Patent ID: 7116803
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: B60Q,B60R,G06K

Abstract:
1. A security system for a movable, engine-powered vehicle provided with an enabling system, the security system comprising: (a) an electronic camera positioned to scan at least a portion of the face of a person located at the driver's station of the vehicle and structured to produce image signals; (b) an electronic facial-recognition system responsive to the image signals and controllably coupled to the enabling system; and (c) an electronic storage device coupled to the facial-recognition system to store a set of image signals, such that the facial-recognition system provides an authorization control signal and activates the enabling system only if signals representative of select characteristics of the scanned face of the person derived from the image signals produced on the camera's output match a member of a set of signals stored in the electronic storage device, each member representative of select characteristics of the scanned face of an authorized operator; (d) wherein the engine and the gearshift are coupled to cause the engine to become activated in response to the combination of the authorization control signal and a selected gear-shifting action by the person located at the driver's station.