Systems and methods for using a conducted energy weapon in conjunction with a noninvasive detection of impermissible objects
A system comprises a conducted energy weapon configured to emit at least one conductive probe in substantially an aimed direction, along with a housing containing a portable radar system with both a ranging resolution and lateral resolution sufficient to detect an object concealed on a person. The housing can be rigidly mounted on or in the conducted energy weapon, and the portable radar system can, when in operation, emit a radar beam and to receive a reflection of the emitted radar beam.
1 . A method comprising:
scanning a subject with a portable coherent radar system on a single chip that operates in a range of operation between approximately 0.1 terahertz and 1 terahertz, the portable coherent radar system being in communication with a conducted energy weapon, the conducted energy weapon configured to allow a user to fire at least one electrode when an impermissible object is determined to be present on the subject;
determining by a processor, based on the results of the scan, if the impermissible object is present on the subject;
sending, by the processor, a signal to allow the user to fire the at least one electrode from the conducted energy weapon when the impermissible object is determined to be present on the subject;
firing, by the user, the at least one electrode at the subject,
where the portable coherent radar system includes:
a transmitter having at least
a ramp generator electrically coupled to, and configured to provide a voltage signal to, a wide band voltage controlled oscillator,
a directional coupler electrically coupled to the wide band voltage controlled oscillator, and
a phased-array antenna electrically coupled to the directional coupler and configured to transmit high-frequency signals in the range of operation.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: alerting a user when the impermissible object is present.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a signal to block the conducted energy weapon from firing the at least one electrode when an impermissible object is determined not to be present.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the portable radar system includes processing components configured to process instructions to perform at least one of the following set of functions: alert the user to the detection of an object, alert the user to the result of a match between a detected object and an object stored in a database, render an image, display an image, initiate a scan, or process the results of the scan.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the conducted energy weapon and the portable radar system are contained within a single housing.
6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the conducted energy weapon is contained in a first housing, and the portable radar system is contained within a second housing that is not the first housing, and that is configured to be rigidly connected to the first housing.
7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the conducted energy weapon comprises at least one electrode, and wherein the conducted energy weapon is configured to not deploy the at least one electrode until a signal is received from the portable radar system that allows the conducted energy weapon to deploy the at least one electrode.
8 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
executing instructions, on the processor, to create one or more digital images based on said scanning;
combining, at the processor, the one or more digital images to form a super image;
determining, at the processor and based on the super image, whether the subject is carrying a concealed object;
determining, at the processor, whether the object meets certain rules for generating an alert;
generating the alert.