Methods and systems for accessing a secure system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRobert William GRUBBS, Justin Varkey JOHN
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for accessing a secure system requiring multi-point authentication by receiving an optical image, wherein the optical image includes at least a portion of an identification badge; determining a plurality of characteristics from the optical image of at least a portion of the identification badge; comparing one or more of the plurality of characteristics to a database of characteristics of authorized users; assigning a confidence factor based on the comparison; and prompting for a second form of authentication if the confidence factor meets or exceeds a threshold or denying access to the secure system if the confidence factor does not meet or exceed the threshold.
Claims20
A method of accessing a secure system requiring multi-point authentication, comprising:
- receiving an optical image, wherein the optical image includes at least a portion of an identification badge;
- determining, by a processor executing one or more recognition algorithms encoded as computer-executable instructions, a plurality of characteristics from the optical image of at least a portion of the identification badge;
- comparing, by the processor executing computer-readable instructions, one or more of the plurality of characteristics to a database of characteristics of authorized users;
- assigning, by the processor executing computer-readable instructions, a confidence factor based on the comparison;
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- prompting, by the processor executing computer-readable instructions, for a second form of authentication if the confidence factor meets or exceeds a threshold or denying access to the secure system if the confidence factor does not meet or exceed the threshold.
A system for accessing a secure system requiring multi-point authentication, said system comprised of:
- an image capture mechanism, wherein the image capture mechanism captures an optical image that includes at least a portion of an identification badge;
- a memory;
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- a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor determines by executing one or more recognition algorithms encoded as computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, a plurality of characteristics from the optical image of at least a portion of the identification badge;
- compares one or more of the plurality of characteristics to characteristics of authorized users, said database stored on the memory;
- assigns a confidence factor based on the comparison;
- and prompts for a second form of authentication if the confidence factor meets or exceeds a threshold or denies access to the secure system if the confidence factor does not meet or exceed the threshold.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions for accessing a secure system requiring multi-point authentication stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive an optical image, wherein the optical image includes at least a portion of an identification badge;
- determine a plurality of characteristics from the optical image of at least a portion of the identification badge;
- compare one or more of the plurality of characteristics to a database of characteristics of authorized users;
- assign a confidence factor based on the comparison;
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- prompt for a second form of authentication if the confidence factor meets or exceeds a threshold or denying access to the secure system if the confidence factor does not meet or exceed the threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.