Motor Vehicle Having a Driver Identification Device and Driver Identification Signal Transmitter
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorIngolf PIETSCHMANN
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Abstract
In a motor vehicle, a driver of the vehicle can identify himself or herself. A vehicle driver signal specific to the driver of the vehicle is then generated and transmitted by the motor vehicle by way of a transmitter. This allows devices situated in the vicinity of the vehicle to respond individually to a driver of a vehicle and to supply him or her with corresponding information.
Claims15
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle driver identification device that identifies a vehicle driver;
- a signal generation device that generates a signal specific to the vehicle driver identified with the vehicle driver identification device;
- and
- a transmitter usable to emit the signal specific to the vehicle driver, whereby devices in a vicinity of the motor vehicle are able to react to a presence of the vehicle driver.
A system, comprising:
- a motor vehicle having:
- a vehicle driver identification device that identifies a vehicle driver;
- a signal generation device that generates a signal specific to the vehicle driver identified with the vehicle driver identification device;
- and
- a transmitter usable to emit a specific vehicle driver signal;
- one or more devices each having:
- a receiver configured to receive the specific vehicle driver signal, and
- an optical and/or acoustic signaling device configured to output an optical and/or acoustic signal, respectively, in accordance with the specific vehicle driver signal received by the receiver.
A method for use in a motor vehicle equipped with a vehicle driver identification device that identifies a vehicle driver, a signal generation device that generates a signal specific to the vehicle driver identified with the vehicle driver identification device, and a transmitter usable to emit the signal specific to the vehicle driver, the method comprising the acts of:
- identifying, via the vehicle driver identification device, a vehicle driver of the motor vehicle;
- generating, via the signal generation device, a vehicle driver signal specific to the identified driver;
- and
- transmitting, via the transmitter, the specific vehicle driver signal, whereby devices in a vicinity of the motor vehicle are able to react to a presence of the vehicle driver based on the transmitted specific vehicle driver signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.