Patent ID: 6282475
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
For use with an automotive vehicle having at least one adjustable device to facilitate operation of the vehicle by different drivers, said adjustable device being movable between at least two different positions in response to a predetermined position signal, a system for automatically moving said at least one adjustable device between said at least two different positions comprising:means for determining an exclusively unique physiological characteristic of a person seated in the seat of the vehicle and for generating an output signal representative of said physiological characteristic,memory means containing data corresponding to physiological characteristics of at least one authorized occupant of the automotive vehicle, said memory means further containing data representative of at least one occupant position of said at least one adjustable device for said at least one authorized occupant of the automotive vehicle, said at least one occupant position being between and including said at least two different positions of said at least one adjustable device,means for comparing said output signal with said exclusively unique physiological characteristic data in said memory means and for generating an occupant identification signal in response thereto,means responsive to said occupant identification signal for generating said at least one ocupant position signal to said at least one adjustable device corresponding to said occupant identification signal, wherein said determining means comprises at least one of a retina scanner, an iris scanner, a fingerprint reader, a thermal scanner, and a voice recognition device.