Patent ID: 8693737

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, by a computing device, whether a first individual has entered a field of view of a biometric scanning device associated with a vault; receiving, at the computing device, first data representative of a scanned iris of the first individual associated with the biometric scanning device; receiving, at the computing device, second data representative of a scanned iris of a second individual associated with the biometric scanning device; identifying, by the computing device, the first individual based upon the scanned iris of the first individual; permitting entry of the identified first individual into the vault; and determining a weight associated with the first indiviual; identifying, by the computing device, the second individual based upon the scanned iris of the second individual; permitting, by the computing device, entry of the identified second individual into the vault and determining a weight associated with the second individual; biometrically monitoring, by the computing device, movement of the first individual or the second individual within the vault; determining, by the computing device, whether the one of the first individual and the second individual is attempting to leave an object in the vault based on at least determining whether the calculated weight of one the first individual and the second individual has fallen below an allowable threshold value upon exit of the vault and the scanned iris of one of the first individual and the second individual respectively; and responsive to determining whether the calculated weight of one the first individual and the second individual has fallen below an allowable threshold value initiating, by the computing device, an electronic notification of the attempt to leave an unauthorized object in the vault.