Patent ID: 7000827

Claim:
An X-ray examining apparatus comprising: a monitor for displaying an X-ray image for an operator; and an operator unit, said operator unit comprising: an operating field for being manipulated by the operator to operate the operating unit and thereby operate the X-ray examining apparatus and the monitor; and an identification system, said identification system including an identification means for being carried by the operator and a counterpart device for being operatively coupled to said operating field, wherein said counterpart device is for activating said operating unit to a first mode of operation when the operator begins to operate the operating unit in at least partial response to information on said identification means read by said counterpart device, and for activating said operating unit to a second different mode of operation in at least partial response to information on said identification means read by said counterpart device when said operator stops operating said X-ray examining apparatus, and wherein said X-ray examining apparatus inspects article containers.