US 12,332,191 B2
Systems and methods for real-time configurable backscatter scanners
Joseph Bendahan, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Smiths Detection Inc., Edgewood, MD (US)
Appl. No. 18/011,617
Filed by Joseph Bendahan, San Jose, CA (US); and Smiths Detection Inc., Edgewood, MD (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/038911
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/262987, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/043,941, filed on Jun. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0236141 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 23/203 (2006.01); G01N 23/20008 (2018.01); G01V 5/222 (2024.01)
CPC G01N 23/203 (2013.01) [G01N 23/20008 (2013.01); G01N 2223/053 (2013.01); G01V 5/222 (2024.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A backscatter imaging system for imaging an object, said backscatter imaging system comprising:
at least one dimension sensor configured to determine a dimension of the object;
a source array comprising a plurality of discrete sources, said source array configured to selectively activate, based on the determined dimension, said plurality of discrete sources at a frequency that is determined based at least in part on a speed of the object relative to said backscatter imaging system; and
a collimator array comprising a plurality of collimators corresponding to said plurality of discrete sources.