Contemporaneous facial gesture and keyboard entry authentication

A restricted access device comprising:

• a memory;
• a display;
• a keyboard;
• a keyboard processor module, a gesture processing module, and an access controller in communication with said memory, said display, and said keyboard;
• the keyboard processing module for receiving a keyboard input signal from a keyboard having a plurality of keys for receiving a keyboard entry and determining the keyboard entry corresponds to a password, wherein the password requires multiple keyboard activations;
• the gesture processing module for processing an animated facial gesture input signal from a gesture detector for detecting a gesture event and for determining the gesture event corresponds to a predetermined gesture event, wherein the gesture event includes at least a first gesture and a second gesture;
• the access controller coupled to the keyboard processing module and the gesture processing module for increasing access to the restricted access device based upon the determining of the gesture event occurring contemporaneously with the password, the increasing access based upon the first gesture being received during a predetermined keyboard activation of the password and the second gesture being received during a another predetermined keyboard activation of the password;
• the gesture event occurs between a first keyboard activation and a last keyboard activation of the password;
• and
• decreasing a number of keyboard activations in the password based upon the gesture event being received.

A non-transitory computer program product comprising:

• a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit of an application server for performing a method comprising:
• enabling increased access to a restricted access device based upon an animated facial gesture event occurring while receiving a predetermined keyboard entry from a user accessing the restricted access device, and the animated facial gesture event occurs between a first keyboard activation and a last keyboard activation of a password, wherein the predetermined keyboard entry includes a password requiring multiple keyboard activations, the animated facial gesture event includes at least a first gesture and a second gesture received from the user, the enabling enables the increased access based upon the first gesture being received during a predetermined keyboard activation of the password and the second gesture being received during a another predetermined keyboard activation of the password;
• and
• decreasing a number of keyboard activations in the password based upon the animated facial gesture event being received.