Appeal No. 1999-0479
Application No. 08/417,613
a memory containing desired image information
comprising facial area image information for persons
authorized to operate the motor vehicle;
an image comparison system for detecting facial
features of the driver by means of an image recording camera,
comparing the acquired image information with the stored
desired image information, for generating a driving
authorization signal only when correspondence is detected;
wherein
the sensed part of the body is a facial area of the
driver;
the image comparison system is an object detection
system comprising an image recording camera having an output
thereof connected to an image processing unit for an object-
detecting comparison of image information;
the image recording camera is positioned in the
vehicle directed at a facial area of the driver when the
latter is in position in the driver’s seat;
detection of facial areas of a driver is carried out
at time intervals when the vehicle is being driven;
the object-detecting image processing unit compares
the successively input items of actual image information with
one another; and
the object detection system interrupts generation of
the driving authorization signal when there is complete
correspondence between said successively input items of actual
image information.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Ishikawa et al. (Ishikawa) 4,625,329 Nov. 25,
1986
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