# US 10,864,866 B2 · Vehicle and control method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,864,866 B2 - Document ID: US10864866B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/972,715 - Filed: 2018-05-07 - Published: 2019-06-13 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-07 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation - Inventors: Yeonhee Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10864866B2 ## CPC - B60R 16/037: for occupant comfort {, e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel} - B60H 1/00742: {by detection of the vehicle occupants' presence; by detection of conditions relating to the body of occupants, e.g. using radiant heat detectors} - B60H 1/00792: {Arrangement of detectors (B60H1/00742, B60H1/0075, B60H1/00785 take precedence)} - B60H 1/00878: {the components being temperature regulating devices} - B60H 1/00971: {Control systems or circuits characterised by including features for locking or memorising of control modes} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60H: ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES ## Abstract A vehicle includes a detector configured to detect a fingerprint of a user and a temperature of the finger. A storage medium is configured to store a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint and temperature set value data corresponding to the detected temperature. A controller is configured to control an electronic device in the vehicle based on a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint when the user set value exists, and to control an air conditioner based on a temperature set value corresponding to the detected temperature when there are more than a predetermined number of temperature set value data stored. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle comprising: a detector configured to detect a fingerprint of a user finger, the detector also configured to detect a temperature of the finger at predetermined intervals; a storage medium configured to store a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint and temperature set value data corresponding to the detected temperature; and a controller configured to: when a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint exists, control an electronic device in the vehicle based on the user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint and to control an air conditioner based on a temperature set value corresponding to the temperature detected at the predetermined intervals when there are more than a predetermined number of temperature set value data stored; and when a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint does not exist, register the detected fingerprint based on whether a command to register the detected fingerprint has been input. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the detector is provided on a steering wheel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the storage medium is configured to store a user set value including at least one of a seat value or a side mirror value corresponding to the detected fingerprint; and wherein the controller is configured to control a seat based on a seat value corresponding to the detected fingerprint when the seat value exists and to control a side mirror based on a side mirror value corresponding to the detected fingerprint when the side mirror value exists. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to calculate a correlation between the detected temperature and the corresponding temperature set value when there are more than a predetermined number of temperature set value data stored. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to determine a temperature set value corresponding to the detected temperature based on the calculated correlation, and to control the air conditioner based on the determined temperature set value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising an input device configured to receive the command to register the detected fingerprint. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vehicle of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to, when the command to register the detected fingerprint is input, register the detected fingerprint and store a user set value including at least one of a seat value or a side mirror value. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to update the stored user set value when the user set value is changed. ### Claim 9 A control method of a vehicle, the control method comprising: detecting a fingerprint of a user finger; detecting a temperature of the finger at predetermined intervals; storing a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint and temperature set value data corresponding to the detected temperature; controlling an electronic device in the vehicle based on a user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint when the user set value exists; controlling an air conditioner based on a temperature set value corresponding to the detected temperature when there are more than a predetermined number of temperature set value data stored, the air conditioner being controlled based on a temperature set value corresponding to the temperature detected at the predetermined intervals; and when there is no user set value corresponding to the detected fingerprint, registering the detected fingerprint based on whether a command to register the detected fingerprint is input. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The control method of claim 9, wherein storing the user set value and the temperature set value data comprises storing a user set value including at least one of a seat value or a side mirror value corresponding to the detected fingerprint; and wherein the controlling of the electronic device comprises controlling a seat based on a seat value corresponding to the detected fingerprint when the seat value exists and controlling a side mirror based on a side mirror value corresponding to the detected fingerprint when the side mirror value exists. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The control method of claim 9, wherein the controlling of the air conditioner comprises calculating a correlation between the detected temperature and the corresponding temperature set value when there are more than a predetermined number of temperature set value data stored. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The control method of claim 11, wherein controlling the air conditioner comprises: determining a temperature set value corresponding to the detected temperature based on the calculated correlation; and controlling the air conditioner based on the determined temperature set value. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The control method of claim 9, further comprising receiving the command to register the detected fingerprint. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The control method of claim 13, wherein the registering of the detected fingerprint comprises, when the command to register the detected fingerprint is input, registering the detected fingerprint and storing a user set value including at least one of a seat value or a side mirror value. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The control method of claim 9, further comprising updating the stored user set value when the user set value is changed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The control method of claim 9, wherein detecting the fingerprint of the user finger and the temperature of the finger comprises detecting a fingerprint of a user and a temperature of the finger when the vehicle is started. ### Claim 17 A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; a vehicle doors attached to the vehicle body; a front window facing a front side of the vehicle body; an air conditioner; a steering wheel within the vehicle body adjacent the front window; a temperature detector provided on the steering wheel; a storage medium configured to store a temperature set value corresponding to a finger temperature detected by the temperature detector; and a controller configured to control the air conditioner based on the temperature set value corresponding to the finger temperature detected by the temperature detector when the temperature set value corresponding to the finger temperature is stored in the storage medium and to register a detected fingerprint corresponding to finger temperature detected by the temperature detector when the temperature set value corresponding to the finger temperature is not stored in the storage medium and a command to register the detected fingerprint has been input. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vehicle of claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to control the detector to detect a temperature of the finger at predetermined intervals and to control the air conditioner based on a temperature set value corresponding to the temperature detected at the predetermined intervals. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The vehicle of claim 17, wherein the storage medium is configured to store a plurality of temperature set values corresponding to a plurality of finger temperatures; wherein the controller is configured to determine the temperature set value from the plurality of temperature set values corresponding to the detected temperature based on a correlation between the detected temperature and the corresponding temperature set value; and wherein the controller is configured to control the air conditioner based on the determined temperature set value. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The vehicle of claim 17, wherein the storage medium is configured to store a temperature set value associated with a particular user, the vehicle further comprising a fingerprint detector configured to obtain identity information a user of the vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to control the air conditioner based on the temperature set value associated with the particular user when the user of the vehicle is identified to be the particular user.