Patent ID: 9223052
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G01N,G01V,G05B

Abstract:
1. A vehicular traffic control and cargo scanning system for scanning a volume of vehicular traffic comprising: a first X-ray scanning gantry having a first X-ray source and a first plurality of detector arrays, wherein said first X-ray scanning gantry is arranged over a first vehicle pathway and configured to form a first inspection region capable of receiving a first portion of said volume of vehicular traffic comprising at least a first vehicle with cargo and wherein said first X-ray scanning gantry is arranged to scan said first vehicle cargo and generate a first set of scan data; a second X-ray scanning gantry having a second X-ray source and a second plurality of detector arrays, wherein said second X-ray scanning gantry is arranged over a second vehicle pathway and configured to form a second inspection region capable of receiving a second portion of said volume of vehicular traffic comprising at least a second vehicle with cargo and wherein said second X-ray scanning gantry is arranged to scan said second vehicle cargo and generate a second set of scan data, wherein at least one of the first and second X-ray scanning gantries is configured to scan subsequent vehicles in response to continuous traffic flow; a storage array for receiving each set of first and second scan data directly from each of said first and second X-ray scanning gantries; a computing device configured as a job dispatcher, threat detection processors arranged to process said first and second set of scan data from each of said first and second X-ray scanning gantries to determine whether said first and second set of scan data meets a predetermined threat condition, wherein said job dispatcher allocates processing time on one or more of the threat detection processors and wherein a sensitivity of at least one of the threat detection processors is adjustable based on said volume of vehicular traffic in the continuous traffic flow; a plurality of workstations; a memory for storing a plurality of operator profiles; a data management means, wherein said data management means is arranged to direct data that meets the threat condition to one of the plurality of workstations for analysis and wherein said data management means directs said data to said one of the plurality of workstations based on at least one of said plurality of operator profiles; and a vehicular traffic control system, comprising vehicular traffic lights and controlled by the job dispatcher, that directs a movement of said first and/or second vehicles into a holding bay in response to the first vehicle and/or second vehicle cargo meeting a threat condition or past the holding bay if the first vehicle and/or second vehicle cargo does not meet the threat condition, thereby enabling the scanning of the subsequent vehicles in the continuous traffic flow.