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or independently, depending
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on the
operator’s choice,
and are presented via a
user-friendly mobile app
interface.
(See the SWORD. Mobile Based Security Solution providing an IoT level of situational aware-
ness, detection and recognition.)
KnightScan detects both
metallic and non-me-
tallic threats concealed
on a person, including a
wide range of weapons,
explosive devices, tacti-
cal surveillance count-
er-measures and even
3D-printed weapons.
AI machine learning allows the system to add new
faces and threats in near real-time to ensure de-
fense intelligence is always up to date.
Royal Holdings Technologies
• Silver ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner
• SWORD Smartphone Security Scanner
• Best Metal/Weapons Detection Solution
There is no “pause and pose” requirement — scan-
ning takes less than 1.5 seconds — and cloth-
ing does not need to be removed.
A formal launch event for the SWORD is scheduled
for Los Angeles in late January 2019, and such
is the interest in this breakthrough technology
that more than 22,000 pre-orders have already
been placed from a variety of Fortune 500 com-
panies, school districts, international airports,
law enforcement agencies and other industry
and sector leaders.
To the casual observer, they’re simply taking
photos or using video chat but what they’re
really doing is instantly detecting concealed
objects as well as persons of interest, thanks
to a connection to a fully customizable cloud
database.
SWORD doesn’t need to be plugged in and has a
battery life of up to 8 hours on the iPhone 8 or
iPad Pro.
The detection platform KnightScan, and recog-
nition platform ShieldScan, can work together
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