High-speed security inspection system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10698128
APP PUB NO 20170023698A1
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15002592

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The present specification discloses a high speed scanning system for scanning cargo carried by rail. The system uses of a two-dimensional X-ray sensor array with, in one embodiment, a cone-beam X-ray geometry. The pulse rate of X-ray source is modulated based on the speed of the moving cargo to allow a distance traveled by the cargo between X-ray pulses to be equal to the width of the detector, for a single energy source, and to half the width of the detector for a dual energy source. This ensures precise timing between the X-ray exposure and the speed of the passing object, and thus accurate scanning of cargo even at high speeds.

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RAPISCAN SYSTEMS INC2805 COLUMBIA STREET TORRANCE CA 90503

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Morton, Edward James Guildford, GB 160 4253

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