ES1232408U - Non-intrusive child access control through artificial intelligence (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Access control of minors for web pages or electronic devices that makes use of at least one graphic screen (16), camera (17) and/or microphone (18) and has at least two of the following three mechanisms of age verification based on artificial intelligence: by age analysis by the user's face (6), by age analysis by the user's voice (9) and/or by extracting the date of birth of a document user's official (13). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

D E S C R I P C I Ó N

CHILD ACCESS CONTROL NON-INTRUSIVE BY INTELLIGENCE

ARTIFICIAL

SECTOR OF THE TECHNIQUE

The present invention belongs to the field of computer science and computing, and more specifically to the field of application of artificial intelligence.

The object of the present invention is an automatic access control based on artificial intelligence for web pages, software applications or electronic devices, which require verifying that the user's age is of legal age in order to access the content (tobacco, alcohol, pornography, weapons, gambling, tobacco machines ...) with the least intrusion and as fast as possible.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The market for access control of minors on the internet, machines and electronic devices in order to verify the age of users is very fragmented, with many different suppliers in all countries and multiple technical solutions.

Some providers offer an age verification through the card or passport, verifying an agent that the user is of legal age, as in physical establishments such as discos or casinos, or in tobacco vending machines. Others propose a solution based on OCR ("Optical Character Recognition") that extracts the date of birth of official documents, once sent previously. There are also credit institutions that collect extensive personal information of the user and verify this information with databases Government

With regard to age estimation systems through the image of the user's face, there are commercial options based on facial recognition algorithms created by the Big Tech Players (IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Apple .. .). These solutions have been designed primarily for services of facial recognition, although they are able to provide other parameters such as emotions or as already mentioned, estimation of age. All these identified solutions lack end user interfaces and are not marketed as age verification services, but as an artificial vision API.

These commercial techniques require a lot of labor and time, are intrusive, require the collection of critical personal data and generate high friction in the consumer. In addition, the price per verified user ranges between 0.5 and more than € 8.

More and more governments are demanding access controls for minors to companies to prevent their access to adult content, such as for the purchase of tobacco through vending machines or recently in the United Kingdom to pornographic content web pages. This innovative product is a great competitive advantage for all those companies that offer adult content.

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The inventor of the present application has developed an innovative access control to prevent minors from accessing adult-only content, solving the problems presented by current tools and presenting an optimal option for all cases. This new access control platform is based on verifying the user's age by applying artificial intelligence algorithms through 3 security mechanisms:

a) The main part of the access control and through which all verifications pass is based on determining the user's age through the image of the face captured through a camera (mobile, computer, laptop, tobacco vending machine , betting machine ...). In this way, access to all adults in most cases is allowed in less than a second, without requiring any personal data of the user (nothing intrusive) and with an expense much lower than the current systems.

Different image recognition algorithms and convolutional neural networks are used to identify the age of the user through face image. which currently achieve high precision. Algorithms are also used to certify that the user does not use a photo.

b) The second age verification mechanism is activated in the few cases in which it is not completely possible to ensure that the user is of legal age only with the image of the face. It is based on determining the age through the user's voice, applying different algorithms for this purpose. The user reads a phrase that is indicated on the screen of the device and is detected by the microphone of the device in question, if it is available (mobile, portable ...) or by a microphone installed for this purpose (in Vending machines for tobacco, gambling, betting.). This alternative system is also done in less than a second, at an insignificant cost and nothing intrusive.

c) The last mechanism is activated when with the previous two it is not possible to certify with certainty that the user is of legal age, applying a safety margin to ensure 100% that there are no false accesses. This method is based on OCR, which is the only artificial intelligence system currently used by some commercial access controls, asking the user for a photo of their ID or passport and extracting the date of birth from the document. This last system requires time, since the user has to take a photo of his identity document and send it through the invented platform. This method is the only one intrusive, but necessary to prevent the mentioned false accesses.

With this new access control through different artificial intelligence techniques, the following advantages are achieved with respect to the current state of the art: insignificant prices, much lower times and nothing intrusive in most cases.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description, where illustrative and non-limiting nature has been represented. following:

Figure 1.- Shows a view of the initial graphical interface of the platform

Figure 2.- Shows a view of the graphic interface with information related to the invention

Figure 3.- Shows a view of the graphical interface for age verification through the image of the user's face.

Figure 4.- Shows a view of the graphical interface for age verification through the user's voice.

Figure 5.- Shows a view of the graphical interface for age verification through a user identity document and OCR techniques.

Figure 6.- Shows a view of a betting machine with the operating access control system.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Next, a particular example of the access control of minors by age verification with artificial intelligence techniques is described, in accordance with the present invention with reference to the attached figures.

Specifically, Figure 1 (1) shows the graphical startup interface that is shown to the user when trying to access a web or electronic device with access control activated. In this view, access to age verification by face (2), access to information related to the invention (3) and access to age verification directly through OCR (4) can be seen.

Figure 2 (5) shows an example of an interface with information related to the invention that may be of interest to the user and shows compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Figure 3 (6) shows the age verification interface through analysis of the user's face, which is reached through the link (2). The image of the user (7) captured by a camera (Fig. 6) (17) placed for this purpose is shown, in case the electronic device does not contain it as standard, and if it is verified that it is of legal age, The padlock (8) opens and the page or device to which you want to access will be displayed.

In the event that the majority of the user's age cannot be assured through face analysis, the interface for voice analysis is opened (9). The user has to speak the corresponding phrase (11), the sonogram (10) is shown and in case of his age, the lock (12) is opened and the web page or the device to which it is want to access The user's voice is picked up with a microphone (Fig. 6) (18) placed for this purpose in case the electronic device does not contain it as standard.

Finally, in the case of not being able to verify the age of majority with the two previous methods, Figure 5 (13) is opened, an interface that shows a chatbot or automatic chat based on artificial intelligence (14) for the user to send a photo of an identity document so that by OCR techniques the user's date of birth is extracted and their age can be verified exactly.

Figure 6 shows a betting machine (15) that has the necessary devices so that access control can work: screens (16) to show the interfaces, a camera (17) to capture the image of the user's face and a microphone (18) to capture the user's voice.

As can be extracted from this example of access control, this invention has a very clear industrial application, mainly for all those industries whose content is only legal for adults (tobacco, alcohol, pornography, gambling, weapons ...) . In addition, it represents a clear improvement over the options that currently exist in the market.

With the foregoing, it is not considered necessary to extend this description further so that the scope and advantages of this invention can be understood. Even an expert in the field should be able to develop and implement the object of it. However, it should be understood that the invention has been described as a preferred embodiment thereof, so it may be subject to change without implying any alteration of the basis of said invention. Therefore, the terms in which this preferred description of the invention has been exposed should always be taken broadly and not limitatively.

Claims (2)

1. Control of access of minors for web pages or electronic devices that makes use of at least one graphic screen (16), camera (17) and / or microphone (18) and has at least two of the following three mechanisms of age verification based on artificial intelligence: by age analysis by the user's face (6), by age analysis by the user's voice (9) and / or by extracting the date of birth of a document user officer (13). 2. Access control according to the preceding claim containing two or more graphic interfaces to be displayed on the graphic screen.