1. A system for singly dispensing fibrous filters from bulk comprising:
a grasping tool comprising: a working end; a handle; and a pick that extends outwardly from said handle;
a container for containing bulk fibrous filters of a predetermined size, said container comprising: an opening; a peripheral edge extending outwardly from the opening, at least a portion of the peripheral edge being shaped so that the bulk fibrous filters cannot pass freely through the opening when contained therein, and so that at least a portion of a top filter is accessible and graspable by the working end of the grasping tool; and one or more cutouts in the peripheral edge;
an edge trim member comprising: a downwardly extending edge trim sidewall; a planar platform extending outwardly from the edge trim sidewall; and one or more tab members extending inwardly from the edge trim sidewall, said tab members designed for releasably connecting to the cutouts in the peripheral edge, so that the edge trim member can be releasably connected to the container by rotating freely relative to the container to define a locked position; and
further comprising a cover for covering the edge trim member and the container, the cover having a lateral cutout so that the planar platform may extend outwardly through the cover when the cover is on the container and trim member.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the container and the edge trim member are integrally formed.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance, comprising:
optically acquiring images as alternate, filtered data using a camera including a lens and at least two filters alternatively operating in front of the lens, wherein said filters alternatively sample brightest and darkest points around an inflection point along a spectral reflectance curve on a material of any target represented in the images;
background balancing and differentiating alternate filtered data; and
detecting anomalies in the alternate filtered data, wherein the anomalies represent a detected target.
2. The method for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection, in spectral reflectance of claim 1, wherein the two filters further comprise a rotating filter wheel including the two filters alternately covering the camera lens as the rotating, filter wheel moves in front of the lens and samples the brightest and darkest points around an inflection point in the spectral reflectance curve of the surface material of the target.
3. The method for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target, that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 1, wherein the at least two filters alternatively operating in front of the lens or an electrically tunable filter producing at least two filtering conditions.
4. The method for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 1, wherein the target material is observed to alternate between bright and dark shades while the background remains one shade, wherein initial detection of the target is realized from alternating shades of the target material.
5. The method for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance, of claim 2, wherein the target material is observed to alternate between bright and dark shades while the background remains one shade, wherein initial detection of the target is realized from alternating shades of the target material.
6. The method for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 3, wherein the target material is observed to alternate between bright and dark shades while the background remains one shade, wherein initial detection of the target is realized from alternating shades of the target material.
7. The method for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 1, wherein the target is a balloon.
8. The method for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 5, wherein the target is a balloon.
9. The method for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 6, wherein the target is a balloon.
10. The method for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 1, wherein anomalies are detected using at least one of a standard lock-in amplifier, a Fourier Transform or Principal Component Analysis.
11. A method for detecting a balloon utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the balloon that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance, comprising;
optically acquiring images as alternate filtered data using a camera including a lens and two filters alternatively operating in front of the lens, wherein said filters alternatively sample brightest and darkest points around an inflection point along a spectral reflectance curve on surface material of the balloon represented in the images;
background balancing and alternate filtered data; and
detecting anomalies in the alternate filtered data, wherein the anomalies represent a detected target.
12. The method for detecting a balloon utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the balloon that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 11, wherein the two filters further comprise a rotating filter wheel including the two filters alternately covering the camera lens as the rotating filter wheel moves in front of the lens and samples the brightest and darkest points around an inflection point in the spectral reflectance curve of the surface material of the balloon.
13. The method for detecting a balloon utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the balloon that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 11, wherein the at least two filters alternatively operating in front of the lens is an electrically tunable filter producing at least two filtering conditions.
14. The method for detecting a balloon utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the balloon that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 11, wherein the material is observed to alternate between bright and dark shades while the background remains one shade, wherein initial detection of the balloon is realized from alternating shades of the surface material.
15. The method for detecting a balloon utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the balloon that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 12, wherein the material is observed to alternate between bright and dark shades while the background remains one shade, wherein initial detection of the balloon is realized from alternating shades of the surface material.
16. The method for detecting a balloon utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the balloon that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 13, wherein the material is observed to alternate between bright and dark shades while the background remains one shade, wherein initial detection of the balloon is realized from alternating shades of the surface material.
17. A system for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance, comprising:
a camera including a lens and two filters alternatively operating in front of the lens to optically acquire images as alternate filtered data, wherein said filters alternatively sample brightest and darkest points around an inflection point along a spectral reflectance curve on a material of any target represented in the images; and
a microprocessor for background balancing the alternate filtered data, differentiating the alternate filtered data and detecting anomalies in the alternate filtered data, wherein the anomalies represent a detected target.
18. The system for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 17, wherein the two filters further comprise a rotating filter wheel including the two filters types alternately covering the camera lens as the rotating filter wheel moves in front of the lens and samples the brightest and darkest points around an inflection point in the spectral reflectance curve of the surface material of the target.
19. The system for detecting a target utilizing quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 17, wherein the at least two filters alternatively operating in front of the lens is an electrically tunable filter producing at least two filtering conditions.
20. The system for detecting a target utilizing, quantum mechanical transitions on a surface material of the target that produces an inflection in spectral reflectance of claim 17, wherein the microprocessor, detects anomalies using at least one of a standard lock-in amplifier, a Fourier Transform or Principal Component Analysis.