Biometric Lock System

• US 20180361993A1
• Filed: 06/14/2017
• Published: 12/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Forrester J. Carroll
• Original Assignee: Forrester J. Carroll
• Inventors: Carroll, Forrester J.
• Application Number:
  US15/622,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20180361993A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/02 operating on the steering mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/252 Fingerprint recognition
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2035/009 Locks where a characteristic part of the user's body is used as a key
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/77 comprising sensors detecting the presence of the hand of a user

Abstract

A biometric lock system includes a vehicle that has a driver'"'"'s side door. The driver'"'"'s side door has a handle and a door lock and the vehicle has a steering wheel lock. A fingerprint unit is coupled to the vehicle and the fingerprint unit is positioned on the handle. In this way the fingerprint unit reads a fingerprint when the handle is gripped. The fingerprint unit is in electrical communication with the door lock and the steering wheel lock. Moreover, the fingerprint unit unlocks the door lock and the steering wheel lock when the fingerprint matches an authorized fingerprint. In this way the fingerprint unit inhibits the vehicle from being stolen.

Claims

1. A biometric lock system comprising:

a vehicle having a driver'"'"'s side door, said driver'"'"'s side door having a handle and a door lock, said vehicle having a steering wheel lock; and

a fingerprint unit being coupled to said vehicle, said fingerprint unit being positioned on said handle wherein said fingerprint unit is configured to read a fingerprint when said handle is gripped, said fingerprint unit being in electrical communication with said door lock and said steering wheel lock, said fingerprint unit unlocking said door lock and said steering wheel lock when the fingerprint matches an authorized fingerprint wherein said fingerprint unit is configured to inhibit said vehicle from being stolen.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said fingerprint unit comprises a processor being coupled to said vehicle, said processor being electrically coupled to an electrical system of said vehicle, said processor being electrically coupled to said door lock and said steering wheel lock, said processor selectively generating an unlock sequence, each of said door lock and said steering wheel lock being unlocked when said processor generates said unlock sequence.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein:

said handle has a first surface, said first surface being spaced from said driver'"'"'s side door; and

a fingerprint reader being coupled to said first surface of said handle wherein said fingerprint reader is configured to be touched by a finger when said handle is gripped thereby facilitating said fingerprint reader to read a fingerprint on the finger, said fingerprint reader being electrically coupled to said processor.

4. The system according to claim 2, further comprising an electronic memory being coupled to said vehicle, said electronic memory being electrically coupled to said processor, said electronic memory storing a fingerprint of an authorized user, said processor comparing a fingerprint read when said handle is gripped to the fingerprint of the authorized user, said processor generating said unlock sequence when the fingerprint read when said handle is gripped matches the fingerprint of the authorized user.

5. A biometric lock system comprising:

a vehicle having a driver'"'"'s side door, said driver'"'"'s side door having a handle and a door lock, said vehicle having a steering wheel lock, said handle having a first surface, said first surface being spaced from said driver'"'"'s side door; and

a fingerprint unit being coupled to said vehicle, said fingerprint unit being positioned on said handle wherein said fingerprint unit is configured to read a fingerprint when said handle is gripped, said fingerprint unit being in electrical communication with said door lock and said steering wheel lock, said fingerprint unit unlocking said door lock and said steering wheel lock when the fingerprint matches an authorized fingerprint wherein said fingerprint unit is configured to inhibit said vehicle from being stolen, said fingerprint unit comprising;

a processor being coupled to said vehicle, said processor being electrically coupled to an electrical system of said vehicle, said processor being electrically coupled to said door lock and said steering wheel lock, said processor selectively generating an unlock sequence, each of said door lock and said steering wheel lock being unlocked when said processor generates said unlock sequence,

a fingerprint reader being coupled to said first surface of said handle wherein said fingerprint reader is configured to be touched by a finger when said handle is gripped thereby facilitating said fingerprint reader to read a fingerprint on the finger, said fingerprint reader being electrically coupled to said processor, and

an electronic memory being coupled to said vehicle, said electronic memory being electrically coupled to said processor, said electronic memory storing a fingerprint of an authorized user, said processor comparing the fingerprint read when said handle is gripped to the fingerprint of the authorized user, said processor generating said unlock sequence when the fingerprint read when said handle is gripped matches the fingerprint of the authorized user.