US 11,927,714 B2
Scanner for differentiating objects behind an opaque surface
John Robert Stauss, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Zircon Corporation, Campbell, CA (US)
Filed by Zircon Corporation, Campbell, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/369,853.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,103, filed on Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0011460 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G01V 3/38 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 3/38 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scanner for differentiating a plurality of objects detected behind an opaque surface, comprising:
a plurality of sensors, controlled by one or more processors, configured to collect sensor data of the plurality of objects behind an opaque surface in parallel along a scan path of the scanner;
the one or more processors are configured to identify signal strengths detected by the plurality of sensors using the sensor data, wherein the signal strengths detected include combined signal strengths of a plurality of different types of objects;
the one or more processors are further configured to analyze the signal strengths detected by the plurality of sensors to differentiate a plurality of estimated regions of the plurality of objects behind the opaque surface, wherein the plurality of estimated regions include estimated regions for the plurality of different types of objects;
the one or more processors are further configured to indicate proximity of the plurality of different types of objects using the estimated regions; and
the one or more processors are further configured to inform a user, via a user interface, of the plurality of estimated regions of the plurality of types of objects behind the opaque surface.