GB2072394A - Ticket machines - Google Patents

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GB2072394A
GB2072394A GB8009533A GB8009533A GB2072394A GB 2072394 A GB2072394 A GB 2072394A GB 8009533 A GB8009533 A GB 8009533A GB 8009533 A GB8009533 A GB 8009533A GB 2072394 A GB2072394 A GB 2072394A
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B5/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines
    • G07B5/04—Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines for recording or registering tickets issued
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B15/00—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points
    • G07B15/02—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems

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GB2 072 394A 1
SPECIFICATION
Method of transporting data to and from semi-automatic ticket-issuing machines on 5 board vehicles, e.g. buses.
The present invention relates to a method of transporting data to and from semi-automatic ticket-issuing machines on board vehicles, e.g. 10 buses.
It is known in such semi-automatic ticket-issuing machines to store faretables and other control information for the ticket-issuing machines in e.g. electronic memories on printed ®15 circuit boards. Thus, each time the faretables are changed the memory unit has to be exchanged. This necessitates manipulation with the ticket-issuing machine and, thus, specially trained personnel.
20 It is also known in such semi-automatic ticket-issuing machines to register information about tickets sold and the state and doings of the ticket-issuing machine and/or the vehicle on a magnetic tape or the like. 25 The object of the present invention is to simplify the transportation of data to and from the ticket-issuing machines at the same time as it is ensured that the vehicles obtain the data that are intended for them.
30 This is attained according to the invention in that data to the ticket-issuing machine, e.g. faretables and other control information, as well as data from the ticket-issuing machine, e.g. information about tickets sold and the 35 state and doings of the ticket-issuing machine and/or the vehicle, are transported by means of one and the same kind of storage medium.
This transportation can be carried out by the normal operator of the ticket-issuing ma-40 chine and, thus, does not require specially trained personnel.
The data transportation method according to the invention will be described more in detail below.
45 In order to store faretables and other control information for the ticket-issuing machines in connection with semi-automatic ticket-issuing machines on board vehicles, e.g. buses, it is « suggested according to the present invention 50 that a storage medium on which the fare tables and other control information have been centrally pre-programmed, is applied to the ticket-issuing machines to be called in by the operator by manual actuation of the ticket-55 issuing machine in order to automatically determine the fare. According to the invention it is suggested that the same kind of storage medium is used for registering data on board the vehicle, e.g. information about thickets 60 sold and the state and doings of the ticket-issuing machine and/or the vehicle. The reading and evaluation of the latter data is to be carried out centrally.
According to the invention each such stor-65 age medium can be used for transporting data to as well as from the ticket-issuing machines.
Even if other storage media are possible a magnetic tape casette will preferably be used.
According to the invention each storage 70 medium is pre-programmed with data relating to faretables for e.g. a large number of bus lines within one and the same district. In this case the ticket-issuing machines are provided with a working memory into which only those 75 portions of the faretables and control information that are relevant to the respective ticket-issuing machine are automatically read from the storage medium when the medium is applied to the ticket-issuing machine. Hereby, 80 the speed of locating the fare information relevant to each line will be increased.

Claims (5)

1. Method of transporting data to and 85 from semi-automatic ticket-issuing machines on board vehicles, e.g. buses, characterized in that data to the ticket-issuing machine, e.g. faretables and other control information, as well as data from the ticket-issuing machine, 90 e.g. information about tickets sold and the state and doings of the ticket-issuing machine and/or the vehicle, are transported by means of one and the same kind of storage medium.
2. Method according to claim 1, charac-95 terized in that each specimen of such storage medium is used for transporting data to as well as from the ticket-issuing machines.
3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a magnetic tape cassette
100 is used as storage medium.
4. Method according to any of claims
1 -3, characterized in that the ticket-issuing machines are provided with a working memory for storing only those portions of the
105 faretables and control information on said storage medium that are relevant to the respective ticket-issuing machine.
5. A method of transporting data to and from semi-automatic ticket issuing machines
110 on board vehicles, according to claim 1 and substantially as hereinbefore described.
Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Burgess & Son (Abingdon) Ltd.—1981.
Published at The Patent Office, 25 Southampton Buildings,
London, WC2A 1AY, from which copies may be obtained.
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GB8009533A GB2072394B (en) 1980-03-21 1980-03-21 Ticket machines
EP81850043A EP0036848A1 (en) 1980-03-21 1981-03-13 Method of transporting data to and from semi-automatic ticket-issuing machines on board vehicles, e.g. buses

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GB8009533A GB2072394B (en) 1980-03-21 1980-03-21 Ticket machines

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GB2138984B (en) * 1982-11-29 1986-05-08 Microsystem Design Ltd Electronic ticket issuing machines

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GB1315998A (en) * 1970-09-23 1973-05-09 Plessey Co Ltd Ticket-issuing data-recording apparatus
CH601870A5 (en) * 1976-07-19 1978-07-14 Autelca Ag
DE2840980C3 (en) * 1977-10-08 1982-05-06 Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo Electronic cash register and electronic cash register system

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