Patent ID: 7825648

Claim:
An ion acoustic remote substance identification and location system, comprising: a. an ion acoustic voltage radiation source; b. means for ionizing an intermediate chemical to produce a probing signal of a desired frequency and amplitude capable of propagating a voltage from said ion acoustic voltage radiation source to a desired target substance to produce non-destructive molecular resonance therein; c. means to transmit said voltage and said probing signal to a target substance to cause said target substance to undergo molecular resonance and produce a characteristic electrical response signal; d. an IR detector for detecting with directional shielding said electrical response signal from said target substance, said IR detector includes a metallic outer housing with an open end, said outer housing made of an metallic outer shield that surrounds an insulative inner shield, located inside said insulative inner shield is one or more infrared emitters that produce a beam of IR radiation is transmitted through said open end and to a target substance, said outer housing also including an electrode used to detect a response signal from a target substance through said open end; e. a transformer assembly attached to said electrode, said transform assembly includes a metallic outer housing; f. an artificial grounding device connected to said outer housings of said IR detector and said transformer assembly, said artificial grounding device includes an outer housing with a IR emitter diode located therein that produces a IR signal when a current is applied thereto, said artificial grounding device also including an opaque, insulative shield that is slightly smaller than said outer housing thereby creating a gap around said outer housing through which said IR signal from said IR emitter diode may be transmit to ionize the air located outside said outer housing; and, f. means to identify said target substance based on said electrical response signal detected by said IR detector.