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Automatic access to an automobile via biometrics

  • US 6,498,970 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2001
  • Issued: 12/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for activating a vehicle mechanism, the method comprising:

  • capturing with a detector a first indication comprising one of a facial feature of a person, an utterance by the person, and an action performed by the person;

    comparing at least one of the captured facial feature and the captured at least one of utterance and action to a database comprising at least one of facial features, utterances, and actions that are predefined by people who are authorized to activate a vehicle mechanism in order to determine whether the person is authorized to activate a vehicle mechanism;

    if the person is authorized to activate a vehicle mechanism, capturing a second indication comprising one of an utterance by the authorized person and an action by the authorized person for specifying the vehicle mechanism to be activated; and

    activating the specified vehicle mechanism.

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