Image data enabled access control systems and methods

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause performance of a method of initiating an auto-secure operation of a movable barrier operator, the method comprising:

• receiving, at an access control platform component, a person detection signal indicative of an unknown person within a region of interest near a movable barrier operator, wherein the person detection signal is determined in view of image data captured by a camera system, wherein the region of interest is external to a secured area bounded by a movable barrier movable between open and closed positions by a movable barrier operator;
• initiating, by the access control platform component, an auto-secure operation upon receipt of the person detection signal, wherein initiating the auto-secure operation comprises:
• formulating, by the access control platform component, a person detected notification;
• transmitting the person detected notification to a user device;
• and
• sending a close command to the movable barrier operator to cause the movable barrier operator to close the movable barrier, wherein the access control platform component does not send the close command to the movable barrier operator when a person in the region of interest is a known person, and wherein the known person is identified based at least in part on entering the region of interest from the secured area.

A camera subsystem for use with a movable barrier operator, the camera subsystem comprising:

• a camera system that receives a visual input of a region of interest external to a secured area bounded by a movable barrier movable between open and closed positions by a movable barrier operator;
• and
• a server subsystem, wherein the server subsystem comprises a processor coupled to memory, the processor configured to:
• process image data received from the camera system to determine whether an unknown person is present in the image data;
• formulate a person detected notification in response to determining the unknown person is present in the image data;
• transmit the person detected notification to a user device;
• and
• initiate, in response to receiving the person detected notification, an auto-secure operation including sending a close command to the movable barrier operator to cause the movable barrier operator to close the movable barrier, wherein the camera subsystem does not send the close command to the movable barrier operator in response to a known person being detected in the image data, the known person being identified at least in part based at least in part on a location of detection in the region of interest.