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US 2026/0300980 A1Published application
Method and device for granting vehicle control authority through biometric information registration
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorYong Seok JEONG
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Abstract
Methods and systems for registering a user and granting vehicle control authority via a server connected to a vehicle may include: identifying an attempt to register biometric information by a user other than the vehicle owner; permitting a user who holds multiple authentication credentials to register biometric information; and granting vehicle control authority to a user who completes biometric authentication through an in-vehicle biometric authentication module.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a server and from an in-vehicle biometric authenticator of a vehicle, a request to register biometric information of a user other than an owner of the vehicle;
- receiving, by the server and from the in-vehicle biometric authenticator, first data associated with one or more authenticators associated with the user;
- registering, by the server and based on the one or more authenticators, the biometric information of the user;
- and
- sending, by the server and to the in-vehicle biometric authenticator, second data indicating that:
- registration of the biometric information of the user is complete;
- and
- the user has been granted vehicle control authority.
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A server comprising:
- a memory storing at least one instruction;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction, wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the server to:
- receive, via a wireless communication with a vehicle, a request to register biometric information of a user other than an owner of the vehicle;
- receive, from an in-vehicle biometric authenticator of a vehicle, first data associated with one or more authenticators associated with the user;
- register, based on the one or more authenticators, the biometric information of the user;
- and
- send, to the in-vehicle biometric authenticators, second data indicating that:
- registration of the biometric information of the user is complete;
- and
- the user has been granted vehicle control authority.
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A method performed by a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an in-vehicle biometric authenticator of the vehicle, first data associated with:
- a request to register biometric information of a user other than an owner of the vehicle;
- and
- one or more authenticators associated with the user;
- sending, by the in-vehicle biometric authenticator to a server via a wireless communication, the first data;
- receiving, by the in-vehicle biometric authenticator and from the server, second data indicating that:
- registration of the biometric information of the user is complete;
- and
- the user has been granted vehicle control authority;
- and
- activating, based on the second data, a control authority capable of controlling the vehicle for a preset validity period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.