Patent ID: 11858460
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 5:
6. A device for controlling a user authentication transmission, the device comprising:
a user authentication device configured to perform user authentication of a user authorized to operate a vehicle;
a key detection device disposed in the vehicle, wherein the key detection device is configured to detect a key of the vehicle; and
a controller disposed in the vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to:
determine whether the user has departed the vehicle based on at least one of a gear stage of the transmission, whether the vehicle is determined to be in a stopped state, whether a door of a driver's seat of the vehicle is opened or closed, or a result of detecting the key;
control the transmission to be in a locked state based on departure of the user; and
determine whether to unlock a transmission of the vehicle based on a result of the user authentication and a situation;
wherein the situation is an anti-theft situation when the key is not detected inside the vehicle and the user authentication is not performed;
wherein the situation is a valet parking situation when the key is not detected inside the vehicle and the user authentication is completed within a predetermined time; and
wherein the situation is a surrogate driving situation when the detection of a digital key or a card key is identified after a chauffeur service is called.