An image password-based access grant acquisition method and system for intelligent access control. The method comprises: a remote monitoring server acquires user identity information of residents in a neighborhood unit, and sends the user identity information to an intelligent access control entity; the intelligent access control entity receives a registration request of a user, and matches information carried in the registration request against the user identity information; if the matching succeeds, then the registration request is accepted; after the registration request is accepted, the intelligent access control entity prompts the user to input a first registration password comprising an image and a gesture operation, and a second registration password comprising a pressing-based password, wherein the second registration password comprises a pressing-based password of pressing a predetermined region of the intelligent access control entity for a first number of times within a first predetermined duration
