METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING CHARACTERISTICS OF LIQUIDS

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING CHARACTERISTICS OF LIQUIDS

A method to perform security screening at an airport on hand-carried baggage. The method includes requesting passengers with hand carried baggage to remove from the baggage a container that holds a liquid and perform an x-ray inspection on the hand carried baggage and on the container while the cont...

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Hauptverfasser: GUDMUNDSON DAN, DOYLE AIDAN, PHAM VINH PHUC
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
GEOPHYSICS
GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS
MEASURING
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:A method to perform security screening at an airport on hand-carried baggage. The method includes requesting passengers with hand carried baggage to remove from the baggage a container that holds a liquid and perform an x-ray inspection on the hand carried baggage and on the container while the container remains outside the baggage. According to the method, the results of the x-ray inspection are used to determine if the baggage contains illegal objects and if the liquid is a security threat.