Patent ID: 6640132
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: G01J,G01N,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
A portable apparatus for analyzing a target comprising:means for obtaining a data set from a target, and means for providing images and patterned data arrays representing images in multiple discrete spectra that can be summed or processed, singly or in multiples wherein said apparatus is adaptable to an application selected from the group consisting of: determining time of death based on a change in cellular chemistry of said target; evaluating a proximity of a gunshot based on residue left on said target; determining a severity of blunt trauma; determining whether oxygen deprivation occurred pre-mortem; evaluating drug status; identifying a location of body fluids on a body or other surface; determining if an injury is old or new; field assessment; location of evidence and evaluation in situ; determining the location of man made objects; evaluating machined surfaces, which have varying polarization and spectral responses, often differing from those, as a class, found on natural objects; studying bodily fluids over a large area; identifying a point of impact; evaluating an entire scene, rather than sample point by point; identifying different hairs for DNA analysis; locating and separating out hairs in a carpet; and analyzing chemical residues on a suspect.