Israeli Company Develops Through-Wall Vision System
IDF Spokesperson 30 April 2010 , 15:17
http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/News/Tech/10/04/3001.htm

The Camero system reveals the location of people in any room without having
to venture into it. Its products are already deployed worldwide and have
already helped in a hijacking rescue in a foreign country

Through-Wall Vision: The Israeli company Camero has developed a piece of
equipment that will greatly help soldiers and law enforcement officials
throughout the world. The device enables you to know where people are
located in a room in real time before having to enter it. The Xavier 400 is
about the size of a laptop computer weighing under 3kg including the
battery. It also has an optimized design for tactical operations which makes
it easy to carry around by combat soldiers in the field.

The identification system is based on a unique, multichannel, Ultra-Wideband
(UWB) sensor that operates at very high bandwidth that enables reliable
detection and object resolution. The Xavier 400 system is able to locate
images through walls using electromagnetic pulses and is able to provide
quick location and number of people hidden by walls and barriers.

“This technology saves lives,” explained David Gazelle, Vice President of
R&D.

The system is already an operational success and is being deployed
worldwide. Six months ago a girl was kidnapped in a foreign country by
kidnappers who demanded ransom for her release in the amount of two million
shekels. The SWAT equivalent local unit utilized Xaver 400 to see where the
abductors were located. The picture on the device revealed four kidnappers
and the girl who was kept hostage. While three kidnappers were in another
room of the house, one of them was keeping guard on the girl in the same
room. When he left the room to go to the bathroom the police broke in and
saved the girl.