X-RAY BACKSCATTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DISCREPANCIES IN ITEMS

Patent №

US 9,709,514

Granted

2017-07-18

Filed 2012

Owner

THE BOEING COMPANY

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13437459

A method for detecting discrepancies in an item is provided. The method comprises: directing energy waves at the item along at least one dimension, wherein a portion of the energy waves are reflected back from the item; detecting reflected energy waves from the item along at least one dimension and recording the intensity of the detected reflected energy waves, and forming a one-dimensional image of the item from the detected reflected energy waves.

VisionG01N 23/203G01N 2223/426G01N 2223/631G01N 2223/6466G01N 2223/652

AI classification

Vision0.97
Natural language0.00
Machine learning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Speech0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
AI hardware0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

THE BOEING COMPANY

assignment · 279730200

Assignors

EDWARDS, WILLIAM TALION, GEORGESON, GARY E., ENGEL, JAMES E.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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