Electronic lock with facial authentication features

A method for actuating an electronic lock, the method comprising:

• activating a facial authentication circuit of an electronic lock, the facial authentication circuit including at least one camera;
• detecting, via the at least one camera, a face;
• verifying, by the facial authentication circuit, the face with the facial authentication circuit by comparing, with a locally stored facial recognition model, the face with a locally stored facial authentication profile associated with an enrolled user, wherein the facial recognition model is trained remotely from electronic lock and received in a memory of the electronic lock from a server remote from the electronic lock;
• generating, by the facial authentication circuit, an authentication signal;
• and
• actuating a motor of the electronic lock to move the electronic lock between a locked state and an unlocked state based at least in part on the authentication signal.

An electronic lock comprising:

• a control circuit;
• a motor actuatable by the control circuit;
• a facial authentication circuit operatively connected to the control circuit, the facial authentication circuit including at least one camera and a memory storing a facial recognition model, wherein the facial recognition model is trained remotely from the electronic lock and received in the memory of the facial authentication circuit from a server remote from the electronic lock;
• wherein the facial authentication circuit is configured to generate an authentication signal to the control circuit based on a comparison, by the facial recognition model, between facial authentication data captured by the at least one camera and a locally stored authentication profile associated with an enrolled user;
• and
• wherein, at least in part in response to the authentication signal, the control circuit is configured to actuate a motor to move the electronic lock between a locked state and an unlocked state.