Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators – Of burglary or unauthorized use
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-03
2001-11-27
Pope, Daryl (Department: 2736)
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
Of burglary or unauthorized use
Reexamination Certificate
active
06323761
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The optical recognition vehicular security access system will provide means for capturing a iris image pattern to be used for future repetitive comparative analysis. The optical recognition vehicular security access system will provide means for storing a plurality of iris image patterns to be used in future repetitive comparative analysis. The optical recognition vehicular security access system will provide means for triggering the capture of an iris image pattern to be used for comparative analysis of a stored image pattern. The optical recognition vehicular security access system will provide means for triggering a near infrared lamp to be used in conjunction with a camera to capture an iris image pattern to be used for comparative analysis with a stored image pattern. The optical recognition vehicular security access system will provide means for generating an interior audible alarm. The optical recognition vehicular security access system will provide means for transporting light in the visible and infrared spectrums to a device for capturing an iris image pattern to be used in comparative analysis of a stored iris image pattern. The optical recognition vehicular security access system will provide means for unlocking the motor vehicle locking system based on the results of a comparative analysis of a captured iris image pattern with a stored iris image pattern. Also the optical recognition vehicular security access system provides means whereby when the handle of the vehicle is grasped the interior lights will light, the camera will pivot to capture an iris image of the individual, after comparative analysis of stored iris images the door will be unlocked if an authorized match is found or an alarm will be sounded.
The optical recognition vehicular security access system provides a battery backup as an alternate power source in case the car battery fails.
After entering the vehicle a switch located on the instrument panel will start the vehicle. The same switch will be depressed when the registered user selects to turn off the motor. At a predetermined time period after the occupant(s) leave the vehicle the alarm system will engage.
In addition, after recognition of the authorized user a button located inside the vehicle or exteriorly positioned near the trunk can be used to open the trunk.
Description of the Prior Art
There are other security devices designed for motor vehicles. Typical of these is U.S. Pat. No. 5,715,905 issued to Kaman on Feb. 10, 1998.
Another patent was issued to Bergholz et al. on Sep. 22, 1998 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,812,067. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 5,832,183 was issued to Wataro Shinohara on Nov. 3, 1998 and still yet another was issued on Jan. 12, 1999 to Suzuki as U.S. Pat. No. 5,859,921.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,715,905 Inventor: Richard A. Kaman Issued: Feb. 10, 1998
The vehicular access controller includes input means for detecting an indicia of identity of a prospective user and central station control means for comparing the indicia of identity with an indicia of identity of an authorized user. The controller further includes activating means for activating the vehicle when the control means determines that the indicia of identity from the input means substantially matches the indicia of identity of the authorized user.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,812,067 Inventor: Ralf Bergholz Issued: Sep. 22, 1998
A system for recognizing authorization of a person to use a vehicle includes an optical-electronic image processor arranged to identify an authorized user of the vehicle by recognizing a distinctive physical feature of the user. The image processor provides an output signal which controls locking functions relating to operation of the vehicle based on a comparison of detected information with stored information relating to distinctive individual features of authorized users so that only authorized persons are enabled to use the vehicle.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,832,183 Inventor: Wataro Shinohara Issued: Nov. 3, 1998
An information recognition circuit comprises a plurality of recognition processing units each composed of a neural network. Teacher signals and information signals to be processed are supplied to a plurality of the units, individually so as to obtain output signals by executing individual learning. Thereafter, the plural units are connected to each other so as to construct a large scale information recognition system. Further, in the man-machine interface system, a plurality of operating instruction data are prepared. An operator's face is sensed by a TV camera to extract the factors related to the operator's facial expression. The neural network analogizes operator's feeling on the basis of the extracted factors. In accordance with the guessed results, a specific sort of the operating instruction is selected from a plurality of sorts of the operating instructions, and the selected instruction is displayed as an appropriate instruction for the operator. Further, the one-loop controller for automatizing operation comprises an input interface section for acquiring image information, an image recognition section for recognizing the image using the acquired image information, a control section for calculating control commands according to the image recognition results, and an output interface for outputting control commands to process actuators or subordinate controllers, respectively.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,859,921 Inventor: Hiroyoshi Suzuki Issued: Jan. 12, 1999
The invention provides an apparatus for processing an image of a face, capable of quickly and correctly detecting eyes not only under artificial illumination but also under sunlight regardless of the direction or altitude of the sun and regardless of circumstance conditions such as sunlight filtering down through trees, and still regardless of the variation in the face shape from person to person. An image of the face of a car driver is taken by a camera, and input to image signal input means. Gray level conversation means performs signal level conversion of picture elements of the face image received via the image signal input means in such a manner as to extract black-level areas smaller at least in the dimension along one image axis parallel or nearly parallel to the vertical direction of a face than a predefined length corresponding to the up-to-down width of an eye, thereby extracting black level areas having a size nearly equal to or less than the up-to-down width of the eye and thus extracting characteristic feature areas such as eyes, eyebrows, nares, and line between lips from the input face image. Variable binarization means converts the characteristic feature image into a binary image. Eye searching area setting means sets eye searching areas in the binary image. Candidate area setting means sets eye candidate areas in the eye searching areas. Eye area detection means detects eye area from the eye candidate areas. While these other security devices designed for motor vehicles may be suitable for the purposes for which they were designed, they would not be as suitable for the purposes of the present invention, as hereinafter described.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The present invention discloses an optical recognition vehicular security access system that will unlock the vehicles doors and or trunk by capturing an iris image pattern and performing a comparative analysis with a stored iris image pattern of the operator. Also the optical recognition vehicular security access system provides means whereby when the handle of the vehicle is grasped the interior lights will light and the camera will pivot to capture an iris image of the individual. After comparative analysis of stored iris images the door will be unlocked if an authorized match is found or an alarm will be sounded. Furthermore, the optical recognition vehicular security access system has an interior audible alarm that will be triggered by comparative analysis of real time images of the driver with a stored image pattern to determine if the driver is falling asleep. The opti
Kroll Michael I.
Pope Daryl
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