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ELEVATOR DOOR SENSOR ARRANGEMENT
20240166472 · 2024-05-23 ·

An elevator door sensor arrangement including: a position sensor configured to determine a configuration of an elevator door of an elevator car; an auxiliary sensor configured to monitor for an object in a sensing region outside of the elevator car, the region being an approach to the elevator car; and a door sensor controller configured to output a signal to a door controller indicating that an object has been sensed by the auxiliary sensor in the sensing region, wherein the sensing region is altered in size and/or location based on the configuration of the elevator door as determined by the position sensor.

ELECTROMAGNETIC-WAVE DETECTION DEVICE AND MOBILE OBJECT
20240151835 · 2024-05-09 · ·

An electromagnetic-wave detection device 10 includes a radiating unit 11, an incidence unit 12, a first detection unit 13, a second detection unit 14, and a controller 15. The radiating unit 11 is configured to radiate electromagnetic waves in multiple different directions within a space. Electromagnetic waves from the space are incident on the incidence unit 12. The electromagnetic waves from the space include reflected waves resulting from electromagnetic waves radiated by the radiating unit 11 being reflected by an object within the space. The first detection unit 13 is configured to detect at least the reflected waves. The second detection unit 14 is configured to detect at least a portion of the electromagnetic waves incident on the incidence unit 12. Based on the detection results of the second detection unit 14, the controller 15 is configured to determine the presence or absence of an interfering factor that may interfere with the detection of reflected waves by the first detection unit 13.

Fluid imaging in a borehole

A borehole fluid imaging system includes a plurality of radiation sources located circumferentially around the borehole. A plurality of radiation detectors are located circumferentially around the borehole. The plurality of radiation detectors detect the radiation transmitted by each of the respective ones of the plurality of radiation sources. A controller is coupled to the plurality of radiation detectors to determine an attenuation of the radiation at the plurality of detectors and generate an image of the fluid in response to the attenuation of the radiation.

LONG WAVELENGTH INFRARED DETECTION AND IMAGING WITH LONG WAVELENGTH INFRARED SOURCE
20190226911 · 2019-07-25 ·

An infrared detection system comprises the following elements. A laser source provides radiation for illuminating a target (5). This radiation is tuned to at least one wavelength in the fingerprint region of the infrared spectrum. A detector (32) detects radiation backscattered from the target (5). An analyser determines from at least the presence or absence of detected signal in said at least one wavelength whether a predetermined volatile compound is present. An associated detection method is also provided. In embodiments, the laser source is tunable over a plurality of wavelengths, and the detector comprises a hyperspectral imaging system. The laser source may be an optical parametric device has a laser gain medium for generating a pump beam in a pump laser cavity, a pump laser source and a nonlinear medium comprising a ZnGeP.sub.2 (ZGP) crystal. On stimulation by the pump beam, the ZnGeP.sub.2 (ZGP) crystal is adapted to generate a signal beam having a wavelength in a fingerprint region of the spectrum and an idler beam having a wavelength in the mid-infrared region of the spectrum. The laser gain medium and the ZnGeP.sub.2 (ZGP) crystal are located in the pump wave cavity.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEBUGGING MILLIMETER WAVE SECURITY INSPECTION INSTRUMENT
20190227190 · 2019-07-25 ·

A millimeter wave security inspection instrument debugging system and a millimeter wave security inspection instrument debugging method, which are used for debugging the imaging definition of a millimeter wave holographic imaging security inspection system. A main control apparatus is used for generating a millimeter wave detection signal and a reference signal. The main control apparatus is also used for, where a millimeter wave transmitting antenna, a millimeter wave receiving antenna and a detected object are respectively located at different relative positions, transmitting the millimeter wave detection signal to the detected object by means of the millimeter wave transmitting antenna, and receiving an echo signal reflected from the detected object by means of the millimeter wave receiving antenna, and then using a holographic image technique to perform three-dimensional imaging according to the reference signal and the echo signal. The main control apparatus can finally obtain a plurality of three-dimensional imaging results, so that the optimal relative positions of the millimeter wave transmitting antenna, the millimeter wave receiving antenna and the detected object can be determined, which results are applied to a millimeter wave holographic imaging security inspection system, thereby improving the imaging definition of the millimeter wave holographic imaging security inspection system.

Fluid Imaging in a Borehole

A borehole fluid imaging system includes a plurality of radiation sources located circumferentially around the borehole. A plurality of radiation detectors are located circumferentially around the borehole. The plurality of radiation detectors detect the radiation transmitted by each of the respective ones of the plurality of radiation sources. A controller is coupled to the plurality of radiation detectors to determine an attenuation of the radiation at the plurality of detectors and generate an image of the fluid in response to the attenuation of the radiation.

STAND-ALONE SENSOR HAVING MOVABLE SHIELD
20190212467 · 2019-07-11 ·

A stand-alone sensor includes a main part, a sensing head mounting on the main part, and a movable shield retractably disposed in the main part. The movable shield is rotatable around the sensing head when protruded from the main part.

TERAHERTZ SECURITY CHECK METHOD AND SYSTEM
20190204473 · 2019-07-04 ·

A terahertz security check method and system may include: a terahertz scanning device collecting a terahertz original image of a human body under test, and sending the same to a central server that identifies the terahertz original image, and determines whether the human body under test carries an article. If so, the image is marked with the position of the article and sent to a monitoring terminal. The monitoring terminal correspondingly marking the position of the article on a pre-stored human body cartoon image, and displaying the terahertz original images before and after marking to monitoring personnel, so that the monitoring personnel determine whether the central server has an identification error; and if so, the monitoring terminal changing a marker on the human body cartoon image, and sending the changed cartoon image to a client of security check personnel for displaying.

RADIOMETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS
20190204472 · 2019-07-04 ·

A system may comprise a scanner assembly and a radiometer. The radiometer may comprise a W-Band and F-Band receiver and an intermediate frequency processor. The system may be rotatably mounted to a bus via the scanner assembly

Modular imaging system

A modular imaging system includes an antenna panels, a sensor, and at least one data processor. The antenna panels include an array of antenna elements including at least two antenna elements separated by a spacing more than a half wavelength. The plurality of antenna panels are configurable to be spatially arranged and oriented with respect to one another to measure radar returns of an observation domain for a target. The sensor has a field of view overlapping the observation domain and for measuring an image. The at least one data processor forms part of at least one computing system and is adapted to receive data characterizing the optical image and the radar returns, determine a spatial location of the target, and construct a radar return image of the target using a sparsity constraint determined from the spatial location of the target. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.