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

Kinetic Group

• (2002?) TKG-1010 (html version)

Zefyr

• Zefyr: vol de voiture

Sunneo

• (2005 Jan) Sunneo car remote controler

Bioenable

• BioEnable SecuOn-Auto optical sensor.

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.

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.