Intelligent gesture based security system and method

• US 10,698,495 B1
• Filed: 09/15/2017
• Issued: 06/30/2020
• 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:
  US15/706,298
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 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 a real time gesture;

a memory operable to store data;

a locking assembly having a locked state for securing access to a restricted area and an unlocked state for providing access to the restricted area to an authorized user; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the locking assembly, and the camera;

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

(a) utilize the camera to detect a gesture from the authorized user;

(b) store the detected gesture in the memory;

(c) compare the detected gesture to an unlock gesture, wherein the unlock gesture is stored in memory from a first previously recorded gesture performed by the authorized user;

(d) upon determining that the detected gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the unlock gesture, causing the locking assembly to change from the locked state to the unlocked state;

(e) upon determining that the detected gesture is not within the predetermined threshold of the unlock gesture, requiring a reset gesture, wherein the reset gesture is stored in memory from a second previously recorded gesture performed by the authorized user; and

(f) upon determining that the reset gesture has been made by the authorized user, the processor repeats steps (a) through (f).

2. The security system of claim 1, wherein the camera is at least one item selected from the group consisting of a still camera, motion camera, and infrared camera.

3. The security system of claim 1, wherein the change in the locking assembly from a locked state to an unlocked state allows access to contents of an electronic device.

4. The security system of claim 1, wherein the locking assembly includes at least one item selected from the group consisting of a latch, a pad lock, and a door handle.

5. The security system of claim 1, wherein the unlock gesture is a series of discrete gestures to be performed within a specific total time period.

6. The security system of claim 1, wherein the unlock gesture is a series of discrete gestures to be performed within a specific time period in a specific order;

and wherein the predetermined threshold includes deviation in the precision of the discrete gestures, in the time period, and in the specific order.

7. The security system of claim 1, wherein the camera monitors at least one specific body part selected from the group consisting of the following:

hand, leg, central core, hips, and shoulders.

8. The security system of claim 1, wherein the camera is located remote from the processor and in communication with the processor through a network.

9. The security system of claim 1, wherein the unlock gesture includes motion selected from the group consisting of the following joints:

neck, shoulders, elbows, lumbar spine, upper body, hips, wrists, fingers, toes, knees, and ankles.

10. The security system of claim 1, wherein the processor requires a user to be in a starting stance to execute one or more modules.

11. The security system of claim 1, wherein the processor requires identification of a specific user to execute the one or more modules.

12. The security system of claim 11, wherein the specific user identification is determined using the camera and facial recognition software.

13. The security system of claim 1, further comprising a sensor in communication with the processor, and wherein the processor requires data from the sensor to execute the one or more modules.

14. The security system of claim 1, further comprising a communication device to send and receive information from an outside source to and from at least one of the processor and the memory.

15. The security system of claim 1, further comprising a display.

16. The security system of claim 1, wherein the locking assembly further includes a biometric authorization device.

17. A security system, comprising:

a camera capable of monitoring a real time gesture;

a memory operable to store data;

a locking assembly having a locked state for securing access to a restricted area and an unlocked state for providing access to the restricted area to an authorized user; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the locking assembly, and the camera;

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

(a) utilize the camera to detect a gesture from the authorized user;

(b) store the detected gesture in the memory;

(c) compare the detected gesture to an unlock gesture, wherein the unlock gesture is stored in memory from a previously recorded gesture performed by the authorized user; and

(d) only upon determining that the detected gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the unlock gesture, causing the locking assembly to change from the locked state to the unlocked state;

wherein;

the unlock gesture is a series of discrete gestures that are each stored as a portion of a sequence that is dynamically re-ordered by the security system; and

the dynamic re-ordering of the sequence of discrete gestures includes requiring a second discrete gesture that is chosen by the processor based on a first discrete gesture detection.

18. The security system of claim 17, wherein each sequence portion is assigned to at least one item selected from the group consisting of a color prompt and a sound prompt, and is displayed during at least one time selected from the group consisting of prior to the camera being utilized to detect a gesture and at the same time as the camera is utilized to detect a gesture.

19. A security system, comprising:

a camera capable of monitoring a real time gesture;

a memory operable to store data;

a locking assembly having a locked state for securing access to a restricted area and an unlocked state for providing access to the restricted area to an authorized user; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the locking assembly, and the camera;

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

(a) utilize the camera to detect a gesture from the authorized user;

(b) store the detected gesture in the memory;

(c) compare the detected gesture to an unlock gesture, wherein the unlock gesture is stored in memory from a first previously recorded gesture performed by the authorized user;

(d) upon determining that the detected gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the unlock gesture, causing the locking assembly to change from the locked state to the unlocked state;

(e) upon determining that the detected gesture is not within the predetermined threshold of the unlock gesture, requiring a reset gesture, wherein the reset gesture is stored in memory from a second previously recorded gesture performed by the authorized user; and

(f) upon determining that the reset gesture has been made by the authorized user, the processor repeats steps (a) through (f);

wherein the predetermined threshold is user selectable.

20. A security system, comprising:

a camera capable of monitoring a real time gesture;

a memory operable to store data;

a locking assembly having a locked state for securing access to a restricted area and an unlocked state for providing access to the restricted area to an authorized user; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the locking assembly, and the camera;

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

(a) utilize the camera to detect a gesture from the authorized user;

(b) store the detected gesture in the memory;

(c) compare the detected gesture to an unlock gesture, wherein the unlock gesture is stored in memory from a previously recorded gesture performed by the authorized user; and

(d) only upon determining that the detected gesture is within a predetermined threshold of the unlock gesture, causing the locking assembly to change from the locked state to the unlocked state;

wherein;

the predetermined threshold is user selectable;

the unlock gesture is a series of discrete gestures that are each stored as a portion of a sequence that is dynamically re-ordered by the security system; and

the dynamic re-ordering of the sequence of discrete gestures includes requiring a second discrete gesture that is chosen by the processor based on a first discrete gesture detection.