Vehicle User Recognition via Fingerprint and Finger Temperature

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Solution Overview

Problem

Vehicles lack the ability to customize user-convenient functions such as air conditioning, seat, and side mirror settings based on individual user preferences and physical conditions, leading to suboptimal user experience.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle system that includes a fingerprint detector and temperature sensor to recognize users and store personalized settings, allowing the controller to adjust electronic devices like air conditioning, seats, and side mirrors based on detected data, with the option to register new fingerprints and update settings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the vehicle provides various user-convenient functions, then user convenience is improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects user fingerprints and retrieves corresponding preference data from storage without requiring manual user input. The controller autonomously adjusts electronic device settings based on the detected fingerprint, enabling the system to serve itself and eliminating the need for complex user interfaces or manual configuration procedures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

User preference data for various electronic devices is pre-stored in the storage unit associated with specific fingerprints. When a user's fingerprint is detected, the system retrieves and applies the pre-configured preferences, eliminating the need for real-time adjustments or complex decision-making processes during operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If the vehicle customizes functions for individual users, then user experience is improved, but the detection and measurement difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomization capabilityVSAvoiddetection difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces complex user identification methods with fingerprint recognition technology. The fingerprint sensor captures ridge patterns and compares them against stored templates, providing accurate user identification without requiring manual input or complex verification procedures. This biological characteristic-based approach simplifies the detection process while enabling precise user-specific customization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables personalized customization of vehicle functions according to individual user preferences, enhancing user convenience and comfort by automatically adjusting settings based on detected fingerprints and temperatures.

Implementation Method 1

a detector configured to detect a fingerprint of a user and a temperature of the finger

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFingerprint detection:

Implementation Method 2

detect a fingerprint of a user and a temperature of the finger

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTemperature sensing:

Data Source

PatentUS10864866B2Vehicle and control method thereof
Publication Date: 2020.12.15 HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A vehicle includes a detector configured to detect a fingerprint of a user and a temperature of the finger. A storage medium is configured to store a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint and temperature set value data corresponding to the detected temperature. A controller is configured to control an electronic device in the vehicle based on a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint when the user set value exists, and to control an air conditioner based on a temperature set value corresponding to the detected temperature when there are more than a predetermined number of temperature set value data stored.