Vehicle operations based on biometric fingerprint analysis

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10328824-B2
Application number	US-201715434203-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2017
Priority date	Aug 25, 2015
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for enacting various driving profiles based on identifying the age and gender of the user. Initially, identifying information is acquired from a user of a vehicle. An identification program determines whether the driver is known, by comparing the identifying information to a set of stored identifying information. If the driver of the vehicle is known, as the identifying information from the user is similar to stored identifying information, then a specific driver profile associated with the specific driver is activated. If the driver is not known, as the identifying information from the user of the vehicle is not similar to the stored identifying information, then the age and gender of the user of the vehicle is determined. Based on the determined age and gender of the driver of the vehicle, various vehicle setting ranges are enacted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, a type of roadway associated with a current location of a vehicle, and an age and a gender of the user of the vehicle, based on identifying information, wherein determining the age and the gender of the user of the vehicle further comprises:
receiving, by one or more processors, biometric information associated with the user from one or more sensors within the vehicle, wherein a first sensor obtains fingerprint information of the user of the vehicle;
determining, by one or more processors, whether the biometric information associated with the user of the vehicle, received from the first sensor corresponds with an identity of a user included in a database;
responsive to determining that the biometric information associated with the user, received from the first sensor, does not correspond with an identity of a user included in the database, determining, by one or more processors, a gender and an approximate age of the unidentified user of the vehicle based on analyzing the received biometric information from the first sensor utilizing Wavelet Transform and Singular Value Decomposition algorithms; and

applying, by one or more processors, a limitation on a set of vehicle setting ranges, wherein the limitation is based in part on the approximate age of the unidentified user of the vehicle, the gender of the unidentified user of the vehicle, and the determined type of roadway.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining the identifying information from the user of the vehicle is similar to a set of stored identifying information, activating, by one or more processors, a driving profile, wherein the driving profile comprises a set of vehicle settings associated with the set of stored identifying information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein activating the driving profile further comprises adjusting, at least one of:
a seat of the vehicle, a radio of the vehicle, a set of side mirrors of the vehicle, a predetermined climate control of the vehicle, a steering wheel of the vehicle, a suspension of the vehicle, an engine output of the vehicle, and a transmission of the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, by one or more processors, the determined approximate age and gender of the unidentified user of the vehicle to a third party, wherein the third party is a rental company that owns the vehicle; and
responsive to transmitting the determined approximate age and gender of the unidentified user of the vehicle to a third party, receiving, from the third party, a third party driving profile that is applied to the vehicle, wherein the third party driving profile further affects operating the vehicle by the unidentified user.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
adjusting the set of vehicle setting ranges, based on a received speed limit, wherein adjusting the set of vehicle setting ranges limits a maximum speed of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, that another driving mode is activated for the vehicle, wherein the other driving mode is a valet mode associated with parking the vehicle;
determining, by one or more processors, based on receiving biometric information from the first sensor, an approximate age of the valet driver; and
dictating, by one or more processors, a maximum speed value for the vehicle based on the activation of the valet mode and the approximate age of the valet driver.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the received biometric information from the first sensor utilizing the Wavelet Transform and Singular Value Decomposition algorithms to determine the gender and the approximate age of the unidentified user of the vehicle, determines a range of ages for the unidentified user.

8. A computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to determine a type of roadway associated with a current location of a vehicle, and an age and a gender of the user of the vehicle, based on identifying information, wherein program instructions to determine the age and the gender of the user of the vehicle further comprise:
program instructions to receive biometric information associated with the user from one or more sensors within the vehicle, wherein a first sensor obtains fingerprint information of the user of the vehicle;
program instructions to determine whether the biometric information associated with the user of the vehicle, received from the first sensor, corresponds with an identity of a user included in a database;
responsive to determining that the biometric information associated with the user, received from the first sensor, does not correspond with an identity of a user included in the database, program instructions to determine a gender and an approximate age of the unidentified user of the vehicle based on analyzing the received biometric information from the first sensor utilizing Wavelet Transform and Singular Value Decomposition algorithms; and
program instructions to apply a limitation on a set of vehicle setting ranges, wherein the limitation is based in part on the approximate age of the unidentified user of the vehicle, the gender of the unidentified user of the vehicle, and the determined type of roadway.

9. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
in response to the program instructions determining the identifying information from the user of the vehicle is similar to a set of stored identifying information, program instructions to activate a driving profile, wherein the driving profile comprises a set of vehicle settings associated with the set of stored identifying information.

10. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein program instructions to activate the driving profile further comprises program instructions to adjust, at least one of:
a seat of the vehicle, a radio of the vehicle, a set of side mirrors of the vehicle, a predetermined climate control of the vehicle, a steering wheel of the vehicle, a suspension of the vehicle, an engine output of the vehicle, and a transmission of the vehicle.

11. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions to transmit the determined approximate age and gender of the unidentified user of the vehicle to a third party, wherein the third party is a rental company that owns the vehicle; and
responsive to transmitting the determined approximate age and gender of the unidentified user of the vehicle to a third party to a third party, program instructions to receive, from the third party, a third party driving profile that is applied to the vehicle, wherein the third party driving profile further affects operating the vehicle by the unidentified user.

12. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions to adjust the set of vehicle setting ranges, based on a received speed limit, wherein adjusting the set of vehicle setting ranges limits a maximum speed of the vehicle.

13. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions to determine that another driving mode is activated for the vehicle, wherein the other driving mode is a valet mode associated with parking the vehicle;
program instructions to determine, based on receiving biometric information from the first sensor, an approximate age of the valet driver; and

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Dow Eli M
• Fitzsimmons Thomas D
• Garrett Tynan J
• Metruck Emily M
• Stocker Iv Charles J

Classifications

• G06F21/83

  input devices, e.g. keyboards, mice or controllers thereof · CPC title

• G06F21/32

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• B60W2040/0881

  Seat occupation; Driver or passenger presence · CPC title

• B60G2400/00

  Indexing codes relating to detected, measured or calculated conditions or factors · CPC title

• B60G17/015

  the regulating means comprising electric or electronic elements ({B60G17/002}, B60G17/005 take precedence) · CPC title