Advanced keyless vehicle entry and usage control systems and methods are provided. For example, a method comprises performing, by a system onboard a vehicle and comprising a processor, an identification/verification process to identify and verify an identity of a person located within a defined…
A vehicle control apparatus includes: an approach detection section detects a person around a vehicle; a start control section starts an image capturing unit mounted on the vehicle when the approach detection section detects a person; an authentication section authenticates the person detected as a…
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…
An authentication device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute first authentication based on biometric information acquired from a user and biometric information preregistered in the vehicle. The processor is configured to execute second…
A biometric authentication system and related method includes an activation component, a camera and a controller. The activation component can be configured to receive an input from a prospective user of the vehicle and activate the biometric authentication system based on the input satisfying the…
A vehicle entry system which identifies authorized users via facial recognition has an image sensor configured to capture real-time images according to a predetermined field of view from a vehicle. A lockout device is configured to selectably provide access to the vehicle. The entry system has a…
A vehicle door unlocking system of the present disclosure includes an in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle and an external device installed outside the vehicle. The in-vehicle device acquires unlocking information externally given to the vehicle to unlock the door without a key operation and…
A gesture recognition system for hands-free access to a vehicle includes a set of vehicle ultra-wideband (UWB) transceivers comprising at least three UWB transceivers and a controller configured to detect a presence of a vehicle-authorized mobile device in possession of an authorized user…
Various embodiments relate to systems and methods for detecting an unauthorized use of a vehicle. One or more facial images of one or more authorized drivers of a vehicle may be stored on a vehicle computing system. After detecting movement of the vehicle, one or more facial images of a driver of…
Various embodiments relate to systems and methods for detecting an unauthorized use of a vehicle. One or more facial images of one or more authorized drivers of a vehicle may be stored on a vehicle computing system. After detecting movement of the vehicle, one or more facial images of a driver of…
The method involves detecting biometric characteristics of a person located on a driver seat of a vehicle (10). The biometric data is compared with stored biometric data for the person having the driving authorization. An authorized key (3) for the vehicle is searched. A positive identification of…
A method is proposed for verifying a vehicle operator's identity utilizing biometric data that can change over time for a particular person thereby potentially permitting a verification failure of that person based on a comparison of current biometric measures against a previously-produced template…
A method is proposed for assuring that the operator of a vehicle is an authorized driver, said method comprising: utilizing an onboard, multi-mode driver verification system to ascertain whether an operator is an authorized driver; performing a first driver verification procedure on a present…
A combined individual authentication system 1 comprises a license information acquiring means 11 for acquiring license information from a storage media 3 which a driver 4 carries before or after a vehicle 2 runs, a biometric information acquiring means 12 for acquiring biometric information of the…
Wrongful authentication process is prevented. A passive entry authenticating section compares an identification signal sent from a portable unit with an identification signal previously stored in a storage section. A biometrics authenticating section compares the biometrics information of a user…
The safety device activation and/or de-activation system uses transmission of a coded information between a portable transmitter (1) and an onboard receiver (2), which compares the received information with a reference information for controlling the safety device. The receiver has a speech…
In a fingerprint sensing system usable as a command interface a user's fingerprint pattern is recognized and compared to previously stored reference patterns. If the fingerprint pattern matches a previously stored pattern, the user is permitted to enter commands via the same interface system. In…