US 11,948,403 B2
Biometric information authentication device
Rijin Owaki, Aichi (JP); Yosuke Ohashi, 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. 17/266,500
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Aichi (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/030992
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/032065, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-148186 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0303893 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G06V 40/50 (2022.01); B60R 25/25 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01)
CPC G06V 40/50 (2022.01) [B60R 25/25 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biometric information authentication device, comprising
a biometric information sensor, and
a control unit, wherein,
when a first biometric authentication is successfully completed based on biometric information acquired by the biometric information sensor from an operator and registered biometric information preliminarily registered by a registered person and an operation for registering new registered biological information is subsequently performed, the control unit permits registration upon a successful second biometric authentication based on biometric information acquired by the same biometric information sensor again and the registered biometric information preliminarily registered by the registered person wherein the first and second biometric authentications are both performed on the same biometric information sensor located on an operation button that operates a start switch of a vehicle.