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Method for authenticating a driver in a motor vehicle

  • US 10,351,098 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2014
  • Issued: 07/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for authentication of a driver in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

  • detecting actual data of the driver with a mobile and/or retrofittable recognition device arranged within the motor vehicle;

    transmitting the actual data to a reviewing device assembled in an external station outside the motor vehicle during the authentication;

    comparing, using the reviewing device, the actual data with target data;

    with a conformity of the actual data with the target data, sending an enabling signal from the external station to the motor vehicle; and

    receiving the enabling signal at the motor vehicle, wherein, as a result of receiving the enabling signal, an ignition process of the motor vehicle is enabled for the driver,wherein the motor vehicle comprises a second reviewing device, which receives the target data of the external station and, with a conformity of the actual data with the target data, the second reviewing device sends a second enabling signal to the motor vehicle to enable the ignition process of the motor vehicle; and

    wherein the motor vehicle comprises a control, which initiates the authentication starting from at least one defined action of the driver, wherein the defined action of the driver is selected from the group consisting of activation of a turning signal, touching a steering wheel at a defined position, occupation of a sitting position on a front seat in the motor vehicle, activation of a button, and activation of a horn.

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