Optosecurity - X-Ray Security Screening

Based in Canada, Optosecurity is a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative physical security products for transportation and critical infrastructure protection.

The company's flagship product, the OptoScreener®, enhances checkpoint security with an innovative automated threat detection system for liquids and weapons.

Advanced weapon and liquid threat detection system

The OptoScreener® is a disruptive security product for checkpoints based on intelligent 3D computer vision and advanced material science.

Efficient and consistent threat detection, in particular identifying dangerous liquids, continues to be a prominent universal challenge. To date, no system or technology has been able to automatically detect liquid explosives in small or large containers at security checkpoints, nor have there been any tools introduced to better support screeners' decision-making in detecting concealed weapons in bags, luggage and other personal belongings.

Optosecurity’s unique OptoScreener® is the world’s first system to add intelligence to checkpoint X-ray machines, thus introducing automated threat detection for liquid threats as well as for weapons concealed in personal belongings. Its unique threat detection algorithms are based on context understanding derived from intelligent 3D computer vision and material science. This breakthrough combination of disruptive patented technologies makes it now possible to see beyond what humans are capable of with the naked eye.

In-line luggage threat detection system

The OptoScreener® is designed as an in-line detection system aimed at preventing terrorist events or attacks in high-profile facilities, such as airports and critical infrastructures. A unique system for carry-on luggage and personal items screening, the company's technology improves the performance of existing and new baggage X-ray imaging systems by automatically detecting concealed weapons and liquid explosives in container volumes up to 2l.

Using a dedicated tray, our unique approach for explosive liquid detection enables us to screen multiple containers simultaneously and discriminate between harmful and safe liquids even when their physical properties are very similar.

The OptoScreener® is the only system capable of performing cost-effective and precise automated in-line liquid threat and weapon detection on conventional X-ray machines. The OptoScreener® provides a reliable decision-support solution that increases the probability of threat detection for 100% pre-board screening, without adding secondary processes. The system assists screeners by highlighting areas of interest and providing alert messages and critical information about possible threats.

While complementing screeners' work, the OptoScreener® tightens the liquid gap and contributes to more objective and global threat detection. It eliminates human error and interpretation, which allows more reliable and swift processing of carry-on luggage at checkpoints.

Advanced weapon and liquid threat detection system features

Liquid threat detection from the OptoScreener® includes:

• Real-time 3D modeling with CT-Like container reconstruction
• Container volumes up to 2l
• No container shape or material restrictions
• Innovative dedicated, auto-calibrated tray specially designed by Optosecurity

Weapon detection from the OptoScreener® includes:

• World's largest 3D geometrically projected X-ray firearm library
• Object recognition based on compound signature analysis
• Detection of disassembled firearm main components concealed in personal belongings

System overview of the OptoScreener®:

• Intuitive touch-screen interface requiring minimal operator training
• Database updates based on new intelligence
• Low cost of ownership
• Quick integration onto X-ray systems without any changes to footprint and checkpoint layout
• Single-pass detection reducing requirements for secondary processes
• Network ability allowing immediate reaction and database updates across all checkpoints
• Performance monitoring and diagnostic tools
• X-ray image exchange and rendering with open-standard technology