Biometric Settings Recall for Driving Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional automobile systems require manual adjustment and limited user profiles, leading to inefficiencies and security concerns, as settings are lost when the battery drains and do not allow for personalized configurations for different users, including children, who may accidentally adjust settings.
Innovation Solution
A system using biometric information, such as fingerprint scanning, to store and recall personalized settings for customizable components in a driving apparatus, allowing multiple users to associate specific settings with their biometric data and ensuring authorized access, with separate devices for drivers and passengers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If conventional user profiles are stored in memory device powered by automobile battery, then user settings can be automatically recalled, but settings are lost when battery is drained
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a backup copy of user profile data by transmitting it from the automobile's memory device to a remote server via a wireless communication device. This ensures that even if the automobile battery is drained and the local memory is lost, the user profile data exists in a remote location and can be retrieved when the user returns.
2Device complexity
If conventional technique limits user profiles to four users, then system complexity is reduced, but number of users that can have personalized settings is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the user profile system universal by enabling it to accommodate any number of users through remote server storage. Instead of being constrained by the automobile's internal memory capacity, the system can now serve unlimited users by storing their profiles externally, allowing the same automobile to be personalized for any family member or friend who uses it.
3Ease of operation
If conventional technique allows any user to access stored settings, then ease of operation is improved, but unauthorized changes by children or mistakes can occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements biometric authentication using fingerprint scanning as a feedback mechanism before allowing access to or modification of user profiles. The system first verifies the user's identity through the fingerprint scanner, and only after successful authentication does it permit the user to access or change settings. This prevents unauthorized changes by children or other unauthenticated individuals while still allowing easy access to authorized users.
4Ease of operation
If manual adjustment of components is required every time, then user control is maximized, but considerable amount of time is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by automatically adjusting all customizable components to the user's preferred settings immediately upon the user entering the automobile and providing biometric authentication. Instead of requiring the user to manually adjust each component upon entry, the system has already prepared the optimal configuration based on the stored user profile, and simply applies it automatically when the user arrives.
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AI summary
A system and method for facilitating a personalizing settings in a driving apparatus using user's biometric information are provided. Individual users of an automobile are facilitated to set personal settings through a biometric information device in the driving apparatus. In one embodiment, a given user of the driving apparatus is facilitated to provide his/her fingerprint in a first mode through the fingerprint scanner to store settings of a set of currently configured components as the personalized settings for those components. The given user is facilitated to subsequently provide his/her fingerprint in a second mode through the fingerprint scanner to retrieve the personalized settings for the set of configured components and have the set of components configured in accordance with those settings. In some examples, security is provided to determine whether a given user is authorized to personalize certain customizable components in the driving apparatus.