Vehicle User Profile Access via Biometric Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle systems fail to integrate both physical and mental comforts seamlessly with electronic devices, resulting in a non-intuitive user experience, as they focus on adding comfort features to vehicles rather than designing vehicles around user comfort.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows user profiles to be accessed and managed via biometric verification, integrating user preferences into vehicle settings through communication protocols like NFC, RFID, and Bluetooth, enabling position-based adjustments and seamless communication between vehicles and devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple comfort features are added to vehicles, then user comfort is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle system uses a universal communication protocol that enables multiple comfort features (climate control, seat positioning, entertainment systems) to be integrated and controlled through a single standardized interface, allowing one system to perform multiple functions rather than requiring separate dedicated systems for each feature
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements nested communication layers where electronic devices communicate with vehicle systems through standardized protocols, which are then integrated into the vehicle's existing communication architecture. User profiles containing multiple comfort settings are nested within a single communicable data structure that can be transferred and applied across different vehicle systems
2Ease of operation
If user profiles are made accessible and portable, then ease of operation is improved, but security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle's communication system acts as an intermediary between user devices and vehicle control systems. Profiles are transmitted through this controlled interface using standardized protocols, which verify and validate data before applying settings, thus enabling portable access while maintaining security through the mediating layer
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically verifies user profiles through biometric authentication and device identification, then self-applies the appropriate settings without requiring manual user configuration. This automated self-service process reduces security risks by eliminating manual intervention while maintaining ease of access
3Reliability
If biometric verification is implemented, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple verification methods (biometric data, device identification, communication protocol authentication) into a single integrated verification process. Rather than implementing separate complex systems for each verification type, they are merged into one unified authentication mechanism that works through the standardized communication interface
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AI summary
A system to access one or more user profiles that govern one or more vehicle functions. The system cooperates with a processor and verification module which are adapted to verify, using one or more of biometric information, gesture recognition, facial recognition and device identification information, that a user has authority to access the one or more user profiles, where the one or more profiles are stored in one or more of a vehicle, a cloud and a communications device. An edit module is further provided and adapted to allow the user to make one or more edits to the one or more user profiles.