Patent Document ID: 9763426
Application ID: 15212467
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of implementing vapor wake detection comprising: defining a location to be monitored, wherein the location is one of a plurality of location types; positioning a canine by a handler in the location to be monitored; sampling the air with the canine for a vapor trail generated by a moving carrier; detecting with the canine a target odor emitted from a target object, wherein the target object is a hazardous or illicit substance carried by the moving carrier, and the target odor is emitted from the target object at the time the moving carrier is moving through the location to be monitored, and the canine has been positioned in the location to the monitored, and without further influence from the handler, following the carrier with the canine, wherein the canine works independently of the handler and follows the moving carrier once the hazardous or illicit substance is detected; and identifying the carrier based on a change of behavior of the canine recognized by the handler.