Use Of Biometric Data To Facilitate Personalization Services Such As Vehicle Immobilization In Automobiles

A personalization method for a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

• using an infrared camera to capture data that is unique to a human user disposed within the motor vehicle;
• storing a plurality of sets of data, each said set of data corresponding to a respective human user;
• determining whether the data captured by the infrared camera matches a stored said set of data;
• enabling a command from the human user to be implemented, the enabling being in response to the determining step including determining that the data captured by the infrared camera matches one of the stored sets of data;
• and
• preventing a command from the human user from being implemented, the preventing being in response to the determining step including determining that the data captured by the infrared camera does not match any of the stored sets of data.

A personalization arrangement for a motor vehicle, the arrangement comprising:

• an infrared camera configured to capture image data from a human user disposed within the motor vehicle;
• a database storing a plurality of sets of image data, each said set of image data corresponding to a respective human user;
• and
• an electronic processor communicatively coupled to both the infrared camera and the database, the electronic processor being configured to:
• determine whether the image data captured by the infrared camera matches a set of image data in the database corresponding to a respective human user;
• cause a command from the human user to be implemented in response to determining that the image data captured by the infrared camera matches a set of image data in the database corresponding to a respective human user;
• and
• cause a command from the human user to be ignored in response to determining that the image data captured by the infrared camera does not match any of the sets of image data in the database that correspond to a respective human user.