Steering Wheel Driver ID Verification for Instant Vehicle Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Connected vehicles face challenges in efficiently and securely authenticating drivers, accessing vehicle information, and ensuring safety during interactions with law enforcement or emergency situations, as traditional methods require manual retrieval of documents which can cause confusion and delay.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an intelligent driver assistance system in the steering wheel of connected vehicles that uses sensors to scan and verify driver identification, store relevant information, and output it on a user interface, enabling secure vehicle access and instant information retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If manual retrieval of driver documents is used, then drivers can access their information, but it causes confusion and delay during police stops and emergencies
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically scanning the driver's license and storing the information in memory before any police stop or emergency occurs. The sensors capture the license data during normal vehicle operation, and the processing system verifies and stores it proactively, so that when a police stop happens, the information is already prepared and displayed instantly without requiring manual retrieval at that critical moment.
2Productivity
If driver identification information is stored in the vehicle, then access to information is faster, but security and authentication challenges arise
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback through a verification process where scanned driver license information is cross-checked against stored vehicle data and authentication criteria. The processing system compares the scanned license details with the registered driver information, verifies matching criteria, and only then allows access to stored information or enables vehicle functions. This feedback loop ensures that fast access is granted only to authenticated drivers, maintaining security while enabling quick information retrieval.
3Reliability
If sensors are integrated in the steering wheel to scan driver license, then driver authentication is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The steering wheel is designed with multi-functionality, serving both its traditional function of vehicle control and the additional function of housing sensors for driver license scanning. The same steering wheel structure that the driver uses for steering also contains optical sensors, cameras, or other scanning devices that can read driver licenses. This universal design allows the steering wheel to perform multiple functions without adding separate dedicated authentication devices, thereby enhancing authentication reliability while minimizing the increase in overall device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example scanning, by a processing system including a processor arranged in a steering wheel, identification information of a user and information of a vehicle associated with the user using a first group of sensors integrated with or arranged proximate to the steering wheel, verifying, by the processing system, the identification information of the user and the vehicle associated with the user, upon the verification, registering and storing, by the processing system, the verified identification information in a data storage of the steering wheel, and outputting, by the processing system, the verified identification information on a user interface arranged in connection with the steering wheel of the vehicle. Other embodiments are disclosed.