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Unlocking the Liquid Secret:
Advertorial
Is the Key to the Solution Already at the Checkpoint?
More than three years after the Heathrow incident, the difficult task of detecting liquid explosives continues to
hamper throughput at checkpoints, as well as frustrate travelers. Appropriately responding to these challenges with
new technology or policies has been a major challenge to aviation security professionals worldwide. A Canadian
company, Optosecurity, has proven that vital clues to respond to this difficult challenge are already at the checkpoint,
buried deep in the signal generated by existing X-ray checkpoint equipment.
New Threats Require New Solutions Liquid threat Firearm detection Automated threat
Responding to new threats requires a new and creative
detection
To identify firearms, the
alarms improve
perspective. Regrettably, the response to detecting liquid
Optosecurity’s
OptoScreener leverages
checkpoint flow
threats by the leading manufacturers results in the supply of
breakthrough
an unparalleled
When dangerous
more X-ray images to the security screener and with some
combination of
database of X-ray
items are detected,
systems, alarms for non-solids. However, these systems still
patented technologies
images of firearms and
the OptoScreener
only skim the surface of the X-ray signal, leaving the rich and
enables the
firearm parts, ranging
generates a warning
identification of the
from exotic composite
valuable data untapped.
message and visual
unique molecular
guns to small automatic
highlighting of the
Using advanced material science and intelligent 3D
signature of a liquid,
weapons. This threat
areas in the bag or
c o m p u t e r v i s i o n , O p t o s e c u r i t y t u r n s a c o m m o n i m a g i n g s y s t e m
based on liquid
library is believed to be
tray where likely
into a precise scientific instrument. The OptoScreener
®
is
density and effective
the largest set of X-ray
threats have been
the world’s first system to bring intelligence to conventional
atomic number. The
images of handguns in
found. Although the
X-ray checkpoint systems with automated, 100% pre-board
OptoScreener produces
the world and the only
technology behind
3D modeling with
one compliant with new
screening for liquid threats and concealed firearms. The
the OptoScreener
CT-like container
EC Regulations.
is complex, the
OptoScreener enhances the performance of X-ray imaging
reconstruction from
concept of alerting
systems by extracting and analyzing valuable, and until now, traditional X-ray data,
the screener to focus
unused information from X-ray signal. The OptoScreener is
detecting liquids in
on specific bags or
currently undergoing evaluations from various international
containers from LAGs
containers is simple,
regulators.
regulations up to 2
visual and intuitive.
L in two seconds,
While complementing
Decision Support System for the Screener
allowing virtually all
screeners’ work,
sized containers to
the OptoScreener
The challenge of subjective interpretation of images
run through the X-ray
eliminates
by screeners inevitably impacts the consistency of threat
system.
misinterpretation of
detection from checkpoint to checkpoint. Regardless of
OptoScreener User Interface: images, allowing a
Firearm Detected
the intensity of training and experience, misinterpretation
more reliable and swift
creeps into the equation. The list of prohibited items keeps
processing of items.
Harmless liquids…
increasing, impacting the screeners’ ability to discern and
identify possible threats.
Thankfully, Optosecurity has a response to this challenge.
The company’s solution is an incredibly sophisticated Really?
decision support system, yet it is simple to implement and
intuitive to use. The concept from an operational perspective
is straightforward – enhance the systems in place, rather OptoScreener
®
protects against liquid threats.
than replacing them with complex and costly new systems.
The OptoScreener is a simple plug and play solution that can Dangerous or prohibited substances can easily enter your facility hidden as inoffensive
be field deployed to any checkpoint X-ray system – a small
box connected to the X-ray machine and an additional LCD
Liquid Threats Detected Selection of X-Ray Firearm Images in Database
beverages or toiletries. An advanced threat detection system based on intelligent
touch. All processed in real time, a single pass solution, no
3-D computer vision and material science, the OptoScreener automatically detects
secondary processes to choke throughput.
liquid threats as well as concealed fi rearms, leveraging existing conventional X-ray
imaging systems at security checkpoints. The OptoScreener system provides
Unique Response real-time assistance to screeners, discriminating between harmful and safe
To address contemporary threats to the aviation industry
substances within seconds. Automated liquid threat detection is now possible!
head-on, the checkpoint response must be dynamic,
precise and efficient. The unique OptoScreener is capable
of improving the current security checkpoint system with
reliable threat detection, using available but previously
OptoScreener Inside: Selection of X-Ray Taurus .38 Views in Database
unused data. Optosecurity has unlocked the liquid secret Real-Time 3D Modeling
with an innovative, yet unconventional, approach.
www.optosecurity.com
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