System for recognizing authorization to use a vehicle

US5812067A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Bergholz · Frebershausen, DE
• Hubert Weisser · Lehre, DE
• Thomas Zielke · Bochum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 22, 1998
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C9/253
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for recognizing authorization of a person to use a vehicle includes an optical-electronic image processor arranged to identify an authorized user of the vehicle by recognizing a distinctive physical feature of the user. The image processor provides an output signal which controls locking functions relating to operation of the vehicle based on a comparison of detected information with stored information relating to distinctive individual features of authorized users so that only authorized persons are enabled to use the vehicle.