Single credential admittance applied to a plurality of individuals by video image transformation system and method of operation

1. A system for providing physical access to a plurality of individuals comprising:

a camera to capture a video stream of individuals arriving at an access point;

a circuit to determine a count of individuals and a best face for each individual;

an identification module coupled to an identity store to determine a cohort when each of the best face corresponds to a badge photograph;

a portal actuator to control entry and egress through the access point;

a credential reader activated to accept within a time period at least one electronic credential from a member of the cohort;

an admittance module to apply the highest access level of the received credential to all the members in the cohort;

a surveillance security operator console to concur with the admittance policy; and

a processor coupled to the above, performing instructions to determine a cohort from best face images, accept at least one credential from a member of the cohort, and transmit actuator instructions to the portal controller through a surveillance system operator;

whereby a single credential capture event enables a plurality of persons to transit a physical access control portal.

2. A method of operation for a single credential authenticating a plurality of identified individuals implemented by an information handling system that includes volatile storage and a processor performing executable instructions encoded in non-transitory media, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of best face images captured in a video stream within a range of time;

identifying a cohort of individuals by an identification module correlating best face images with badge photographs in an identity store;

bounding the cohort by the first best face and the last contiguous best face without an intervening best face uncorrelated with a badge photograph in the identity store;

receiving at least one electronic credential indicia; and

controlling a portal actuator of a sallyvator.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining when an electronic credential is valid;

applying the admittance policy to all individuals in the cohort in the present time; and

storing the cohort into a training store.

4. An apparatus comprising:

a credential sensor positioned in a vicinity of an access point, the credential sensor configured to capture information of a person requesting access;

a first camera positioned to capture video frames of one or more persons near the credential sensor, the one or more persons near the credential sensor including the person requesting access;

an identification module coupled to the first camera and the credential sensor;

an identity data store, wherein the identification module is configured to retrieve identity indicia of the person requesting access from the identity data store;

an access policy store storing an access policy for a person requesting access;

an admittance module coupled to the access policy store, wherein the identification module is configured to transmit information including an access point, a time of day and the identity of the person requesting access to the admittance module;

a security surveillance operator console coupled to the first camera and the identification module;

a portal actuator;

a second camera positioned to capture video frames of the one or more persons who have passed through the access point; and

a training module coupled to the identity data store and the security surveillance operator console.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the portal actuator is configured to control one or more of:

a portal for controlling entry from a public area;

a portal for controlling occupation;

a portal for enabling exit into a private area; and

a portal for free movement between public and private areas.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first camera is positioned exterior to the access point.