Method and system for authenticating a user and a motor vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDino FONTANA, Sascha JURTHE
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Abstract
A method for authenticating a user with respect to a facility, for example, with respect to a vehicle. A signal having an item of information relating to the user is injected into skin of the user by a transmitting device. Direct contact is established between the skin of the user and a receiving device assigned to the facility, with the result that the signal is transmitted from the skin of the user to the receiving device. The user is also authenticated based on the signal received by the receiving device.
Claims15
A method for authenticating a user with respect to a facility, the method comprising:
- injecting a signal comprising an item of information relating to the user into the skin of the user by a transmitting device, the injected signal being transmitted via the skin of the user;
- establishing direct contact between the skin of the user and a receiving device assigned to the facility, with the result that the signal is transmitted from the skin of the user to the receiving device;
- and
- authenticating the user based on the signal received by the receiving device.
A system for authenticating a user with respect to a facility, the system comprising:
- a transmitting device to inject a signal containing an item of information relating to the user into the skin of the user, the injected signal is transmitted via the skin of the user;
- a receiving device assigned to the facility which receives the signal in the event of direct contact between the skin of the user and the receiving device;
- and
- a control device to authenticate the user based on the signal received by the receiving device.
A motor vehicle having a locking mechanism and/or a starting mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism and/or the starting mechanism unlocks at least one vehicle door and/or starts the vehicle in response to successful authentication using a method for authenticating a user with respect to a facility, the method comprising:
- injecting a signal comprising an item of information relating to the user into the skin of the user by a transmitting device, the injected signal being transmitted via the skin of the user;
- establishing direct contact between the skin of the user and a receiving device assigned to the facility, with the result that the signal is transmitted from the skin of the user to the receiving device;
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- authenticating the user based on the signal received by the receiving device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.