Patent ID: 6498970
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: B60R,E05F,E05Y,G06K,G07C

Abstract:
A method for activating a vehicle mechanism, the method comprising:capturing with a detector a first indication comprising one of a facial feature of a person, an utterance by the person, and an action performed by the person; comparing at least one of the captured facial feature and the captured at least one of utterance and action to a database comprising at least one of facial features, utterances, and actions that are predefined by people who are authorized to activate a vehicle mechanism in order to determine whether the person is authorized to activate a vehicle mechanism; if the person is authorized to activate a vehicle mechanism, capturing a second indication comprising one of an utterance by the authorized person and an action by the authorized person for specifying the vehicle mechanism to be activated; and activating the specified vehicle mechanism.