ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,887, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to RaySecur Inc. (Westwood, Mass.).
"Multi-mode object detection" was invented by Linda Marchese (Quebec, Canada), Marc Terroux (Quebec, Canada), Alexander Georg Sappok (Newton, Mass.) and Charles McAlister Marshall (North Andover, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided object scanning apparatus and methods of scanning objects. The object scanning apparatus may include a THz source emitting an optical beam; an electromagnetic energy source for generating a radiation signal at a wavelength other than terahertz, such as RF or MMW radiation; an optical system for directing the optical...