- Patent Title: Multiple-scanner X-ray system including synchronized X-ray markers
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Application No.: US16709348Application Date: 2019-12-10
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Publication No.: US10884157B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Cecilia Barela , Tye McGrath
- Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
- Current Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: Lavanya Ratnam
- Agent Kelly G. Hyndman
- Main IPC: G01V5/00
- IPC: G01V5/00 ; B65G49/00 ; G01N23/04 ; B65G15/00 ; B65G43/00

Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a system and method for synchronized markers. A multiple-scanner X-ray system includes a belt passing by an upper X-ray scanner and a lower X-ray scanner. An upper belt portion is conveyed in a first direction by the upper X-ray scanner and a lower belt portion is conveyed in a second direction opposite the first direction by the lower X-ray scanner, to obtain upper and lower X-rays. A plurality of X-ray reactive markers are positionally synchronized relative to each other and the belt and conveyed by the belt to cause upper visual marker information, corresponding to a visual appearance of the upper scanned belt section, to be consistent with i) upper X-ray marker information of the upper X-ray, and ii) lower X-ray marker information of the lower X-ray.
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