Cars that scan your face to unlock are coming soon, says Continental


In the coming years, cars will be able to recognise and unlock for the owner before remotely starting the engine and proactively opening the boot for them. — Photo: Continental/dpa

LAS VEGAS: Cars that can recognise their owners from a distance are only a few years away, according to car tyre giant Continental, which is demoing a high-tech prototype car at the CES tech fair taking place in early January.

New interactive solutions that use biometrics to scan faces and to interpret and act on a person's facial and physical movement could go into series production in the next three to five years, the German multinational said.

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