US 2019/0095227 A1 · VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

Abstract

A vehicle control device includes: a display; a steering wheel; and a vehicle button arranged to be overlapped with a fingerprint scanner at one point of the steering wheel. The vehicle control device further includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a mobile terminal, the display and the vehicle button; and a processor configured to determine a type of a screen to be displayed on the display, according to whether a fingerprint recognized by the fingerprint scanner matches fingerprint information received from the mobile terminal, if the fingerprint scanner recognizes a fingerprint of a finger which has applied a push input to the vehicle button, and the processor configured to control the display such that the determined screen is displayed.

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Dependent claims

A mobile terminal, comprising:

a user interface configured to receive user input;
a fingerprint scanner that is located adjacent to the user interface and that is configured to recognize a fingerprint from the user input received through the user interface;
a communication unit that is configured to communicate with a processor of a vehicle that includes a display, wherein the processor is configured to control the vehicle;
and
a controller that is configured to:
receive fingerprint information from the vehicle through the communication unit,
determine whether the fingerprint recognized by the fingerprint scanner matches the fingerprint information,
based on a determination that the fingerprint matches the fingerprint information, determine a graphic,
provide, through the communication unit to the display, the graphic to be displayed on the display.

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A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle that includes a display and a steering wheel, the vehicle control device comprising:

a vehicle user interface that is configured to receive user input;
to a fingerprint scanner that is coupled to the steering wheel, that is located adjacent to the vehicle user interface, and that is configured to recognize a fingerprint from the user input received through the vehicle user interface;
a communication unit that is configured to communicate with a mobile terminal, the display, and the vehicle user interface;
and
a processor that is configured to:
receive fingerprint information from the mobile terminal through the communication unit,
determine whether the fingerprint recognized by the fingerprint scanner matches the fingerprint information,
based on a determination that the fingerprint matches the fingerprint information, determine a graphic,
provide, through the communication unit to the display, the graphic to be displayed on the display.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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