Method for identifying a person driving a vehicle and controlling driving manner
First Claim
1. A method for identifying a person driving a vehicle and for controlling his/hers driving style and also to switch on the vehicle either to driving-allowing mode or to drive-stop mode, whereby in the method the vehicle comprises an object containing a code, a card (2) or similar data or, for instance, a scanner of driver'"'"'s finger or another part of his/hers body and a control unit, and the driver is provided with a personal code or a card containing said data or with a corresponding identification device, as the finger or some other part of his body, characterized in that in the method driving style information of the driver is stored on said card or object or to data-collecting unit in the vehicle, and on starting driving the driver inserts the card or object into the vehicle scanner (1), whereby data received from selected vehicle controls and/or data from varying information-collecting detectors (4-9) is compared with information stored on driver'"'"'s driving style card (2), and on basis of the comparison the control unit in the vehicle either allows driving or informs of drive-stop or of other consequence of that kind.
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Abstract
A method to identify a person driving a vehicle and his/hers driving style and also to switch on the vehicle either to driving-allowing mode or on drive-stop mode, whereby in the method the vehicle comprises a card or another similar object containing data, a scanner, and the driver is provided with said data-containing card or with a similar object. In the method driving style information of the driver is stored on said card or object, and on starting driving the driver inserts the card or object into the vehicle scanner, whereby data received from selected vehicle controls and/or data from varying information-collecting detectors is compared with information stored on driver'"'"'s driving style card and on basis of the comparison the control unit in the vehicle either allows driving or informs of drive-stop or of other consequence of that kind.
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- 1. A method for identifying a person driving a vehicle and for controlling his/hers driving style and also to switch on the vehicle either to driving-allowing mode or to drive-stop mode, whereby in the method the vehicle comprises an object containing a code, a card (2) or similar data or, for instance, a scanner of driver'"'"'s finger or another part of his/hers body and a control unit, and the driver is provided with a personal code or a card containing said data or with a corresponding identification device, as the finger or some other part of his body, characterized in that in the method driving style information of the driver is stored on said card or object or to data-collecting unit in the vehicle, and on starting driving the driver inserts the card or object into the vehicle scanner (1), whereby data received from selected vehicle controls and/or data from varying information-collecting detectors (4-9) is compared with information stored on driver'"'"'s driving style card (2), and on basis of the comparison the control unit in the vehicle either allows driving or informs of drive-stop or of other consequence of that kind.
- 9. A method to observe the driving style of a person, whereby the method includes a code, card (2) or other object containing corresponding data according to the driver, or for instance a scanner (1) of driver'"'"'s finger or another part of his/hers body and an information-collecting unit and the driver is provided either with a personal code or a card containing said data or with a similar identification device, for instance finger, characterized in that in the method the driver'"'"'s driving type information is stored on said card or object or to the information-collecting unit and on starting driving the driver inserts said card or object in the vehicle scanner (1) or gives another identification, such as a code, finger identification, or similar to said vehicle scanner (1), whereat information received from selected controls of the vehicle and/or from information collecting detectors (4-9) is collected and stored on driver'"'"'s card (2) or to the information collecting-unit in the vehicle.
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