Biometrics: equipments for vehicles

Equipments for vehicles

Most of the time, car manufacturers are just showing some concept cars with fingerprint sensors. But there are many offers to add a biometric system on your car.

Siemens

(1999) Siemens "Touch of the future" (Infineon sensor)

Entertainment car

(2000) Showed at the SAE 2000 world congress

Biolife

(2004) Biolife offers an add-on for car door.

Original manufacturer?

(2004) United linkers Identisafe-09

(2004) Yisen Car-F10000

(2004) Bioenabletech fingerprint car lock

ABG Automatic Business Group

ABT Bio Finger Print using the Bioscrypt access control device.

Ritech International

Biometrics immobilizer.

SID

(2005) Secure Identification Device unveils a SID for vehicles.

(2007 Jan) New version of the device. Upek sensor.
See the demo movie on YouTube.

ID Link Systems

ID Link offers the BioCar. Upek sensor.

Linpo

(2006) Linpo offers the BioCar BAS-1A. Lightuning sensor.

BioGuard

(2005) BioGuard offers the CarGuard CJ-1 with an Authentec sensor.

SecuriSat Bio-Scan

Automotive Technology Research and Development

(2006) Automotive Technology Research and Development offers the fingerprint immobiliser ATY-1.

(2007 Jul) ATRD's Biocode M10 is the first wirless anti-theft fingerprint system.

(2007 Jul) The Biocode M10 is the first wirless anti-theft fingerprint system. Upek sensor.

Autonet

(2006 Feb) Autonet information (Korean)

Woodoo

(2006) Woodoo (Russia) offers the WD-800

Shenzhen Cheshen

(2006) Shenzhen Cheshen Electrical, Science & Technology Co.,Ltd (China) offers the FCS-I

Turborevs

(2007) Turborevs (UK) offers a Fingerprint Car Alarm using Biometric technology

Touch-n-Drive

(2007) Touch-n-Drive Biometric Ignition Auto Starter.

Poly-Supreme Technology

(2007) Poly Supreme Technology offers the Fingerprint Starter-Celularm.

MoreDNA Technology

(2008 Apr) MoreDNA releases the MR38-1C, a fingerprint Steering Wheel Lock.

Shanghai Hequn Technology

(2008 May) Shanghai Hequn offers a fingerprint car equipment MG-01.

Wison

(2008) Wison CR168.

Presto

(2008 Jun) Presto's Car starting system remote control.

Hunchun Baoli Communication / Poly-Supreme

(2008) Hunchun Baoli Communication / Poly-Supreme offers Celularm.

B&J Biometrics

(2008) B&J Biometrics unveils a Fingerprint Remote Car Starting System with the FingerChip.

Wiseteam, Miaxis

(2008) Wiseteam FC-2000 fingerprint car lock.

(2009) Miaxis (chinese) MG-01D

Shenzhen Electronics (?)

(2008) (secureportability -dead link-).

(2016) Found an article mentionning "Shenzhen Electronics marshal". I recognize the FingerChip, + they are speaking of a temperature sensor. And a photo.

Unidentified

(2009) (unknown chinese manufacturer) CVKP-BG04.

Somax / Cnzhiwn

(2009) Somax sells a Fingerprint car alarm system.

Hawk Systems

(2009) Hawk Systems unveils the Automotive Pass.

FIST entreprises

(2011) FIST enterprises offers BioSmartStart, a fingerprint system to protect cars, bikes, boats...

Chongqing Huifan Technologie

(2015) Chongqing Huifan Technologie offers the HF-CK600, HF-CK900.

Shuangyu Auto home

(2015) Shuangyu Auto home OSBS001.

Continental

(2016 Dec) Fingerprint-controlled engine start and authentic personalization.

Not fingerprint

Iris

A rather unusual application in a car: using the iris as biometric trait.

Automobile security / United Linker showing Retinasafe-18, which is not a retinal system, but an iris.

Gentex corporation

(2017 Jan) Gentex corporation introduces biometric authentication aystem for automotive use.
Iris authentication from Delta ID.

Vein

(2005 nov) Hitachi demonstrated at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show a sensor positioned behind the door handle that uses near-infrared light to recognise the pattern of veins across the back of a person's fingers. The handle is designed to guide a driver's hand into the same position each time they open the door, ensuring the finger veins are in the same place for each reading.
(Newscientist.com)

(2007 Oct) Hitachi proposes a finger vein reader behind the steering wheel.

See also the vein page for more info on vein recognition.

Cardiac pulse

(2015) Olea proposes the Olea HeartSignature.

A revolutionary authentication technology which has the ability to accurately and continuously identify individuals in real time with precision comparable to existing biometric authentication systems.

Based on a 5.8GHz Doppler radar sensor. Proposed for car seatbelt.