Patent References 3403399 3713156 3746454 3772689 3824593 3909827 Radar set sensitive to target shape Synthetic aperture using image scanner Method and apparatus for enhancing radiometric imaging Method and apparatus for optically measuring distance and velocity InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 286210 filed on 12/19/1988US Classes:342/179, Image production250/332, Including detector array342/351Including a radiometerExaminersPrimary: Barron, Gilberto Jr.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG01S 013/89H01L 027/146 AbstractA contraband detection system especially suited for detecting concealed non-metallic contraband such as ceramic or plastic weapons or illegal drugs carried by a person is disclosed. Plural sources of quasi-coherent millimeter wave radiation are disposed so as to uniformly illuminate a field of view. In the preferred embodiment, the radiation emitted by the sources is linearly polarized in a single plane such that the polarization of the radiation with respect to the plane in which linearly polarized radiation is preferentially received by the detectors can be controlled. For detection of dielectric objects, such as ceramic weapons or narcotics, these planes of polarization should be orthogonal to one another. The detector is a staring array which does not require scanning to generate an image of the entire field of view; the signal provided by each element of the detector array corresponds to the illumination reflected from objects in a single portion of the field of view. Real-time imaging of concealed dielectric and metallic objects is thus made possible.Other References
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