US4488035A
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Through-ticketing in a passenger transport system
Assignee: DCA Design Consultants Ltd
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Filing: 1982-09-28
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Granted: 1984-12-11
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Expires: 2002-09-28
Abstract
Abstract A passenger-carrying vehicle (for example a bus) in a passenger transport system is equipped with a ticket reader (18) capable of optically reading information printed on a ticket (10) in bar-code and determining whether or not the ticket is valid. A ticket-printer (16) is provided for issuing bar-coded tickets, and both the reader (18) and the printer (16) are microprocessor-based and associated with a memory (14). Fare-table data is stored in the memory (14a), for reference by the ticket-issuing means, data is stored in the memory (14b) for reference by the ticket-checking means, and both the issuing means and the checking means can communicate information to the memory (14c) and (14d) to enable data concerning tickets handled to be stored for subsequent retrieval for management purposes.
Inventors
- 👤 Malcolm D. N. Withnall
- 👤 Martin J. Pemberton
- 👤 Kevin McManus
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 01:14
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07B; G07B15/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
41 words
A passenger-carrying vehicle equipped with ticket-checking means capable of reading information presented to it on a ticket in a printed bar-code form, capable of distinguishing between valid and invalid tickets, and capable of indicating that an invalid ticket has been presented.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
41 words
A passenger-carrying vehicle equipped with ticket-checking means capable of reading information presented to it on a ticket in a printed bar-code form, capable of distinguishing between valid and invalid tickets, and capable of indicating that an invalid ticket has been presented.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A vehicle according to claim 1 in which said ticket-checking means is capable of assessing the validity of a ticket by reading information presented to it in a bar-code form on the ticket and comparing the read information with reference information to which it has access.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A vehicle according to claim 2 equipped with data-storing means whereby said reference information can be stored.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3 in which said ticket-chekcing means is capable of communicating read information to a data store.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A vehicle according to claim 4 equipped with data-storing means whereby information read from tickets by said ticket-checking means can be recorded for subsequent retrieval.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3 equipped also with ticket-issuing means arranged to issue tickets bearing information presented in a bar-code form readable by said ticket-checking means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A vehicle according to claim 6 in which said ticket-issuing means is capable of printing on to a ticket in a bar-code form information which can be read by said ticket-checking means and which indicates travel permissible with the ticket issued.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A vehicle according to claim 6 in which said ticket-issuing means is capable eof communicating to a data store information born by tickets issued.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A vehicle according to claim 8 equipped with data-storing means whereby information communicated by said ticket-issuing means can be recorded for subsequent retrieval.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A vehicle according to claim 1 in which said ticket-checking means is arranged to read information presented in a side-by-side bar-code format (as hereinbefore defined).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
A vehicle according to claim 10 in which said ticket-checking means is arranged to read information presented in a bar-code based on a three-out-of-five principle.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
44 words
A vehicle according to any one of claims 1,2,3 or 10 in combination with portable ticket-inspecting means to be carried within the vehicle by an operator, said ticket-inspecting means being capable of reading information presented to it in a bar-code form on a ticket.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
A vehicle according to claim 12 in which said portable ticket-inspecting means is capable of displaying information read from the ticket in a form which can be read by the operator.
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