10-15 years ago, the fingerprint scanner can be seen in some spy Thriller in the scene where the entrance to the top secret base protected by this technology. Today, the fingerprint sensor is installed in almost every smartphone. But if this technology is so common in the world of electronics, why not go further? Apparently, something like this was the thinking of the engineers of the automaker Hyundai, replacing the usual elements of access auto fingerprint scanner.
Just want to note that we are talking about not just the starting mechanism of the car and the doors unlock which is very interesting, because the main difficulty lies in the fact that placing the sensor outside the passenger compartment, the engineers had to overcome a lot of difficulties from the weather and road conditions to the banal mechanical impact. The company in a recent press release called this technology the “intelligent key”.
The South Korean automaker said that drivers will be able to open and close the doors and start the engine. In each vehicle, such sensors will have two. The first is located outside of the car, and the second near the steering wheel and is intended to start the machine. Moreover, if the car has multiple authorized users, on-Board computer of the car will recognize each of them and to automatically change the position of the seat, mirrors, steering and other parameters for each driver.
Many experts already had time to Express their concerns about the safety of this technology, but Hyundai engineers claim that the probability of false positives is 1:50000, which is much more efficient now common locks with a radio tag.
The first car equipped with the new system, will be an updated version of the Hyundai Santa Fe crossover, which will be held in the first half of 2019. However, only in the Chinese market. In other countries the information has not yet been received.
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