Accessing a secure region of an environment using visually identified behaviors relative to an access control device

A system for facilitating access by a first person to a secure region within an environment having a plurality of items, wherein the secure region is at least partly defined by an access control device, the system comprising:

• a plurality of visual sensors located throughout the environment;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• acquire, using at least one of the plurality of visual sensors, first image information including the first person and the access control device;
• perform image analysis on the first image information to:
• identify the first person;
• and
• identify a first behavior of the first person relative to the access control device;
• upon determining (1) that the first behavior corresponds to a predefined visual access behavior indicating that the first person is in the process of manually operating the access control device, and (2) that a security level associated with the first person satisfies a predetermined threshold security level associated with the access control device, transmit a first control signal to a security element of the access control device to thereby permit the first person to physically access the secure region;
• acquire, using at least one of the plurality of visual sensors, second image information including the first person and the access control device;
• identify, using image analysis performed on the second image information, a second behavior of the first person relative to the access control device;
• and
• upon determining, based on the second behavior, that the first person is no longer physically accessing the secure region, transmit a second control signal to the security element, thereby activating the security element to prevent subsequent unauthorized attempts to physically access the secure region.

A computer program product to facilitate access by a first person to a secure region within an environment having a plurality of items, wherein the secure region is at least partly defined by an access control device, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to perform an operation that includes:
• acquiring, using at least one visual sensor coupled with the one or more processors and disposed within the environment, first image information including the first person and the access control device;
• performing image analysis on the first image information to:
• identify the first person;
• and
• identify a first behavior of the first person relative to the access control device;
• upon determining (1) that the first behavior corresponds to a predefined visual access behavior indicating that the first person is in the process of manually operating the access control device, and (2) that a security level associated with the first person satisfies a predetermined threshold security level associated with the access control device, transmitting a first control signal to a security element of the access control device to thereby permit the first person to physically access the secure region;
• acquiring, using at least one visual sensor disposed within the environment, second image information including the first person and the access control device;
• identifying, using image analysis performed on the second image information, a second behavior of the first person relative to the access control device;
• and
• upon determining, based on the second behavior, that the first person is no longer physically accessing the secure region, transmitting a second control signal to the security element, thereby activating the security element to prevent subsequent unauthorized attempts to physically access the secure region.