Intelligent gesture based security system and method

• US 9,785,250 B1
• Filed: 05/15/2017
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Newtonoid Technologies L L C
• Original Assignee: Newtonoid Technologies L L C
• Inventors: Staton, Fielding B., Strumpf, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Jiang, Yong Hang
• Application Number:
  US15/595,913
• Time in Patent Office: 148 Days
• Field of Search: 340 551, 340 552, 340 553
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/32 in combination with an identity check
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

The present disclosure includes intelligent gesture controlled security systems. A security system acts as a gateway between a user and a restricted area, whether physical or electronic. One gesture controlled security system includes a camera capable of monitoring a real time gesture, a memory operable to store data, a locking assembly having a locked state and an unlocked state, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the locking assembly, and the camera. The processor is operable to utilize the camera to detect a gesture, store the detected gesture in the memory, compare the detected gesture to a stored gesture, and only upon determining that the real time gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the stored gesture, causing the locking assembly to change from the locked state to the unlocked state.

Claims

1. A security system, comprising:

a camera capable of monitoring real time gestures;

a memory operable to store data;

a device having a locked state and an unlocked state;

an output; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the camera, the memory, the device, and the

output;

the processor operable to execute one or more modules in the memory to;

(a) utilize the camera to detect a first gesture;

(b) store the first detected gesture in the memory in association with a first prompt;

(c) utilize the camera to detect a second gesture;

(d) store the second detected gesture in the memory in association with a second prompt;

(e) utilize the camera to detect a third gesture;

(f) store the third detected gesture in the memory in association with a third prompt;

(g) actuate the output to provide the first prompt;

(h) use the camera to detect a fourth gesture;

(i) store the fourth detected gesture in the memory;

(j) compare the fourth detected gesture to the first detected gesture;

(k) select a prompt from the group consisting of the second prompt and the third prompt;

(1) only after determining that the fourth detected gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the first detected gesture, actuate the output to provide the selected prompt;

(m) use the camera to detect a fifth gesture;

(n) store the fifth detected gesture in the memory;

(o) compare the fifth detected gesture to the detected gesture associated with the selected prompt; and

(p) only after determining that the fifth detected gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the detected gesture associated with the selected prompt, cause the device to change from the locked state to the unlocked state;

wherein at least one of the first prompt and the selected prompt is a purposefully deceptive prompt, and wherein the processor initiates a lockout step upon an intuitive response being detected after the purposefully deceptive prompt.

2. The security system of claim 1, wherein the selected prompt is selected randomly.

3. The security system of claim 1, wherein the selected prompt is selected based on the comparison of the fourth detected gesture to the first detected gesture.

4. A security system, comprising:

a camera capable of monitoring real time gestures;

a memory operable to store data;

a device having a locked state and an unlocked state;

an output; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the camera, the memory, the device, and the output;

the processor operable to execute one or more modules in the memory to;

(a) actuate the output to provide a first prompt;

(b) use the camera to detect a first gesture;

(c) store the first detected gesture in the memory;

(d) compare the first detected gesture to a first predetermined gesture associated with the first prompt;

(e) select a second prompt;

(f) only after determining that the first detected gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the first predetermined gesture, actuate the output to provide the second prompt;

(g) use the camera to detect a second gesture;

(h) store the second detected gesture in the memory;

(i) compare the second detected gesture to a second predetermined gesture associated with the second prompt; and

(j) only after determining that the second detected gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the second predetermined gesture, cause the device to change from the locked state to the unlocked state;

wherein at least one of the first prompt and the second prompt is a purposefully deceptive prompt, and wherein the processor initiates a lockout step upon an intuitive response being detected after the purposefully deceptive prompt.

5. The security system of claim 4, wherein the second prompt is selected randomly.

6. The security system of claim 4, wherein the second prompt is selected based on the comparison of the first detected gesture to the first predetermined gesture.

7. The security system of claim 4, wherein the processor is further operable to execute one or more modules in the memory to:

(k) select a third prompt;

(1) only after determining that the second detected gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the second predetermined gesture, actuate the output to provide the third prompt;

(m) use the camera to detect a third gesture;

(n) store the third detected gesture in the memory;

(o) compare the third detected gesture to a third predetermined gesture associated with the third prompt; and

(p) only after determining that the third detected gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the third predetermined gesture, cause the device to change from the locked state to the unlocked state.

8. The security system of claim 7, wherein at least one of the first prompt, the second prompt, and the third prompt is a purposefully deceptive prompt;

and wherein the processor initiates a lockout step upon an intuitive response being detected after the purposefully deceptive prompt.

9. The security system of claim 7, wherein the processor is a distributed processor, and wherein the memory is a distributed memory.

10. A method of operating a security system, comprising the steps of:

initiating a camera to input an access gesture;

storing the input access gesture in memory;

providing a prompt through an output;

initiating the camera to input a real time gesture;

storing the input real time gesture in the memory;

comparing the stored real time gesture to the stored access gesture;

automatically releasing a lock from a locked state to an unlocked state only if the comparison determines a match greater than a preset threshold;

comparing the stored real time gesture to a stored intuitive response; and

automatically initiating a lockout step upon an intuitive response being detected when the prompt provided is a deceptive prompt.