Method and apparatus for placing a driving motor of a motor vehicle into operation

US6373148B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Armin Daiss · Wenzenbach, DE
• Johannes Ilg · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2002
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2540/221
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle is provided with a usage authorization checking device that detects biometric data of a person with a biometric sensor configuration. If the usage authorization check, performed with biometrically detected data, is positive, the vehicle can be put into operation by performing a predetermined actuation without actuating a separate ignition or starter switch. A separate ignition or starter switch is eliminated. The driving motor can be an electric motor or an internal combustion engine. The predetermined actuation can include movement of an accelerator pedal, a transmission shift lever, a clutch pedal and a brake pedal. The biometric sensor configuration can also include connections to a driving motor start-up device and a shut-off device.