Patent ID: 7171026
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: B60R,G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A steering device operated by a driver when the driver drives a vehicle, comprising: an identification information acquisition unit, which automatically acquires identification information of the driver when the driver takes a home position for operating the steering device without need for a particular action of the driver for authorizing acquisition of identification information, mounted in a position at which an inside of a forearm of the driver, leading to the palm of a hand of the driver, faces when the driver assumes the home position to operate the steering device so that the identification acquisition unit detects the venous pattern of the inside of the forearm of the hand and acquires the venous pattern as the identification information, movable means shaped to receive the palm of the hand of the driver for gripping means so that the displacement of the movable means so that said steering device converts a displacement of said steering device to an electrical signal representative of said identification information; and an identification information output unit for outputting the identification information.