Facial recognition for user authentication

A system comprising:

• at least one programmable processor;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
• utilizing an image capture device to scan facial features of a user, responsive to recognition of a plurality of beam projection points on the face of the user;
• authenticating first data captured from scanning the facial features against a facial depth map stored as a data structure in a data storage medium;
• in response to successful authentication, continuing to scan the facial features of the user to detect facial movements indicative of the user's liveness;
• and
• granting access to the user, in response to verifying the user's liveness.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

• utilizing an image capture device to scan facial features of a user, responsive to recognition of a plurality of beam projection points on the face of the user;
• authenticating first data captured from scanning the facial features against a facial depth map stored as a data structure in a data storage medium;
• in response to successful authentication, continuing to scan the facial features of the user to detect facial movements indicative of the user's liveness;
• and
• granting access to the user, in response to verifying the user's liveness.