US 12,205,429 B2
Biometric enabled access control
Adam Kuenzi, Silverton, OR (US); Yuri Novozhenets, Pittsford, NY (US); Andre Lalande, Tigard, OH (US); Mark H. Roach, Jupiter, FL (US); Rajeev Dubey, Highland Beach, FL (US); Chih-Kuang Lin, Dublin (IE); and Devis Dishnica, Oakville, CT (US)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on May 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/303,095.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,584, filed on Aug. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,105, filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0390810 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G07C 9/25 (2020.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/253 (2020.01) [G07C 9/00309 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating an access control system comprising a camera and an access control device, the method comprising:
storing a biometric identifier in a storage medium of the camera;
capturing an optical image with an image sensor of the camera;
comparing, in an authentication module of the camera, the optical image with the biometric identifier;
transmitting the optical image to a network comprising at least two access control systems,
wherein the network is configured to generate a wandering intruder identifier when a pattern of repeated failures to access is recognized,
wherein the pattern of repeated failures to access is recognized when the same access credentials are denied by the at least two access control systems;
wherein the wandering intruder identifier indicates a biometric identifier to be blocked, and
wherein the method further comprises denying access based on the wandering intruder identifier.