IP Library Granted Patent US 9,639,620
Granted Patent B1
US 9,639,620 · App. 14/967,397 · Granted May 2, 2017

Vehicle fingerprint bookmark

Inventor: Jia-Wei Ding (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: THUNDER POWER HONG KONG LTD.
G06F17/30884B60R16/037G06F17/30259G06K9/00013G06K9/00087
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,639,620
App. No.
14/967,397
Granted
May 2, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure is a fingerprint bookmark system which may be implemented in a vehicle with one or more configurable interior settings. The fingerprint bookmark system may contain a scanner which may be configured to record a fingerprint from a vehicle occupant such that a fingerprint image showing the fingerprint and a duration data for the fingerprint image are recorded by the scanner. The system may contain one or more processors which may be configured to compare the duration data associated with the fingerprint image with a duration threshold. The one or more processors may be configured to initiate a search to obtain a bookmark for the fingerprint shown in the fingerprint image when the duration data is less than the duration threshold. The one or more processors may be further configured to create a new bookmark when the duration data exceeds the duration threshold.

Claims (28)

1. A fingerprint bookmark system in a vehicle with one or more configurable interior settings, the fingerprint bookmark system comprising:

a scanner configured to record a fingerprint from a vehicle occupant such that a fingerprint image showing the fingerprint and duration data for the fingerprint image are recorded by the scanner, the duration data indicating a time value associated with the fingerprint image;

a remote server configured to receive the fingerprint image from the scanner and to initiate a search to obtain a first bookmark for the fingerprint shown in the fingerprint image;

a comparator circuit coupled with the scanner for determining whether the duration data associated with the fingerprint image exceeds a duration threshold, wherein the comparator circuit is located within the vehicle; and

one or more processors located within the vehicle configured to:

when the comparator circuit determines that the duration data is less than the duration threshold, configure an interior setting of the vehicle in accordance with one or more instructions contained in the first bookmark; and

when the comparator circuit determines that the duration data exceeds the duration threshold, create a second bookmark for the fingerprint shown in the fingerprint image and store the second bookmark in the remote server, wherein the second bookmark contains at least one instruction that is different from each of the one or more instructions contained in the first bookmark;

wherein fingerprint images showing different finger combinations of the vehicle occupant correspond to different bookmarks;

wherein the remote server is remote from the vehicle.

2. The fingerprint bookmark system of claim 1 , wherein storing the second bookmark in the remote server includes:

overwriting the first bookmark with the second bookmark.

3. The vehicle fingerprint bookmark system of claim 1 , wherein the duration threshold is three seconds.

4. The vehicle fingerprint bookmark system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to perform no action when the first bookmark is not found and the duration data is less than the duration threshold.

5. The vehicle fingerprint bookmark system of claim 1 , wherein the fingerprint image is an image of multiple fingerprints from different hands.

6. The vehicle fingerprint bookmark system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more configurable interior settings includes one or more of the following: seat adjustment, mirror adjustment, air temperature, seat temperature, radio, GPS, and dashboard arrangement.

7. A method for configuring interior settings of a vehicle, the method comprising:

recording, by a scanner, a fingerprint from a vehicle occupant such that a fingerprint image showing the fingerprint and duration data for the fingerprint image are recorded by the scanner, the duration data indicating a time value associated with the fingerprint image;

outputting, by the scanner, the fingerprint image to a remote server;

receiving, by the remote server, the fingerprint image;

initiating a search, by the remote server, to obtain a first bookmark for the fingerprint shown in the fingerprint image;

determining, by a comparator circuit coupled with the scanner, whether the duration data associated with the fingerprint image exceeds a duration threshold, wherein the comparator circuit is located within the vehicle;

when the comparator circuit determines that the duration data is less than the duration threshold, configuring, by one or more processors located within the vehicle, an interior setting of the vehicle in accordance with one or more instructions contained in the first bookmark; and

when the comparator circuit determines that the duration data exceeds the duration threshold, creating, by the one or more processors, a second bookmark for the fingerprint shown in the fingerprint image, wherein the second bookmark contains at least one instruction that is different from each of the one or more instructions contained in the first bookmark;

wherein fingerprint images showing different finger combinations of the vehicle occupant correspond to different bookmarks;

wherein the remote server is remote from the vehicle.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the duration threshold is three seconds.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising

performing no action when the first bookmark is not found and the duration data is less than the duration threshold.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2017
From: THUNDER POWER HONG KONG LIMITED
To: THUNDER POWER NEW ENERGY VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 042084/0334 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2016
From: DING, JIA-WEI
To: THUNDER POWER HONG KONG LTD.
Reel/Frame 040789/0983 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 14940161 · Nov 13, 2015