FR2618010A1 - Method for controlling the indicator lamps placed outside a taxi and taxi meters implementing this method - Google Patents

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FR2618010A1
FR2618010A1 FR8710096A FR8710096A FR2618010A1 FR 2618010 A1 FR2618010 A1 FR 2618010A1 FR 8710096 A FR8710096 A FR 8710096A FR 8710096 A FR8710096 A FR 8710096A FR 2618010 A1 FR2618010 A1 FR 2618010A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B13/00—Taximeters
    • G07B13/02—Details; Accessories
    • G07B13/04—Details; Accessories for indicating fare or state of hire
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/50—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
    • B60Q1/503—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking using luminous text or symbol displays in or on the vehicle, e.g. static text
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/50—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
    • B60Q1/509—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking specific to unauthorised use, e.g. for indicating stolen vehicles or infringements of traffic rules

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The subject of the invention is a method for controlling the indicator lamps placed outside a taxi and the taxi meters implementing this method. A taxi meter according to the invention is of the known type which includes a push button or a key which control the illumination and the extinction of the light repeater placed outside the vehicle and of the light display of the taxi meter. A taxi meter according to the invention includes time-delay means set to a duration of the order of 3 to 5 minutes, which are turned on by actuating the said push button and which control the opening of a switch for supplying power to the external indicator lamps and for the light display of the taxi meter when the time delay has expired. One application is the manufacture of electronic taxi meters.

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Procédé pour commander les voyants lumineux placés à l'extérieur
d'un taxi et taximètres mettant en oeuvre ce procédé.DESCRIPTION
Method for controlling the indicator lights placed outside
of a taxi and taximeters implementing this process.

La présente invention a pour objet un procédé pour commander l'allumage et l'extinction des voyants lumineux placés à l'extérieur d'un taxi et les taximètres mettant en oeuvre ce procédé. The present invention relates to a method for controlling the switching on and off of the indicator lights placed outside a taxi and the taximeters implementing this method.

Le secteur technique de 1 invention est celui de la construction des taximètres. The technical sector of the invention is that of the construction of taximeters.

Les véhicules utilisés comme taxis doivent comporter à l'extérieur un ou plusieurs voyants lumineux, dits répétiteurs lumineux, qui sont placés généralement sur le toit du véhicule. Vehicles used as taxis must have one or more indicator lights, called repeater lights, which are generally placed on the roof of the vehicle.

Conformément aux réglementations nationales de la plupart des pays, ils comportent notamment un voyant lumineux portant l'inscription taxi qui est éclairé lorsque le taxi est en service et libre. Ils comportent également plusieurs voyants portant des lettres ou des chiffres indiquant le tarif de facturation qui sont éteints lorsque le taxi est libre et dont l'un s'éclaire lorsque le taxi circule et indique le tarif utilisé. In accordance with the national regulations of most countries, they include a warning light with the inscription taxi which is illuminated when the taxi is in service and free. They also include several indicators bearing letters or numbers indicating the billing rate which are off when the taxi is free and one of which lights up when the taxi is in motion and indicates the rate used.

Lorsque le taxi n'est plus en service, le conducteur éteint les voyants externes et il a ensuite le droit de refuser de prendre des clients. When the taxi is no longer in service, the driver turns off the external lights and then has the right to refuse to take customers.

Les voyants lumineux externes sont destinés à permettre aux clients de repérer les taxis en service et libres auxquels ils peuvent stadresser. Ils permettent également aux services de police, chargés de contrôler les taxis, de vérifier que ceux-ci utilisent bien le tarif correspondant à l'heure de la journée et d'intervenir, à la demande d'un client, lorsque le conducteur refuse illégalement de prendre un client alors qu'il est en service comme le montre le voyant lumineux "Taxi" qui est éclairé. The external indicator lights are intended to allow customers to identify the taxis in service and free to which they can stadresse. They also allow the police services, responsible for checking taxis, to check that they are using the tariff corresponding to the time of day and to intervene, at the request of a client, when the driver illegally refuses to take a customer while it is in service as shown by the "Taxi" indicator light which is lit.

Lorsque le taxi a fini sa journée de travail et qu'il rentre au dépôt, le chauffeur place le taximètre sur la position libre puis il actionne un interrupteur qui éteint le répétiteur lumineux externe ainsi que l'afficheur lumineux du taximètre. Par contre, le taximètre doit rester alimenté pour enregistrer les kilomètres parcourus à vide. When the taxi has finished its working day and returns to the depot, the driver places the taximeter in the free position then activates a switch which turns off the external light repeater as well as the light display of the taximeter. On the other hand, the taximeter must remain powered to record the kilometers traveled empty.

Autrefois cet interrupteur était placé sous le capot du véhicule. In the past, this switch was placed under the hood of the vehicle.

Les constructeurs de taximètres ont proposé de placer sur le taximètre lui-même un bouton-poussoir actionnant, dans la position libre du taximètre, un interrupteur qui commande l'extinction des voyants lumineux externes au taximètre et de l'afficheur lumineux du taximètre. The taximeter manufacturers have proposed to place a push button on the taximeter itself actuating, in the free position of the taximeter, a switch which controls the extinction of the indicator lights external to the taximeter and of the luminous display of the taximeter.

Toutefois les services de contrôle ont constàté que cette solution était utilisée par les conducteurs de taxis pour refuser de prendre certains clients notamment lorsqu'ils arrivent vers la fin d'un poste de travail et qu'il recherchent de préférence un client qui va dans la direction du dépôt de taxis ou un client demandant un trajet intéressant. However, the control services found that this solution was used by taxi drivers to refuse to take certain customers, especially when they arrive towards the end of a work station, and that they are preferably looking for a customer who goes to the direction of the taxi depot or a client requesting an interesting journey.

Lorsqu'un client jugé indésirable se présente, le conducteur du taxi appuie sur le bouton d'extinction des voyants externes qui est à sa disposition et il refuse le client en prétextant que sa journée de travail est terminée et qu'il n'est plus en service. Si le client fait appel aux services de contrôle pour constater le refus de service, ceux-ci ne peuvent pas verbaliser le conducteur qui se trouve en règle puisque les voyants lumineux externes sont éteints. When a customer deemed undesirable appears, the taxi driver presses the button for turning off the external lights which is available to him and he refuses the customer on the pretext that his working day is over and that he is no longer in service. If the customer calls on the control services to note the refusal of service, they cannot verbalize the driver who is in good standing since the external indicator lights are off.

Pour éviter ce type de fraude, certains services de contrôle des instruments de mesure préconisent de supprimer le bouton-poussoir situé sur le bottier du taximètre et d'en revenir à l'interrupteur situé sous le capot du véhicule. To avoid this type of fraud, certain control services for measuring instruments recommend removing the push button located on the case of the taximeter and returning to the switch located under the hood of the vehicle.

L'objectif de l'invention est de procurer des moyens permettant de conserver, sur le taximètre lui-même, le bouton-poussoir qui commande l'extinction des voyants lumineux externes et de l'affi- cheur lumineux du taximètre en évitant que le conducteur du véhicule ne puisse utiliser ce bouton-poussoir pour refuser de transporter certains clients en éteignant les voyants lumineux externes au moment même où ce client se présente. The object of the invention is to provide means making it possible to keep, on the taximeter itself, the push button which controls the extinction of the external indicator lights and of the taximeter's light display while preventing the the driver of the vehicle cannot use this push button to refuse to transport certain customers by turning off the external indicator lights at the very moment when this customer presents himself.

L'objectif de l'invention est atteint par un procédé pour commander les voyants lumineux placés à l'extérieur d'un taxi au moyen d'un bouton-poussoir ou d'une touche qui est placée sur le taximètre équipant ledit taxi et qui actionne un interrupteur placé sur le circuit d'alimentation desdits voyants lumineux, tout en évitant les possibilités de refus de transport de certains clients, lequel procédé est caractéri sé en ce que l'actionnement dudit bouton-poussoir destiné à ouvrir ledit interrupteur déclenche une temporisation et ledit interrupteur ne s'ouvre que lorsque ladite temporisation-est écoulée. The object of the invention is achieved by a method for controlling the indicator lights placed outside a taxi by means of a push button or a button which is placed on the taximeter fitted to said taxi and which actuates a switch placed on the power supply circuit of said indicator lights, while avoiding the possibilities of refusal of transport of certain customers, which method is characterized in that the actuation of said push button intended to open said switch triggers a time delay and said switch does not open until said time-out has elapsed.

Un taximètre selon l'invention est du type connu comportant un bouton-poussoir ou une touche qui commande un interrupteur placé sur le circuit d'alimentation des voyants lumineux situés à l'extérieur du taxi sur lequel ledit taximètre est monté. A taximeter according to the invention is of the known type comprising a push button or a key which controls a switch placed on the power supply circuit of the indicator lights located outside the taxi on which said taximeter is mounted.

Un taximètre selon l'invention est caractérisé en ce qu?il comporte en outre des moyens de temporisation à l'ouverture dudit interrupteur qui sont commandés par ledit bouton-poussoir ou ladite touche. A taximeter according to the invention is characterized in that it further comprises means for delaying the opening of said switch which are controlled by said push button or said key.

Les moyens de temporisation utilisés peuvent être de tout type bien connu de l'Homme de l'Art. The timing means used can be of any type well known to those skilled in the art.

Par exemple, l'actionnement du bouton-poussoir ou de la touche, placé sur le taximètre peut actionner un relais électromécanique qui est temporisé à ltouverture et qui sert d'interrupteur placé sur le circuit d'alimentation des voyants lumineux externes. For example, the actuation of the push button or the key, placed on the taximeter, can actuate an electromechanical relay which is timed on opening and which serves as a switch placed on the supply circuit of the external indicator lights.

Les moyens de temporisation peuvent être constitués par des circuits analogiques du type R.C., c'est-à-dire un condensateur de.  The delay means can be constituted by analog circuits of the R.C. type, that is to say a capacitor.

capacité C monté en série avec une résistance R.capacity C connected in series with a resistance R.

Dans le cas devenu pratiquement général où le taximètre est un taximètre électronique comportant un micro-processeur, ce dernier est programmé pour compter le temps qui s'écoule après que le conducteur du taxi a appuyé sur le bouton-poussoir ou sur la touche destinée à éteindre les voyants lumineux et pour ouvrir l'interrupteur placé sur l'alimentation desdits voyants lorsqu'unie durée déterminée s' est écoulée. In the practically general case where the taximeter is an electronic taximeter comprising a microprocessor, the latter is programmed to count the time which elapses after the taxi driver has pressed the push button or the key intended for extinguish the indicator lights and to open the switch placed on the power supply of said indicators when a fixed period has elapsed.

La durée de temporisation est choisie suffisamment longue, par exemple de l'ordre de trois à cinq minutes, de telle sorte que le client a le temps de constater et de faire constater que le conducteur refuse de le transporter alors qu'il est normalement en service. The delay time is chosen to be long enough, for example of the order of three to five minutes, so that the customer has time to note and to make note that the driver refuses to transport it while it is normally in service.

Dans le cas d'un taximètre électronique comportant un microprocesseur, on programme celui-ci pour que tout actionnement d'une touche du taximètre pendant la période de temporisation interrompt celle-ci et donc l'ordre d'extinction est annuié.  In the case of an electronic taximeter comprising a microprocessor, it is programmed so that any actuation of a key of the taximeter during the time-out period interrupts the latter and therefore the extinction order is canceled.

Le bouton-poussoir ou la touche placés sur le taximètre servent également à commander la fermeture de l'interupteur placé sur le circuit d'alimentation des voyants lumineux externes et de l'afficheur lumineux du taximètre. The push button or the key placed on the taximeter are also used to control the closing of the switch placed on the supply circuit of the external indicator lights and of the taximeter's light display.

On peut également temporiser la fermeture de cet interrupteur.  You can also delay the closing of this switch.

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REVENDICATIONS 1. Procédé pour commander les voyants lumineux placés à l'extérieur d'un taxi à partir d'un bouton-poussoir ou d'une touche placés sur le taximètre équipant ledit taxi en évitant les possibilités de refus de transport d'un client, caractérisé en ce que l'actionnement dudit bouton-poussoir ou de ladite touche déclenche une temporisation et l'interrupteur commandant l'alimentation desdits voyants lumineux s'ouvre lorsque ladite temporisation est écoulée. 1. Method for controlling the indicator lights placed outside a taxi from a push button or a button placed on the taximeter fitted to said taxi, avoiding the possibilities of refusal of transport by a customer, characterized in that the actuation of said push button or of said key triggers a delay and the switch controlling the supply of said indicator lights opens when said delay has elapsed. 2. Taximètre du type comportant un bouton-poussoir ou une touche qui commandent un interrupteur placé sur le circuit d'alimentation des voyants lumineux situés à l'extérieur du taxi, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte, en outre, des moyens de temporisation à l'ouverture dudit interrupteur.  2. Taximeter of the type comprising a push button or a key which controls a switch placed on the power supply circuit of the indicator lights located outside the taxi, characterized in that it further comprises time-delay means when said switch is opened.
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FR2757299A1 (en) * 1996-12-12 1998-06-19 Ricard Claude Substitution prevention for external luminous repeater on taxi roof

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