Airport X-Ray Security Check
Location: USA
Introduction
The client is an airport baggage x-ray manufacturer, situated in the US. After the 911 terrorist attacks, US authorities made baggage check a crucial security inspection item; in addition to hands-on inspections, authorities implemented the precision and efficiency of computer checks to heighten their security measures.
Solutions
Previously the client opted for ordinary commercial computers as their image processing platforms. Airport security officials first build an extensive inventory of contraband profiles for use in the computer databank. Then digital images are created as the X-ray scanner probes each baggage item, and comparisons are quickly made between the images and entries in thedatabank. Any extraordinary situations are promptly addressed if the scanner should turn up any matches. Yet with heightened security demands, more rigorous measures were required for baggage checks, which demanded faster computer processing and a greater number of machines to conduct the inspections. The ordinary commercial computers took up too much space; the X-ray scanner was incapable of accommodating more systems; and a long-term product supply commitment for the client was out of the question. As a result, the client chose four PCE-5120 single board computers, a PCE-5B16Q-02 backplane, all in a IPC-623 chassis. This product option provides four independently operated computer segments. The client inserted their company's PCIe interface graphics processing unit into the PCIe slot attached to each segment. This solution can process huge quantities of graphics with lightning speed, and substantially enhanced airport security precision and efficiency.
Systems
Advantech's PCE-5120 supports an Intel® PCIe interface chipset that provides one PCIe x16, four PCIe x1 links, and PCI signal links tothe PCE-5B16Q-02 backplane. This particular backplane offers four independently operated segments, and each of the independent segments provides one x16 PCIe slot and two PCI slots. The client's newly designed graphics processing unit is inserted into the PCIe x16 slot. The CCD detector creates digital baggage images and transmits them to the CPU via PCIe x16. Upon detecting a match, the PCE-5120 instantly fires an alert to the system operator.
The PCE-5120 combination did the job for the client, and for the airport customers, giving them fast, massive image processing capacity and meeting their compact space requirements. Now air passengers can be processed quickly and efficiently, while security standards are solidly maintained to the new, high levels.