US 11,932,201 B2
Biometric information authenticating device, and biometric information authenticating system
Rijin Owaki, Aichi (JP); Yosuke Ohashi, Aichi (JP); Takahiko Ando, Aichi (JP); Yuya Goto, Aichi-ken (JP); Yasuhisa Ohta, Aichi-ken (JP); Naoyuki Takada, Aichi-ken (JP); and Daisuke Ogawa, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Aichi (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Appl. No. 17/262,610
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Aichi (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/030297
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/027284, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-146854 (JP), filed on Aug. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0261095 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 25/25 (2013.01); B60Q 3/292 (2017.01); B60R 25/04 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/12 (2022.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); G06V 40/14 (2022.01); G06V 40/70 (2022.01)
CPC B60R 25/252 (2013.01) [B60Q 3/292 (2017.02); B60R 25/04 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/1318 (2022.01); G06V 40/1376 (2022.01); G06V 40/70 (2022.01); G06V 40/14 (2022.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biometric information authenticating device, comprising:
a vehicle start switch device comprising a biometric information sensor to detect contact of an operating finger of an operator with a fingertip reading surface and to read biometric information of the operating finger;
an illumination unit comprising at least one light source; and
a control unit to indicate completion and successful reading of the biometric information by an illumination pattern including a combination of turning on and off of the at least one light source to allow the vehicle operator to remove the operating finger from contact with the reading surface before start-up of the vehicle from the switch device.