US Patent Issued to FCA US on July 1 for "Systems and methods for accessing a vehicle with biometric key" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,194, issued on July 1, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for accessing a vehicle with biometric key" was invented by Glen A DeGrendel (Commerce Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biometric authentication system and related method includes an activation component, a camera and a controller. The activation component can be configured to receive an input from a prospective user of the vehicle and activate the biometric authentication system based on the input satisfying the input criteria. The camera can be configured to acquire an image of the prospective user subsequent to activation o...