Patent ID: 11878653
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 6:
7. A vehicle, comprising:
a door including a handle;
a locking member configured to lock and unlock the door of the vehicle;
a manipulation member provided on the handle of the door;
a camera configured to obtain an image;
a communicator configured to communicate with an external device;
at least one of a display or a sound outputter; and
a controller comprising:
a facial recognition processor configured to recognize a face based on image information obtained by the camera, and an authentication processor configured to perform a user authentication based on face information recognized by the facial recognition processor,
wherein the controller is configured to:
obtain a distance with the external device based on a received signal strength of a signal received by the communicator;
determine whether the distance with the external device is less than or equal to a first reference distance based on the obtained distance;
transmit a booting instruction to the facial recognition processor in response to determining the distance with the external device is less than or equal to the first reference distance;
transmit a power-off instruction to the facial recognition processor in response to determining the distance with the external device exceeds the first reference distance;
determine whether the facial recognition processor is switched to a sleep mode after transmitting the power-off instruction to the facial recognition processor; and
control output of failure information in response to determining that the facial recognition processor is not switched to the sleep mode;
transmit a facial recognition instruction to the facial recognition processor based on the obtained distance after the booting of the facial recognition processor is completed, and
control operation of the locking member based on user authentication information of the authentication processor and a manipulation signal of the manipulation member.