USER IDENTIFICATION AND PERSONALIZED VEHICLE SETTINGS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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Abstract
A system and method for identifying an occupant of a vehicle as an authorized user and managing settings and configurations of vehicle components based on personal preferences of the authorized user includes detecting occupant characteristics from multiple sensors, determining whether the occupant is an authorized user of the vehicle based on a comparison of the occupant characteristics with a user database including registered user profiles, and automatically adjusting vehicle cabin and/or control components based on personal preferences of the occupant identified as a registered user.
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48 Claims
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22. A system for identifying an occupant of a vehicle as an authorized user of said vehicle, said system comprising:
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a registered user database having at least one user profile stored therein, said at least one registered user profile corresponding to a user authorized to access and/or operate said vehicle; 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; 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 configured to determine that said occupant is a registered user of said vehicle based on said overall confidence level. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for identifying an occupant of a vehicle as an authorized user of said vehicle, said method comprising:
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receiving, by one of a plurality of recognition modules, data captured by an associated one of a plurality of sensors and identifying, by said one of said plurality of recognition modules, one or more occupant characteristics based on said data; identifying, by said one of said plurality of recognition modules, a user profile stored in a registered user database having data corresponding to said one or more occupant characteristics and determining, by said one of said plurality of recognition modules, a confidence level associated with said identified user profile; receiving, by an identity manager, said identified user profile and corresponding confidence level from said one of said plurality of recognition modules and evaluating, by said identity manager, said identified user profile and corresponding confidence level from said one of said plurality of recognition modules; determining, by said identity manager, a global assessment of an identity of said occupant based on said evaluation of at least said identified user profile and corresponding confidence level, said global assessment comprising an overall confidence level; and determining, by said identity manager, that said occupant is a registered user of said vehicle based on said overall confidence level. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 48)
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42. At least one computer accessible medium including instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computer system to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, by one of a plurality of recognition modules, data captured by an associated one of a plurality of sensors; identifying, by said one of said plurality of recognition modules, one or more characteristics of an occupant of a vehicle based on said data; identifying, by said one of said plurality of recognition modules, a user profile stored in a registered user database having data corresponding to said one or more characteristics of said occupant; determining, by said one of said plurality of recognition modules, a confidence level associated with said identified user profile; receiving, by an identity manager, said identified user profile and corresponding confidence level from said one of said plurality of recognition modules; evaluating, by said identity manager, said identified user profile and corresponding confidence level from said one of said plurality of recognition modules; determining, by said identity manager, a global assessment of an identity of said occupant based on said evaluation of at least said identified user profile and corresponding confidence level, said global assessment comprising an overall confidence level; and determining, by said identity manager, that said occupant is a registered user of said vehicle based on said overall confidence level. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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