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Vehicle and method of controlling the same

US11482038B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 2021
Grant dateOct 25, 2022
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/1359
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle includes a first sensor including a capacitance sensor; a second sensor including an ultrasonic sensor; a storage configured to store ultrasonic pattern images; and a controller electrically connected to the first sensor, the second sensor and the storage and configured to: wake up the second sensor based on a user contiguous to the first sensor, obtain a fingerprint pattern image from the second sensor, according to a difference between an area value of a ridge area of the fingerprint pattern image and an area value of a valley area adjacent to the ridge area being less than a predetermined reference value, obtain result data by assigning a weight to the area value of the valley area, and according to the result data and the ultrasonic pattern image data matching more than a predetermined matching value by comparing the result data and ultrasonic pattern image data, recognize as a fingerprint corresponding to the user.

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