APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING THE INSIDE OF A CONTAINER AND METHOD OF INSPECTING THE SAME

摘要

An apparatus and method for inspecting the inside of a container that can easily detect a stowaway being in hiding in the container. The apparatus for inspecting an inside of a container includes a sampling probe arranged at an appropriate position inside the container for sampling an atmospheric gas therein, a mass spectrometer for detecting the atmospheric gas sampled by the sampling probe as a molecular weight by ionizing the atmospheric gas, and a control processing part for comparing the information detected by the mass spectrometer with a pre-registered index molecular weight to judge whether or not an abnormality exists.