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IN CARS

or PayPal mobile wallets and is accessed
through the touchscreen in particular
Jaguar cars - the 2018 F-PACE SUV, and
XF and XE sedans. Geolocation technology identifies the fueling station and allows
the user to choose a pump on screen, then
select how much fuel to buy. An electronic
receipt will be displayed on the touchscreen
and sent from the pump directly to the
user's email address. The e-payment
system was initially rolled out in the UK,
and locations in the U.S. and other markets
will be added through the end
of this year, along with
Android Pay integration.
Paying for parking and for
food at drive-thru restaurants
is on JLR's e-payments roadmap, too. Ultimately, the
The false acceptance rate
e-payment system will be
for iris recognition is as
available in all Jaguar and
low as one in 10 million,
Land Rover vehicles equipGentex says.
Besides enabling
ped with the automaker's
e-payments, Gentex's
InControl Apps feature.
future plans for the mirror
Honda's and Visa's joint
include integration with
CES
demonstration didn't
the company's HomeLink
showcase
any particular fuel
car-to-home automation
product, which uses RF
supplier, but did incorporate
and wireless cloud-based
pumps from Gilbarco Veederconnectivity to operate
Root, based in Greensboro,
garage doors, security
NC. That's the market leader
systems, thermostats
in fuel dispensers, point-ofand home lighting. This
biometric system will
sale and payment systems
enable multiple drivers to
used by gas stations worldactivate unique home
wide, says John Moon, manautomation presets
aging director of strategic
for themselves.
partnerships at the Honda
"Once you start doing
that, though - unlocking
Innovations in Mountain
houses, adjusting
View, CA. Similar to JLR's
thermostats or making
offering, it uses Bluetooth beapayments from the car
cons to identify a fuel pump,
- you really need to know
then lets the user choose how
who the driver is," says
Craig Piersma, director
much fuel to purchase and
of marketing at Gentex,
completes the transaction via
based in Zeeland, MI.
the vehicle's touchscreen.
Additionally, the
"As easy as it is to put a fuel
biometric identification
dispenser
nozzle in your car,
system could be used to
personalize the vehicle's
we'd like to do the same with
cabin for a particular
payments," Moon says. Yet
driver - automatically
Honda also is not limiting its
adjusting the sideview
ambitions to fuel-ups. "We're
mirrors, steering wheel,
looking at all of the payment
driver's seat position and
audio system presets,
interactions that may occur
for instance.
in the car," Moon adds.
Expect to see the first
At CES and in July at the
vehicles equipped with
Formula
E electric car race in
Gentex's biometric mirror
Brooklyn,
NY, the automaker
in two to three years,
Piersma says.
and Visa demonstrated

BIOMETRIC
SECURITY

Automakers concur with this view. "In
a world where cash is no longer king, customers are increasingly using electronic
payments and contactless cards," says
Peter Virk, director of connected car and
future technology at JLR in Gaydon, UK.
In response, JLR is developing "a range of
collaborations" and "other cashless payment systems" that facilitate cashless
motoring via a car's touchscreen. "Whether
it's paying for fuel, parking, tolls, or even
at a drive-thru restaurant, the aim for
cashless motoring is to make life more
convenient for our customers," he adds.
The JLR-Shell e-payment structure
leverages a dedicated smartphone app
from the gas station that taps Apple Pay
C TA . t e c h / i 3

Security is a big deal for
e-payments, and not just
when they're traveling
as digital bits online.
It's crucial that only an
approved user can
access a mobile wallet,
to prevent unauthorized
purchases. But how
would a vehicle know
who's in the driver's seat
and allowed to make an
e-payment via the
dashboard? Gentex
Corp., a supplier of
mirrors and electronics
to the automotive
industry, has an answer:
a biometric system built
into the rearview mirror.
The mirror, announced
earlier this year, features
an iris scanning camera
and software that
identifies the driver and
provides the authentication needed to secure
and enhance e-payments,
as well as vehicle-toinfrastructure transactions and vehicle-tohome automation
services. It incorporates
technology from a
Gentex partner, Delta ID,
which also supplies
iris-recognition software
and hardware used in
smartphones, tablets and
other mobile devices.
According to Gentex,
iris recognition is more
secure than any other
form of biometric
identification, including facial, voice and
fingerprint recognition.

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