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Recently, the Ford Motor Company filed a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (UPTSO) that allows both biometric data as a means of accessing a vehicle.
The patent, published on May 23rd, says in the abstract that the invention would capture “real-time images” from the vehicle, and lockout unverified drivers and passengers. The biometric data would be stored in the vehicle.
The invention may be practiced in any vehicle with exterior cameras that are tied to a vehicle controller with image processing capability. Facial recognition may be retained as the primary device-free authentication modality, while a secondary authentication option can reinstate some benefits associated with the use of keypad code entry.
The patent application says.
Based on the patent’s filings, the device would also for preset hand signals that could allow drivers access to the vehicle.
Ford Authority noted that while the idea is basic in its premise, ‘these systems don’t always work as intended – in fact, there are plenty of occasions when facial recognition doesn’t function properly, which is often the case with government applications like Global Entry – but the repercussions of being locked out of one’s vehicle as a result would obviously be a frustrating and inconvenient occurrence,’ the outlet highlighted…
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