Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detector systems
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Application No.: US14020317Application Date: 2013-09-06
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Publication No.: US09714920B2Publication Date: 2017-07-25
- Inventor: William Robert Breckon Lionheart , Anthony Peyton , Xiandong Ma
- Applicant: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Torrance
- Assignee: RAPISCAN SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee: RAPISCAN SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Torrance
- Agency: Novel IP
- Priority: GB0700731.3 20070115; GB0703481.2 20070222
- Main IPC: G01R33/00
- IPC: G01R33/00 ; G01N27/72 ; G01V3/10

Abstract:
A detection system comprising a plurality of magnetic field generators and a plurality of magnetic field detectors located adjacent to a detection area, and a control system arranged to generate magnetic field using the generators, and, for each of the generators, to make measurements of the magnetic field generated using each of the detectors, and processing means arranged to process the measurements to generate a data set characterizing the detection area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140167744A1 Detector Systems Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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