Biometric Vehicle Access Control for Unauthorized User Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for limiting access to vehicles, such as valet keys, are often overlooked and require manual locking of compartments, lacking refined access control and awareness among users.
Innovation Solution
Implementing biometric identification techniques, including facial recognition, fingerprint, voice recognition, and weight distribution analysis, to differentiate between vehicle owners and unauthorized users, adjusting vehicle settings dynamically to grant or restrict access accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If biometric identification is implemented to differentiate users, then security and access control are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical key-based access systems with biometric identification systems (facial recognition, fingerprint, voice recognition, weight distribution analysis). This substitution eliminates physical keys and manual locking mechanisms, providing more reliable security through unique biological characteristics while the automated nature of biometric systems actually reduces operational complexity despite increasing technical sophistication.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs automatic user identification and access control decisions without requiring manual intervention. The biometric sensors continuously monitor and identify users, and the system automatically adjusts vehicle settings and compartment locks based on identification results, eliminating the need for users to manually lock/unlock compartments or switch between different key types.
2Device complexity
If manual locking of compartments is required, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle system automatically manages compartment locking and access control based on biometric identification results. When an unauthorized user is detected, the system automatically locks compartments without requiring the user to manually engage locks. This eliminates the burden of manual locking operations while providing comprehensive security, and the system continuously monitors to automatically unlock when the authorized user returns.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary biometric identification and access control decisions before users need to access compartments. By continuously monitoring user identity through biometric sensors, the system is already prepared to lock or unlock compartments instantly when needed, eliminating the delay and manual action required for traditional locking mechanisms.
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AI summary
One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, using a sensor, biometric data of a user; determining, using a processor, that the biometric data of the user does not match biometric data of a known user; and adjusting, based on the biometric data of the user, a vehicle setting. Other aspects are described and claimed.