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User identification and personalized vehicle settings management system

  • US 9,862,352 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2012
  • Issued: 01/09/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for identifying an occupant of a vehicle as an authorized user of said vehicle, said system comprising:

  • a registered user database having one or more user profiles stored therein, said one or more user profiles including at least one user profile corresponding to an authorized user that is authorized to access and/or operate said vehicle, each of said user profiles including one or more reference driving patterns;

    a plurality of recognition modules, each of said plurality of recognition modules configured to receive data from an associated one of a plurality of sensors and to identify one or more occupant characteristics based on said data, each of said plurality of recognition modules being configured to identify a registered user profile stored in said registered user database having data corresponding to said one or more occupant characteristics and to determine a confidence level associated with said identified registered user profile;

    a vehicle dynamics recognition module to;

    receive data captured by a vehicle dynamics monitor and identify an identified driving pattern of a driver of said vehicle;

    compare the identified driving pattern to the one or more reference driving patterns to determine at least one user profile that is a potential match to said driver and to determine an identity of said driver; and

    determine a confidence level associated with said identity of said driver; and

    an identity manager configured to receive said identified registered user profile and corresponding confidence level from each of said plurality of recognition modules and to determine a global assessment of an identity of said occupant based on an evaluation of said identified user profile and corresponding confidence level from each of said plurality of recognition modules, said global assessment comprises an overall confidence level;

    wherein said identity manager is further configured to;

    determine whether said occupant is a registered user of said vehicle based on said overall confidence level; and

    when said occupant is determined to be an unregistered user, to transmit a signal to a network service over a network, wherein the signal is configured to cause the network service to notify at least one registered user or owner of the vehicle of the presence of said occupant in said vehicle, said notification requesting consent from the at least one registered user or owner of the vehicle for the occupant to operate said vehicle.

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