INDIVIDUALIZED CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING BIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTIC

• US 20180025143A1
• Filed: 10/02/2017
• Published: 01/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporated
• Original Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporated
• Inventors: CHUANG, Chih-Yuan, TSAI, Cheng-Nan, CHANG, Yen-Min
• Granted Patent: US 9,984,222 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/25 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration

Abstract

A control system including a detection device and a control host is provided. The detection device is configured to detect a biometric characteristic to accordingly identify a user ID, and output an ID signal according to the user ID. The control host is configured to receive the ID signal to accordingly perform an individualized control associated with the user ID.

Claims

1. An individualized control system adapted to a smart parking lot which comprises a plurality of illumination lights arranged corresponding to a plurality of parking spaces and passways, the individualized control system comprising:

a detection device configured to detect a biometric characteristic to identify a user ID according to the biometric characteristic, and output an ID signal according to the identified user ID, wherein the detection device comprises a biometric detection module comprising;

a substrate;

a light source electrically coupled to the substrate and configured to emit invisible light to illuminate a skin surface;

a detection region electrically coupled to the substrate and configured to detect penetrating light emitted from the light source for illuminating the skin surface and passing through body tissues to correspondingly generate a light signal; and

a control module electrically coupled to the light source via the substrate to control the light source, electrically coupled to the detection region via the substrate to receive the light signal from the detection region, and configured to calculate the biometric characteristic according to the light signal; and

a control host comprising a database configured to previously store information of a specific parking space and a passway to the specific parking space respectively associated with each of a plurality of user IDs, the control host being configured to

receive the ID signal corresponding to the identified user ID from the detection device, and

turn on the illumination lights in areas of the specific parking space and the passway associated with the user ID according to the received ID signal.

2. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detection device is a portable device.

3. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detection device is consisted of a wearable accessory and a portable device.

4. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the wearable accessory and the portable device are coupled through Bluetooth communication.

5. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control host is further configured to automatically guide a car to the specific parking space associated with the user ID according to the received ID signal.

6. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the biometric characteristic is heart rate variability or fingerprint.

7. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detection device further comprises a wireless output interface configured to output the ID signal to the control host.

8. An individualized control system adapted to a smart parking lot which comprises a plurality of parking spaces and passways, the individualized control system comprising:

a detection device configured to detect a biometric characteristic to identify a user ID according to the biometric characteristic, and output an ID signal according to the identified user ID, wherein the detection device comprises a biometric detection module comprising;

a substrate;

a light source electrically coupled to the substrate and configured to emit invisible light to illuminate a skin surface;

a detection region electrically coupled to the substrate and configured to detect penetrating light emitted from the light source for illuminating the skin surface and passing through body tissues to correspondingly generate a light signal; and

a control module electrically coupled to the light source via the substrate to control the light source, electrically coupled to the detection region via the substrate to receive the light signal from the detection region, and configured to calculate the biometric characteristic according to the light signal;

a database configured to previously store information of a specific parking space and a passway to the specific parking space respectively associated with each of a plurality of user IDs; and

a control host configured to

receive the ID signal corresponding to the identified user ID from the detection device, and

automatically guide a car to the specific parking space through the associated passway associated with the user ID according to the received ID signal.

9. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the detection device is a portable device.

10. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the detection device is consisted of a wearable accessory and a portable device.

11. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the wearable accessory and the portable device are coupled through Bluetooth communication.

12. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the biometric characteristic is heart rate variability or fingerprint.

13. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the detection device further comprises a wireless output interface configured to output the ID signal to the control host.

14. An individualized control system adapted to a smart parking lot which comprises a plurality of illumination lights arranged corresponding to a plurality of parking spaces and passways, the individualized control system comprising:

a portable electronic device configured to wirelessly send an ID signal associated with the portable electronic device;

a database configured to previously store information of a specific parking space and a passway to the specific parking space respectively associated with each of a plurality of device IDs; and

a control host configured to

wirelessly receive the ID signal from the portable electronic device,

access the database to identify a current device ID associated with the received ID signal; and

turn on the illumination lights in areas of the specific parking space and the passway associated with the current device ID according to the received ID signal.

15. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the control host is further configured to automatically guide a car to the specific parking space associated with the current device ID according to the received ID signal.

16. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the control host is configured to automatically guide the car after receiving an autopilot permission signal from the car.

17. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the smart parking lot further comprises a plurality of directing lights, and the control host is further configured to sequentially turn on the directing lights to guide the car.

18. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the portable electronic device is configured to detect a biometric characteristic of a user, and the ID signal is sent after a match of the biometric characteristic is confirmed.

19. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the portable electronic device is configured to detect the biometric characteristic using an optical detection or an electrode detection.

20. The individualized control system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the portable electronic device is configured to detect a password or a predetermined gesture entered by a user, and the ID signal is sent after a match of the password or the predetermined gesture is confirmed.