US 12,277,823 B2
Access control to secured locations using relaxed biometrics
Gregory A. Makowski, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Kshitij Judah, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Kris Duszak, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed by Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/226,603.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/392,435, filed on Jul. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0038010 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 9/27 (2020.01) [G07C 9/00563 (2013.01); G06F 3/0227 (2013.01); G07C 2209/02 (2013.01); G07C 2209/14 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. An apparatus for controlling access to a location, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled with the one or more memories and, individually or in combination, configured to:
receive an access identifier and a biometric information sample from a user attempting to enter an access point;
match the access identifier to an authenticated cluster identifier corresponding to a biometric information cluster within a plurality of different biometric information clusters, wherein the biometric information cluster is associated with an authenticated user, and wherein the biometric information cluster includes only non-unique biometric information associated with a plurality of users;
identify, based on machine learning model processing the biometric information sample, a cluster identifier of an inferred biometric information cluster within the plurality of different biometric information clusters associated with the biometric information sample; and
transmit a first signal to allow access to the location in response to the cluster identifier of the inferred biometric information cluster matching the authenticated cluster identifier, or a second signal to deny access to the location in response to the cluster identifier of the inferred biometric information cluster not matching the authenticated cluster identifier.