Passive millimeter-wave concealed weapon detection

Gordon N. Sinclair; Rupert N. Anderton; Roger Appleby

doi:10.1117/12.417526

21 February 2001 Passive millimeter-wave concealed weapon detection

Gordon N. Sinclair, Rupert N. Anderton, Roger Appleby

Proceedings Volume 4232, Enabling Technologies for Law Enforcement and Security; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417526
Event: Enabling Technologies for Law Enforcement, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A method of detecting weapons concealed under clothing using passive millimeter wave imaging is described. The optical properties of clothing are discussed and examples given of the spectral reflectivity and transmission. The transmission tends to be constant from 60 to 150 GHz above which it decreases for some clothing materials. The transmission of a cotton T-shirt is typically 95% and of a leather jacket up to 85% at lower frequencies. A model is presented for calculating the contrast of a metallic concealed weapon when hidden under clothing and it indicates contrasts as large as 200 K can be realized outdoors. The advantages of real time over static frame imagery are discussed. It is concluded that real time imagery offers considerable advantages as weapons can be very varied in size, position and orientation and movement offers vital clues to the human observer which aid the recognition process.

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Gordon N. Sinclair, Rupert N. Anderton, and Roger Appleby "Passive millimeter-wave concealed weapon detection", Proc. SPIE 4232, Enabling Technologies for Law Enforcement and Security, (21 February 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417526

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