US 12,259,518 B2
Hand-held portable backscatter inspection system
Edward James Morton, Guildford (GB)
Assigned to Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/068,685.
Application 18/068,685 is a continuation of application No. 17/126,342, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,561,320.
Application 17/126,342 is a continuation of application No. 16/199,531, filed on Nov. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,901,113, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Application 16/199,531 is a continuation of application No. 15/074,787, filed on Mar. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,168,445, issued on Jan. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/136,305, filed on Mar. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/136,299, filed on Mar. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/136,362, filed on Mar. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/136,315, filed on Mar. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/136,322, filed on Mar. 20, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204812 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G01N 23/203 (2006.01); G01V 5/22 (2024.01); G01V 5/222 (2024.01)
CPC G01V 5/222 (2024.01) [G01N 23/203 (2013.01); G01V 5/232 (2024.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of scanning an object by projecting a shaped X-ray beam from a hand-held imaging device, wherein the device comprises a housing enclosing an X-ray source that generates the shaped X-ray beam, a plurality of detectors for generating scan data representative of an image comprising pixels and corresponding to a plurality of detected X-ray beams scattered from the object, a processor in communication with at least one sensor configured to generate data indicative of a position of the source of the shaped X-ray beam in three dimensional space, and an acquisition system in communication with a speaker, a display, said processor and said plurality of detectors, the method comprising:
receiving, at the processor, data generated from the at least one sensor, wherein the data generated from the at least one sensor are indicative of the three-dimensional position of the source of the shaped X-ray beam being projected on the object;
determining, using the processor, values for said pixels based on the plurality of detected X-rays scattered from the object; and
generating, using the processor, an image, on said display, of the object using the values for each of the pixels and the data corresponding to the position of the source of the shaped X-ray beam.