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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2002
Jiro Takezaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Naoto Miura, Kokubunji, JP;
Takafumi Miyatake, Hachiouji, JP;
Akio Nagasaka, Kokubunji, JP;
Satoru Kuragaki, Hitachi, JP;
Jiro Takezaki, Hitachinaka, JP;
Naoto Miura, Kokubunji, JP;
Takafumi Miyatake, Hachiouji, JP;
Akio Nagasaka, Kokubunji, JP;
Satoru Kuragaki, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Highly convenient automobile engine starting uses an individual authentication device which utilizes biological information and provides a security function required when starting the engine, while protecting a sensor for receiving the biological information. An engine starting system can comprise an ignition switch for controlling a state of an automobile; a key for changing a state of the ignition switch; a registration key for registering biological information; a switch for starting an engine; a sensor for inputting biological information; a device for storing biological information; a collating unit for collating the inputted biological information with the stored biological information; and a lid for covering the sensor of an authentication device.