SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING CONTRABAND ITEMS

a detector apparatus which comprises a housing that supports at least one magnetic sensor arranged to produce a signal indicative of an ambient magnetic field or gradient over a zone of sensitivity which extends away from the housing, the size of the zone being large enough to contain the whole body...

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Main Authors GOODYEAR, Simon Wray, KEENE, Mark Nicholas
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 07.02.2024
Subjects
ALARM SYSTEMS
DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
GEOPHYSICS
GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS
MEASURING
ORDER TELEGRAPHS
PHYSICS
SIGNALLING
SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
TESTING
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Summary:a detector apparatus which comprises a housing that supports at least one magnetic sensor arranged to produce a signal indicative of an ambient magnetic field or gradient over a zone of sensitivity which extends away from the housing, the size of the zone being large enough to contain the whole body of the person, and a signal processing circuit which receives as an input the signal from the magnetic sensor and which, in response to a change in the signal produces an alert signal. A beacon that comprises a light source is able to emit at least two visually distinct colours of light, and a control means controls the light source such that in a first condition in the absence of the alert signal the beacon emits a first colour light and in a second condition corresponding to the presence of the alert signal the beacon emits a second, different, colour of light. The light source is arranged such that the position and/or size and/or shape of the illuminated area of the light source in the first condition is different from the position and/or size and or shape of the illuminated area of the light source in the second condition.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20150813534