Built to detect a wide range of mass casualty weapons, this system passes the Federal Standard for accuracy and is 10x faster than legacy metal detectors.
The system uses multiple sensors to both detect a threat, as well as identify and then ignore harmless personal items, so that people can walk through without removing phones, watches, belts, batteries, and other personal items. The sensors include magnetometer, induction, lidar, thermal, visual camera, and machine learning technologies.
Concealed Weapons Detection System
The system is designed to scan one person at a time, walking at normal speed, through the pillars and towards the thermal camera. The maximum number of people is about 1 per second, or 3,600 people per hour as the maximum flow rate.
The system can be configured to show ‘Clear’, if nothing is detected and show and say ‘Not Clear’, if the algorithm detects possible weapons.
Auditory or visual alarms
This alarm can be Auditory, Visual, and the alarm notification can be sent immediately to those who need it
This alarm can be Auditory, Visual, and the alarm notification can be sent immediately to those who need it, wherever they are – including in security operation centres, mobile phone app, computer-based browser, video management system (VMS), access control, or integrated with other business software.
Some of the key features of the Athena Concealed Weapons Detection System include:
- High accuracy of mass casualty targets
- No divestment for high throughput
- Low nuisance alarm rate using multi-sensor and machine learning
- Stand-alone or networked through WIFI or network cable
- Silent Mode for non-cooperative use-case
- Not harmful to humans
Mitigating the risk of mass casualty weapons
The Athena Concealed Weapons Detection System is designed for a wide variety of use-cases, including:
- Venues
- Events
- Places of Worship
- Political Functions
- Board Meetings
- VIP Entrances
Default security level sensitivity setting
The default security level sensitivity setting on the system is expected to find mass casualty weapons
The default security level sensitivity setting on the system is expected to find mass casualty weapons, such as handguns, rifles, shotguns, and many bombs. This default setting passes the Federal Standards test 100% of the time.
This rigorous testing found the Federally-defined target piece, which represents a handgun and is called the ‘AM7’ definition, 100% of the time, in many orientations, from high to low. The testing is rigorous to ensure a highly capable design. The customer has the option to increase or decrease the sensitivity, according to the use case and customer goals. The system uses security levels corresponding to an international standard.
Effectively detecting ‘AM7’ type of handgun
Customers get to consider what the optimum trade-off is. The default setting is to maximise the likelihood of finding the ‘AM7’ type of handgun (or larger style), while also discriminating and not alerting on mobile phones, keys, or common personal items. In order to be able to catch the AM7 Target handgun barrel of hardened steel 100% of the time, and also allow the free flow of common personal items is the goal.
In terms of the nuisance rate of false alarms, it has been observed that in the average crowd, a rate of about 5%. So, in a group of about 100 people going through the security check, the average is about 5 people that set of the alarm (for a range of reasons) that do not have a weapon or gun.
Best-in-class approach
- Reduce the burden on the security team: Personnel and the human factors of checkpoint security need augmentation with the proper tools.
- Improve the security experience: High flow rates of 10x faster than legacy metal detection are less intrusive, and reduce time spent waiting in line.
- Combine Other Athena Products: Combine Concealed Weapons Detection with both Temperature Detection, Symptom Screening, and visual gun detection at distance for layers of security
- Network / IP
- Biometrics
- Counter surveillance
- Digital video surveillance
- Remote video surveillance
- IP video surveillance
- Electronic security systems
- Application security
- Commercial security
- Perimeter security
- Public sector security
- Security management
- Security devices
- Security cameras
- Covert cameras
- Security camera systems
- Security access systems
- Network monitoring
- Asset tracking
- Metal detectors
- Electronic access control
- Intrusion detection
- Identity management
- Building security
- Explosives detection
- Facility security
- Public security
- Network cameras
- Door access control
- Security software
- IP Surveillance
- Security service
- Mobile surveillance
- Thermal imaging
- Physical Security Information Management (PSIM)
- Indoor surveillance
- IP security solutions
- Covert Surveillance
- Security communication
- Counter terror
- Integration software
- Event security
- Perimeter protection
- Crime prevention
- Mobile communications
- Video Management System
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Crowd Management
- Corporate Security
- Indoor Security
- Warning Devices
- Incident Management
- Security Assessments
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Mobile access
- Video surveillance
- Weapon detection
- Touchless Security
