Wire Management Module for Vehicle Authorization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicles lack effective systems to prevent unauthorized operation, leading to theft and increased operational costs due to the inability to ensure only authorized users can energize the vehicle's systems.
Innovation Solution
A synergistic combination of a user-authentication module and a wire-management module that inhibits or enables the energization of the vehicle's operable systems based on user authorization, using a wire-inhibit signal to prevent unauthorized operation by disconnecting the necessary wires.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional vehicle access control systems are used, then physical keys or fobs are required for vehicle operation, but this increases the risk of theft and requires users to carry physical authentication devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical key-based authentication system with an electronic biometric authentication system. The biometric sensor captures physiological characteristics (fingerprint, facial recognition, or iris scan) and converts them into digital signals for authentication, eliminating the need for physical keys or fobs while enhancing security through unique biological identifiers.
Solution Approach 2:
The wire-management module acts as an intermediary between the biometric authentication module and the vehicle's operable systems. It receives authentication status signals from the biometric module and controls the connection between power wires and control wires, thereby mediating the authorization process to enable or disable vehicle operations based on authentication results.
2Reliability
If wire connection is always maintained for operable systems, then vehicle systems can operate continuously, but unauthorized users can energize the vehicle without authentication
Solution Approach 1:
The wire-management module implements dynamic wire connection control based on authentication status. The module can switch between connected and disconnected states for the wire pairs, allowing the system to adapt its electrical connectivity in real-time according to whether the user is authorized, thereby preventing unauthorized energization while maintaining operational readiness.
Solution Approach 2:
The wire-management module automatically controls the wire connections based on authentication signals received from the biometric authentication module. The system self-regulates the electrical connectivity without requiring manual intervention, enabling or disabling power transmission to operable systems according to the authentication status, thus preventing unauthorized operation autonomously.
3Reliability
If biometric authentication is implemented, then vehicle access security is enhanced, but the system requires additional components and installation complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The wire-management module serves multiple functions: it acts as an authentication decision-maker, a wire connection controller, and a signal transmitter to the biometric module. By integrating these functions into a single module, the system reduces overall complexity despite implementing biometric authentication, as the module can perform multiple roles that would otherwise require separate components.
Data Source
AI summary
A wire-management module is configured to be installable to a vehicle having an operable system configured to be energized in response to operative connection between a first wire and a second wire. A user-authentication module is configured to transmit a wire-management signal including a wire-inhibit signal configured to indicate lack of authorization to use the operable system of the vehicle. The wire-management module is configured to be operatively coupled to the first wire and the second wire. The wire-management module has a signal input port configured to receive the wire-inhibit signal that is transmittable from the user-authentication module. The wire-management module is also configured to inhibit operative connection between the first wire and the second wire.