APPLICATION OF THE SMART PORTAL IN TRANSPORTATION
This paper discusses the use of "smart portals" in transportation security. This device is designed to quickly detect hidden passengers, explosives, etc. in vehicular traffic. The technology it utilizes includes digital image processing, weigh-in-motion, electroacoustic wavelet-based heartbeat detection and microwaves. The mechanism by which detection of an individual hiding in the vehicle is accomplished is of special interest. This mechanism is called Enclosed Space Detection System (ESDS). ESDS utilizes the detection of a human ballistocardiographic signature to find hidden individuals. The ballistocardiogram is similar to an electrocardiogram. It produces a wave of the heartbeat, and a deflection of the wave based on the surface in which the body is in contact. The smart portal can be used to relieve traffic congestion at international border crossings, prisons and intermodal transfer points such as automobile ferry terminals and airport parking lots.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper is to be presented at the SPIE Photonics East '96 Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, November 18-22, 1996.
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Corporate Authors:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P. O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN United States 37831 -
Authors:
- Kercel, S W
- Baylor, V M
- Dress, W B
- Hickerson, T W
- Jatko, W B
- Labaj, L E
- Muhs, J D
- Pack, R M
- Publication Date: 1996
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: n.p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Acoustic detectors; Airport parking facilities; Detectors; Digital cameras; Electrocardiography; Explosives; Ferries; Heart; Heart rate; Intermodal terminals; Intermodal transfer; International borders; Microwaves; Motor vehicles; Security; Terrorism; Traffic congestion; Transportation safety; Wavelets; Weigh in motion
- Identifier Terms: Enclosed Space Detection System
- Uncontrolled Terms: Ballistocardiographic signatures; Electroacoustic detectors; Hidden persons; Intruders; Smart portal
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00823257
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-961113--8
- Files: NTL, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 21 2002 12:00AM