Drunk driving prevention system and method
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsJoseph Ramzi Dadoush, Salam Said Neshewait
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Abstract
A drunk driving prevention system includes a biometric authentication device that performs biometric authentication of a driver step by step when startup of the vehicle is requested, a breathalyzer that measures a drinking level of the driver whose biometric authentication has been completed, a driver monitoring device that monitors the driver's state in a vehicle while a drinking level of the driver is measured, and a controller that allows or blocks startup of the vehicle based on a result of measuring the driver's drinking level, wherein the biometric authentication device adjusts biometric authentication phases for the driver in a case of an exceptional vehicle where a front seat of the vehicle is configured as an independent space.
Claims18
A drunk driving prevention system comprising:
- a multi-stage biometric authentication device configured to perform a biometric authentication of a driver when startup of a vehicle is requested;
- a breathalyzer configured to measure a drinking level of the driver whose biometric authentication has been completed;
- a driver monitoring device configured to monitor state of the driver in the vehicle while the drinking level of the driver is measured;
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- a controller configured to allow or block startup of the vehicle based on a result of measuring the drinking level of the driver,
- wherein the biometric authentication device is configured to adjust biometric authentication phases for the driver in a case of an exceptional vehicle where a front seat of the vehicle is configured as an independent space,
- wherein the biometric authentication device is configured to perform the biometric authentication of the driver based on the adjusted biometric authentication phases among recognition of a driver's fingerprint, recognition of a driver's voice, and question and answer through conversation with the driver, when the vehicle is the exceptional vehicle.
A drunk driving prevention method comprising:
- performing a multi-step biometric authentication of a driver when startup of a vehicle is requested;
- measuring a drinking level of a driver whose biometric authentication has been completed;
- monitoring state of the driver in the vehicle while a drinking level of the driver is measured;
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- allowing or blocking startup of the vehicle based on a result of measuring the drinking level of the driver,
- wherein the drunk driving prevention method further comprises adjusting biometric authentication phases for the driver in a case of an exceptional vehicle where a front seat of the vehicle is configured as an independent space,
- wherein the performing of the biometric authentication of the driver step by step includes performing the biometric authentication of the driver based on the adjusted biometric authentication phases among recognition of a driver's fingerprint, recognition of a driver's voice, and question and answer through conversation with the driver, when the vehicle is the exceptional vehicle.
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