SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A BROADCAST DEVICE USING FACIAL RECOGNITION

• US 20170149517A1
• Filed: 11/23/2015
• Published: 05/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZEPP
• Original Assignee: Huami, Inc.
• Inventors: Xie, Wei, Wang, Fei
• Granted Patent: US 10,014,967 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/142 using hand-held instruments; Constructional details of the instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/171 Local features and components; Facial parts eye characteristics G06V40/18; Occluding parts, e.g. glasses; Geometrical relationships
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/25 Recognition of walking or running movements, e.g. gait recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/70 Multimodal biometrics, e.g. combining information from different biometric modalities
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/15 on receiving information

Abstract

Systems and methods for authenticating a broadcast device using facial recognition are herein disclosed. The disclosure includes receiving, from a wearable device, a broadcast signal comprising an identification code of the wearable device; determining, using a processor, whether the identification code is stored within a database; identifying first facial data stored within the database, the first facial data associated with the identification code; generating second facial data; and determining, using the processor, whether the second facial data matches the first facial data. In an implementation, the broadcast device is a Bluetooth low energy device. In a further implementation, the broadcast device comprises the wearable device. In a still further implementation, the disclosure includes detecting gait data and determining whether the gait data matches gait feature data extracted from stored gait data features.

Claims

1. A method for authenticating a broadcast device using facial recognition, comprising:

receiving, from a wearable device, a broadcast signal comprising an identification code of the wearable device;

determining, using a processor, whether the identification code is stored within at least one database;

based on a determination that the identification code is stored within the at least one database, retrieving first facial data associated with the identification code from the at least one database;

generating second facial data, wherein the second facial data comprises facial feature data of a user requesting authentication; and

determining, using the processor, whether the second facial data matches the first facial data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

indicating a positive match upon matching the second facial data and the first facial data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

indicating a positive match upon matching the second facial data and the first facial data, and

communicating an indication of the positive match to a transaction station in communication with the processor.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the transaction station comprises one of an entry gate, an exit gate, a computing device, a mobile device, a vending machine, an automatic teller machine, a self-service machine, a point of sales machine, and a security device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the identification code and the first facial data is entered within the database prior to receiving the broadcast signal comprising the identification code from the wearable device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the second facial data comprises one of:

taking a picture of a user'"'"'s face; and

scanning a picture of the user'"'"'s face.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting gait data comprising gait measurements;

identifying first gait data features stored within the at least one database, the first gait data features associated with the first facial data;

extracting, using the processor, second gait data features from the detected gait data; and

determining, using the processor, whether the first gait data features matches the second gait data features.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a signal strength of the broadcast device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast device comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast device comprises the wearable device.

11. An apparatus for facial recognition using a broadcast device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to execute instructions stored in said memory to;

receive, from a wearable device, a broadcast signal comprising an identification code of the wearable device;

determine whether the identification code is stored within at least one database;

based on a determination that the identification code is stored within the at least one database, retrieve first facial data associated with the identification code from the at least one database;

generate second facial data, wherein the second facial data comprises facial feature data of a user requesting authentication; and

determine whether the second facial data matches the first facial data.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor is further configured to:

indicate a positive match upon matching the second facial data and the first facial data.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor is further configured to:

indicate a positive match upon matching the second facial data and the first facial data, and

communicate an indication of the positive match to a transaction station in communication with the processor.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the transaction station comprises one of an entry gate, an exit gate, a computing device, a mobile device, a vending machine, an automatic teller machine, a self-service machine, a point of sales machine, and a security device.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein each of the identification code and the first facial data is entered within the database prior to the identification code being received from the wearable device.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the instructions to generate the second facial data further comprise instructions to perform one of:

taking a picture of a user'"'"'s face; and

scanning a picture of the user'"'"'s face.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor is further configured to:

detect gait data comprising gait measurements;

identify first gait data features stored within the at least one database, the first gait data features associated with the first facial data;

extract second gait data features from the detected gait data; and

determine whether the first gait data features matches the second gait data features.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a signal strength indicator for determining a signal strength of the broadcast device.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the broadcast device comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy device.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the broadcast device comprises the wearable device.

21. A broadcast device, comprising:

a body configured to be worn by a user, the body comprising a memory, a broadcast component, a processor, and a display,

wherein the memory is configured to store an identification code, the broadcast component is configured to broadcast a signal comprising the identification code, the processor is coupled to the memory and the broadcast component, and the display is configured to indicate a successful transmission of the signal to an authentication device.

22. The broadcast device of claim 21, wherein the body comprises at least one of a band, a bracelet, a ring, a watch, a phone, and a mobile device.

23. The broadcast device of claim 21, wherein the broadcast component comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy component.

24. The broadcast device of claim 21, wherein the broadcast component is configured to constantly broadcast the signal until the signal is received by the authentication device, and the identification code comprises at least one of a username, a passphrase, a hash code, a hexadecimal code, a character array, or a MAC address.

25. The broadcast device of claim 21, further comprising a securing mechanism for securing the body to the user.