Touchless, automated and remote premise entry systems and methods

Abstract

A system for interdicting access to a secured venue by automatically detecting the presence of weapons or other threats on attendees as they enter the site is provided. Cameras or other detectors, coupled with machine learning techniques identify from video streams or other sensor signals whether attendees openly or covertly have weapons or other threats on or near their person. In addition, wellness checks such as temperature measurements are performed. The system may also incorporate an automatic ticket scanner.

1 . A detection system comprising:
 a housing structure configured to be placed on a surface between a first area and a second area, the housing structure comprising a first section configured to face the first area and a second section configured to face the second area;   a plurality of passage lanes defined between the first section and the second section, where each of the passage lanes is partitioned from each other;   a plurality of entrance openings formed in the first section and a plurality of exit openings formed in the second section, each pair of the entrance openings and exit openings associated with a respective one of the passage lanes to allow one or more entrants to pass from the first area into the respective one of the passage lanes and from the respective one of the passage lanes to the second area;   an intelligent network of threat detection systems in data communication with at least a monitoring system, wherein the network comprises:
 a first sensor system comprising one or more first cameras configured to face one or more of the first area or the second area, and an intelligent video recognition software configured to analyze the information captured by the one or more cameras for automatically screening at least a portion of the one or more of the first area or the second area for visible threats; 
 an second sensor system disposed to scan one or more entrants in the passage lanes for suspect objects as the one or more users move through the respective passage lane; and 
 an automated access requirement system disposed to determine entry access requirements of one or more of the entrants;
 wherein the monitoring system is configured to determine, based on the received information and a set of security rules, an alarm condition indicative of one or more of the entrants posing a suspected threat, 
 and wherein the monitoring system is configured to transmit an alarm notice to one or more connected devices indicative of the alarm condition and comprising information relating to the suspected threat. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the housing structure is fixed on the surface or portable. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the monitoring system is disposed on-site relative to the housing structure. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the monitoring system is disposed remotely, off-site relative to the housing structure. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more first cameras comprise video cameras. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the entry access requirement comprise one or more of personal identification, mandated health or safety protocols, or ticket verification. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the suspected threat is indicative of a failure to meet the entry access requirement. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the suspected threat is indicative of a detected suspect object. 
     
     
         9 . The detection system of  claim 1 , wherein the second sensor system comprises an intelligent weapons detection system. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the intelligent weapons detection system uses an trained convolutional neural intelligent network to classify whether a detected signal belongs to a group of threat signals. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more robotic detection devices in communication with the monitoring system. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the one or more robotic detection devices are configured to surveil one or more of the first area, the second area, or an area adjacent the first area or second area. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the one or more robotic detection devices are configured to surveil a parking lot associated with one or more of the first area or the second area. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first sensor system or the second sensor system comprises one or more of a radio frequency (RF) sensing system, visible light cameras, infra-red cameras, magnetometers, thermal sensors, chemical sensors, radioactive sensors, explosive sensors, nuclear sensors or biological sensors. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the intelligent video recognition software uses an intelligent trained convolutional neural network to classify whether a detected signal belongs to a group of threat signals. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the access requirement system uses an intelligent network to classify whether a detected signal belongs to a group of threat signals. 
     
     
         17 . A method of making the system of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         18 . A method of using the system of  claim 1 .