Vehicle operator authentication operations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11548473-B1
Application number	US-202117409515-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Aug 23, 2021
Priority date	Aug 23, 2021
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

An apparatus for vehicle operator authentication operations can include multiple memory devices coupled to a processor. The processor can perform an authentication operation using determined driving patterns associated with an authorized operator of a vehicle in which the apparatus is deployed and information received from a global positioning satellite and a base station to determine whether a current operator of the vehicle is the authorized operator of the vehicle and determine whether the vehicle has experienced a vehicle event. The processor can also re-allocate computing resources between the first memory device and the second memory device in response to the determination that the vehicle has experienced the vehicle event and perform, using the re-allocated computing resources, a subsequent authentication operation using the determined driving patterns and the information received from the global positioning satellite and the base station to determine whether the current operator of the vehicle is the authorized operator of the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first memory device comprising a first type of media;
a second memory device comprising a second type of media; and
a non-transitory processor coupled to the first memory device and the second memory device, wherein the processor is configured to:
perform an authentication operation using determined driving patterns associated with an authorized operator of a vehicle in which the apparatus is deployed and information received from a global positioning satellite and a base station to determine whether a current operator of the vehicle is the authorized operator of the vehicle;
determine whether the vehicle has experienced a vehicle event;
re-allocate computing resources between the first memory device and the second memory device in response to the determination that the vehicle has experienced the vehicle event; and
perform, using the re-allocated computing resources, a subsequent authentication operation using the determined driving patterns and the information received from the global positioning satellite and the base station to determine whether the current operator of the vehicle is the authorized operator of the vehicle.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory processor is further configured to re-allocate the computing resources between the first memory device and the second memory device based, at least in part, on determined environmental characteristics in which the vehicle is operating.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory processor is further configured to perform at least one of the authentication operation or the subsequent authentication operation, or both, using internal vehicle sensor data using the re-allocated computing resources.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle event comprises at least one of the vehicle stopping for greater than a threshold period of time, starting, or detection of a change in captured internal vehicle sensor data, or any combination thereof.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory processor is configured to execute one or more sets of machine learning instruction to determine the driving patterns associated with the authorized operator of the vehicle over time.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory processor is configured to, in response to a determination that the current operator of the vehicle is not the authorized operator of the vehicle, transmit a notification to the authorized operator of the vehicle, disable the vehicle, or both.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory processor is configured to, in response to a determination that the current operator of the vehicle is the authorized operator of the vehicle, allow continued operation of the vehicle.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory processor is configured to determine characteristics of the first memory device and the second memory device prior to re-allocation of the computing resources between the first memory device and the second memory device, wherein the determined characteristics of the first memory device and the second memory include a bandwidth, a memory access time, a latency, a memory cell density, or any combination thereof, of the first memory device and the second memory device.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory processor is configured to re-allocate the computing resources between the first memory device and the second memory device such that greater than a threshold amount of computing resources that exhibit a higher bandwidth, a faster memory access time, or a lower latency than other computing resources available to the vehicle are available to perform the subsequent authentication operation.

10. A method, comprising:
a non-transitory processor executing one or more machine learning instructions to determine driving patterns associated with an authorized operator of a vehicle;
performing a routine authentication operation using the determined driving patterns and information received from a global positioning satellite, a base station, and an internal vehicle sensor to determine whether a current operator of the vehicle is the authorized operator of the vehicle;
determining whether the vehicle has experienced a vehicle event;
re-allocating computing resources between memory devices associated with the vehicle in response to the determination that the vehicle has experienced the vehicle event; and
performing, using the re-allocated computing resources and in response to determining that the vehicle has experienced subsequent vehicle events, subsequent authentication operations using the determined driving patterns, the information received from the global positioning satellite, the information received from the base station, and the internal vehicle sensor to determine whether the current operator of the vehicle is the authorized operator of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising performing, using the re-allocated computing resources, the subsequent authentication operations for each subsequent determined vehicle event while the vehicle is operating.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising re-allocating the computing resources between the memory devices associated with the vehicle such that greater than a threshold amount of computing resources that exhibit a higher bandwidth, a faster memory access time, or a lower latency, or any combination thereof, than other computing resources available to the vehicle are available to perform the subsequent authentication operation.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the vehicle event comprises at least one of the vehicle stopping for greater than a threshold period of time, starting, or detection of a change in captured internal vehicle sensor data, or any combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining environmental characteristics in which the vehicle is operating; and
re-allocating the computing resources between the memory devices based, at least in part, on the determined environmental characteristics.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
performing a traffic sequence prediction operation; and
re-allocating the computing resources between the memory devices based, at least in part, on the traffic sequence prediction operation.

16. A system, comprising:
an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
a first memory device comprising a first type of media;
a second memory device comprising a second type of media; and
a non-transitory processor coupled to the first memory device and the second memory device, wherein the processor is to:
execute instructions to determine driving patterns associated with an authorized operator of the autonomous vehicle;
perform an authentication operation using the determined driving patterns and information received from a global positioning satellite, a base station, and at least one internal sensor associated with the autonomous vehicle to determine whether a current operator of the vehicle is the authorized operator of the vehicle;
determine whether the autonomous vehicle has experienced a vehicle event;
re-allocate computing resources between the first memory device and the second memory device in response to the determination that the autonomous vehicle has experienced the vehicle event; and
perform, using the re-allocated computing resources, a subsequent authentication operation using the determined driving patterns and the information received from the global positioning satellite and the base station to determine

Assignees

• Micron Technology Inc

Inventors

• Ramesh Vijay S

Classifications

• B60R25/307

  using data concerning maintenance or configuration · CPC title

• B60R25/102

  a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner · CPC title

• B60R25/24 Primary

  using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user · CPC title

• B60R25/04

  operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title