AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME

A vehicle including a locking member configured to lock and unlock a door of the vehicle, a manipulation member provided on a handle of the door, a camera configured to obtain an image, a communicator configured to communicate with an external device, and a controller including a facial recognition processor configured to recognize a face based on image information obtained by the camera, and an authentication processor configured to perform a user authentication based on the face information , the controller being configured to obtain distance information of the external device based on a signal received by the communicator, transmit a booting instruction to the facial recognition processor based on the distance information, transmit a facial recognition instruction to the facial recognition processor based on the distance information after the booting is completed, and control operation of the locking member based on user authentication information and a manipulation signal.