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
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
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
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
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.