US 11,749,038 B2
Facial recognition frictionless access control
Terence Neill, Boca Raton, FL (US); Anne Gallagher, Boca Raton, FL (US); Derek J. Boyes, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Peter Lawrence, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/57,476
Filed by Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
PCT Filed May 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/033111
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/226544, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/674,476, filed on May 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0209877 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G06F 16/53 (2019.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G07C 9/00563 (2013.01) [G06F 16/53 (2019.01); G06V 40/168 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An access control system, comprising:
a camera configured to detect an image regarding a subject;
a database configured to maintain facial information regarding a particular subject and duress information including registered data representative of duress of the particular subject;
a processor in communication with the camera and the database, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive the image and identify a facial feature of the particular subject based on the image and the facial information maintained by the database;
compute a duress value indicating a level of duress of the particular subject based on the facial feature and the registered data representative of duress of the particular subject;
identify a duress threshold associated with the particular subject; and
determine that the particular subject is under duress based on the duress value being greater than the duress threshold; and
an alarm device configured to indicate a duress alert while providing physical access to the particular subject based on the duress value being greater than the duress threshold.