US 12,287,397 B2
Footwear scanning systems and methods
Justin L. Fernandes, Kennewick, WA (US); Douglas L. McMakin, Richland, WA (US); David M. Sheen, Richland, WA (US); Jonathan R. Tedeschi, Richland, WA (US); and Thomas E. Hall, Kennewick, WA (US)
Assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US)
Filed by Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/658,111.
Application 15/658,111 is a division of application No. 13/870,835, filed on Apr. 25, 2013, granted, now 9,715,012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0273310 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 7/41 (2006.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01); G01V 3/12 (2006.01); G01V 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 13/887 (2013.01) [G01S 7/41 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G01V 3/12 (2013.01); G01V 8/005 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A footwear scanning method comprising:
transmitting a plurality of electromagnetic waves into footwear;
after the transmitting, receiving electromagnetic waves from the footwear;
processing the electromagnetic waves received from the footwear to implement synthetic imaging of the footwear which provides information regarding contents within the footwear;
wherein the transmitting comprises upwardly emitting the transmitted electromagnetic waves from an antenna array positioned below a sole of the footwear into the sole of the footwear and the received electromagnetic waves from the footwear are reflected by the footwear; and
wherein all of the received electromagnetic waves that are processed to provide the information regarding the contents of the footwear are received by the antenna array positioned below the sole of the footwear.