Systems and methods for noninvasive aerial detection of impermissible objects

1. An apparatus comprising:

an aerial drone;

a coherent radar system on a chip that operates in the terahertz range from 0.1 THz to 1 THz, the chip being in physical contact with the drone and configured to conduct a noninvasive scan of a target in a line of sight field of view of the radar system.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a video camera positioned to provide at least a portion of the field of view of the radar system.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:

a flight system; and

a drone processor configured to provide a set of position instructions to the flight system to position the drone.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the drone processor is further configured to provide a set of scanning instructions to the chip for scanning a target.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a drone memory in physical contact with the drone, and wherein at least a subset of the set of scanning instructions and position instructions are stored in the drone memory.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising an artificial intelligence database not in physical contact with the drone, the artificial intelligence database storing data about objects scanned with the coherent radar system on a chip that operates in the terahertz range.

7. The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a database not in physical contact with the drone, the database storing scanning instructions for scanning a target the coherent radar system on the chip, and further comprising a network interface, and wherein the drone processor is configured to receive, through the network interface, at least a subset of the scanning instructions from the database.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the drone processor is configured with instructions to, when activated, transmit data through the network interface to at least one of a command center, an additional drone, a handheld device, or a body worn device.

9. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the drone processor is configured to process data based on a scan of the target to create a user instruction set including at least one of the following set of functions: an alert to a user indicating a detection of an object, or the result of a match between a detected object and an object stored in a database, and wherein the drone processor is further configured to send the alert to the user.

10. A method comprising:

sending a signal to move a drone to a desired location, the drone including a coherent radar system on a chip that operates in the terahertz range;

receiving optical data from an optical camera in physical contact with the drone;

sending instructions to the drone, based on the received optical data, to position the drone to scan a target within a desired location;

sending instructions to the drone to initiate the scan of the target;

receiving data from the drone based on the scan; and

formulating a plan of action based on the received data, such plan of action including at least one of neutralizing the target, banning the target from a location, or involving security personal.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the received data includes information on whether the target is carrying a specific object.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

processing the data to determine whether a visualization policy is satisfied;

if the visualization policy is satisfied, activating an alert to inform a user that the visualization policy has been satisfied;

if the visualization policy is satisfied, taking action to neutralize the target.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

processing the data to determine whether a visualization policy is satisfied;

if the visualization policy is satisfied, displaying a representation of at least a portion of the target including an impermissible device.

14. A method comprising:

receiving, at a processor, instructions to move to an aerial location at an orientation appropriate for scanning a target with a coherent radar system on a chip that operates in the terahertz range;

receiving, at the processor, instructions to scan the target with the radar system;

scanning the target with the radar system to create a terahertz scanning data set configured to be used to determine whether a previously defined object is present;

sending the terahertz scanning data set to a processor to determine whether the previously defined object is present.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising sending an alert to a user.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

processing the terahertz scanning data set to determine whether the previously defined object may be present; and

sending a result from the processing of the terahertz data scanning set to the command center.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

scanning the target with an optical camera to receive optical images;

sending the images to a command center; and

receiving instructions based on the sent target images to alter the aerial location.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

transmitting metadata from at least one of the terahertz scanning data set or the optical images.

19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

transmitting the terahertz data scanning set to a database;

feeding the transmitted data from the database into an artificial intelligence process to update the database based on the terahertz data scanning set.