METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION OF CARGO TYPE OBJECTS: MOTOR VEHICLES, CONTAINERS, TRAIN CARS

摘要

The invention relates to a method and a system for non-intrusive inspection of the cargo-type objects: motor vehicles, containers and train cars, without the direct intervention of the human factor. According to the invention, the method consists in achieving a complete radiography of a vehicle to be inspected, with the exception of the driver's cabin, while this is driven by a driver through a scanning tunnel with a velocity from 10 up to 15 km/h, the image resulting from scanning the vehicle to be inspected being displayed on a monitor of an operator, at the same time there being created and archieved an information file with unique identity which contains the scanned image and the photographic image of the vehicle. The system claimed by the invention consists of a mobile scanning unit installed on a motor vehicle undercarriage () whereon there is mounted an arm () comprising some detecting zones () specific to the type of the employed penetrating radiation; in the transport mode the arm () is folded to ensure minimum overall dimensions which allow either the vehicle to comply with the legal transport dimension on public roads, or to containerize the system in ISO standardized containers, and in the scanning mode the arm () is extended, having the shape of reversed letter "U" which supports, at the lower end, parallelly with the zone wherein the detecting zones () are located, a penetrating radiation source (); the scanning system further includes a mobile remote control station () which is positioned outside an exclusion zone () and has the role of remotely controlled managing of all non-intrusive inspection processes involved, inside the mobile control station () there being a subsystem () for acquisition, processing, storage and displaying the radiographed image, and the scanning system further includes a perimeter protection subsystem () and a subsystem () for the automatic management of the traffic.