclusions based on the produced relational information data; and to output the generated conclusions.