ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,939, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SMITHS DETECTION FRANCE S.A.S. (Vitry-sur-Seine, France).
"Self-aligning array of detector cells" was invented by Serge Maitrejean (Vitry-sur-seine, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a flux of inspection radiation is provided, wherein the inspection radiation is emitted by a radiation source and transmitted through cargo, and wherein the flux of inspection radiation is incident on at least one array of detector cells. The detector cells are configured in a first plurality L forming rows of the array, each row of detector cells extending along a direction parallel to...