A biometric anti-theft gear shifter lock control for vehicles, equipment, and
machinery,
and other transmission actuation devices on land, water, and air, using a gear
shifter. A biometric sensor scans in biometric information from a user to a central
processing unit (CPU). The CPU finding a match for an authorized user deactivates
a shift lock which may be built into an automatic shift vehicle or a solenoid or
other switch added to a standard shift vehicle. It sounds an alarm for an unauthorized
user. The control may be positioned on a gear shift knob with a flip-type protective
cover. The biometrics device could be a fingerprint scanner, a retina scanner,
a voice recognition system or other device programmed to operate only upon recognition
of a unique biometrically measurable characteristic of one or more authorized users
whose biometric data is programmed into the system.
