# US 2018/0025563 A1 · Security and Public Safety Application for a Mobile Device with Audio/Video Analytics and Access Control Authentication

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- Number: US 2018/0025563 A1
- Document ID: US20180025563A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/710,858
- Filed: 2017-09-21
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2014-07-28
- Inventors: Daniel Kerning; Dharmesh Patel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025563A1

## CPC

- H04W 12/06: Authentication
- G07C 9/00563: {using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns}
- G07C 9/33: by means of a password
- G07C 9/37: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
- G08B 21/22: responsive to presence or absence of persons
- G08B 25/016: {Personal emergency signalling and security systems (emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12)}
- G08B 27/006: {with transmission via telephone network}
- H04L 63/102: {Entity profiles}
- H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information
- H04W 4/026: {using orientation information, e.g. compass}
- H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
- H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
- H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
- H04W 12/08: Access security
- G08B 25/008: {Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system}
- H04L 63/0861: {using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231)}
- H04M 2203/553: Data upload
- H04M 2250/10: including a GPS signal receiver
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

An access control system utilizes authorized users' mobile electronic devices for transmitting biometric identifiers in combination with using an access card for authenticating the user's access privileges for unlocking a secure door. The system may further verify proximity of the user's device to the access control reader, which verifies correspondence of the access card with the transmitted biometric characteristics. The system may further require entry of a PIN into the user's device, for its transmission to the access control system for access confirmation. A scanner scans the area around its geographic location for signals emitted by mobile electronic devices, and identifies a position, a type, and an address of each device, using characteristics of the signals. Audio analytics detect/identify a position of sudden sound fluctuations indicating a gunshot/fight incident, and correlates the incident location to a device location. Video analytics correlate imaged people with detected electronic devices.

## Claims

### Claim 1 (depends on 1)

A computer-implemented method for authenticating a user's access privileges for unlocking a door secured by an access control system, said method comprising:
assigning the user access privileges to the secured door, within the access control system;
storing one or more biometric characteristics of the user within the access control system;
coupling a client device of the user for communicating with the access control system;
associating an access card with the user;
configuring the access control system for selective enabling of an access control reader of the secured door; and configuring the access control reader, when enabled, for verifying the access card is associated with the user, and for causing temporary unlocking of the secured door by the verified access card;
obtaining at least one of the one or more biometric characteristics using the client device, and transmitting the obtained at least one biometric characteristic to the access control system;
wherein said selective enabling of the access control reader comprises:
comparing, by the access control system, the transmitted at least one biometric characteristic with the stored one or more biometric characteristics of the user; and
temporarily enabling the access control reader upon matching by the access control system of the transmitted at least one biometric characteristic with the stored one or more biometric characteristics of the user.
2. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 wherein said selective enabling of the access control reader further comprises:
transmitting, by the client device, of its geographic location to the access control system;
verifying, by the access control system, of said transmitted geographic location of the client device being less than a threshold distance away from the access control reader; and
temporarily enabling the access control reader upon said matching by the access control system of the transmitted at least one biometric characteristic with the stored one or more biometric characteristics of the user, and upon said verifying of threshold proximity of the client device to the access control reader.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 2 wherein said selective enabling of the access control reader further comprises:
storing a personal identification number (PIN) of the user within the access control system;
configuring the access control system for comparing a number entered therein with the stored PIN of the user; and
temporarily enabling the access control reader upon: said matching by the access control system of the transmitted at least one biometric characteristic with the stored one or more biometric characteristics of the user, upon said verifying of threshold proximity of the client device to the access control reader, and upon matching of the entered number with the stored PIN of the user.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 3 wherein said selective enabling of the access control reader further comprises:
assigning a second user access privileges to the secured door, within the access control system, requiring selectively escorting of the second user by an assigned escort;
assigning the first user escort privileges for the second user;
storing one or more biometric characteristics of the second user within the access control system;
coupling a client device of the second user for communicating with the access control system;
associating a second access card with the second user;
obtaining at least one of the one or more biometric characteristics of the second user using the client device of the second user, and transmitting the obtained at least one biometric characteristic of the second user to the access control system; and
temporarily enabling the access control reader for the second user upon: matching by the access control system of the transmitted at least one biometric characteristic of the second user with the stored one or more biometric characteristics of the second user, upon verifying of threshold proximity of the client device of the second user to the access control reader, and upon verifying of threshold proximity of the client device of the first user to the access control reader.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 further comprising configuring the access control reader for said temporary enabling for a programmable amount of time.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 5 further comprising displaying a button, on the client device of the user, configured for toggling thereof for causing immediate disabling of the access control reader prior to expiration of the programmable amount of time.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more biometric characteristics are from the group of biometric characteristics consisting of: a voice sample; a fingerprint; an iris scan; a facial image; and a signature of the user.

### Claim 8

A method of using a backend computer system and a mobile computing device of a user for adding dynamic real-time biometric authenticating of the user to an existing access control system configured for selectively unlocking a respective door, said method comprising:
assigning the user access privileges to the respective door in the backend computer system;
storing one or more biometric characteristics of the user in the backend computer system;
storing a geolocation of the respective door in the backend computer system;
configuring the backend computer system for communicating with an application running on the mobile computing device of the user;
configuring the access control system for receiving instructions from the backend computer system; and configuring the access control system for unlocking the respective door when instructed by the backend computer system;
using the mobile computing device for obtaining at least one of the one or more biometric characteristics, and transmitting the obtained at least one biometric characteristic to the backend computer system;
transmitting the geolocation of the mobile computing device to the backend computer system;
comparing, by the backend computer system, of the transmitted at least one biometric characteristic to the stored one or more biometric characteristics of the user;
comparing, by the backend computer system, of the transmitted geolocation of the mobile computing device to the stored geolocation of the respective door;
instructing the access control system, by the backend computer system, for temporarily unlocking the respective door, upon matching by the backend computer system of the transmitted at least one biometric characteristic with the stored one or more biometric characteristics of the user, and upon verifying that the transmitted geolocation of the mobile computing device of the user is less than a threshold distance away from the respective door.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8 further comprising:
associating an access card with the user; and
instructing the access control system, by the backend computer system, for temporarily unlocking the respective door, upon said matching by the backend computer system of the transmitted at least one biometric characteristic with the stored one or more biometric characteristics of the user, upon said verifying that the transmitted geolocation of the mobile computing device of the user is less than a threshold distance away from the respective door, and upon verifying, by an access card reader of the respective door, that the access card is associated with the user.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method according to claim 9 further comprising:
associating a personal identification number (PIN) with the access card of the user; and
instructing the access control system, by the backend computer system, for temporarily unlocking the respective door, upon said matching by the backend computer system of the transmitted at least one biometric characteristic with the stored one or more biometric characteristics of the user, upon said verifying that the transmitted geolocation of the mobile computing device of the user is less than a threshold distance away from the respective door, upon said verifying, by the access card reader that the access card is associated with the user, and upon verifying a number entered into the access card reader as matching the PIN of the user.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8 further comprising:
assigning a second user access privileges to the respective door, within the access control system, requiring selectively escorting of the second user by an assigned escort;
assigning the first user escort privileges for the second user;
storing one or more biometric characteristics of the second user within the access control system;
coupling a client device of the second user for communicating with the access control system;
associating a second access card with the second user;
obtaining at least one of the one or more biometric characteristics of the second user using the client device of the second user, and transmitting the obtained at least one biometric characteristic of the second user to the access control system; and
temporarily enabling the access control reader for the second user upon: matching by the access control system of the transmitted at least one biometric characteristic of the second user with the stored one or more biometric characteristics of the second user, upon verifying of threshold proximity of the client device of the second user to the access control reader, and upon verifying of threshold proximity of the client device of the first user to the access control reader.

### Claim 12

A computer-implemented method for tracking and correlating a location of one or more mobile electronic devices in relation to an incident using a scanner, said method comprising:
identifying the geographic location of the scanner;
continuously scanning the area around the geographic location of the scanner for signals emitted by one or more mobile electronic devices;
identifying a type and an identifier of each of the one or more mobile electronic devices;
determining a location of each of the one or more mobile electronic devices using characteristics of the emitted signals;
detecting sound in real-time around the scanner;
analyzing the detected sound using audio analytic configured for detecting sudden fluctuations in the detected sound, indicating detection of the incident;
determining a geographic location of the detected incident; and
correlating the geographic location of the detected incident to the geographic location of the one or more mobile electronic devices.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 12, wherein said correlating of the location of the detected incident to the location of the one or more mobile electronic devices comprises graphically representing the locations on a map image.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 12, wherein said correlating of the locations of the detected incident and the location of the one or more mobile electronic devices comprises overlaying a corresponding circle centered on the location of the scanner, having a radial extent corresponding to the locations' distance away from the scanner.

### Claim 15

A computer-implemented method for tracking and correlating a location of one or more mobile electronic devices in relation to one or more imaged people using a scanner, said method comprising:
identifying the geographic location of the scanner;
continuously scanning the area around the geographic location of the scanner for signals emitted by one or more mobile electronic devices;
identifying an identifier and a type of the one or more mobile electronic devices;
determining a location of each of the one or more mobile electronic devices using characteristics of the emitted signals;
imaging one more people positioned around the scanner in real-time using a camera;
analyzing said imaging using video analytics configured for determining changing of an aspect ratio of each of the one or more imaged people;
determining a location of each of the one or more imaged people; and
pairing the geographic location of each of the one of more imaged people to the location of the one or more mobile electronic devices.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 15, further comprising: iteratively imaging and using a statistical analysis for eliminating a false said pairing.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 15, wherein said pairing of the location of each of the one or more imaged people to the location of the one or more mobile electronic devices comprises: comparing a rate of said changing of the aspect ratio of each of the one or more people in said incremental imaging, with a rate of change of a signal strength of each of the one or more mobile electronic devices, relative to the scanner.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 15, further comprising determining a direction of movement of each of the one or more imaged people using said changing of the aspect ratio.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 15, further comprising storing an image of each of the one or more imaged people with a corresponding current geographic position and direction of movement in a memory.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The computer-implemented method according to claim 15, further comprising using video analytics for distinguishing each of said one or more people by comparing one or more of: color, aspect ratio, texture, body profile, and gait characteristics of the one or more imaged people.