| 6959282 |
Charging device for transferring information relating to the collection of a toll on a moving body |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A toll collection arrangement based on the position and travel of a vehicle. A charging area is defined with a buffer area surrounding it. Charges are made when a vehicle enters the charging area for the... |
| 6882290 |
Method and system for dynamically personalizing transportation in a vehicle |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A method for dynamically personalizing transportation in a vehicle comprises the steps of providing a vehicle including a messaging device for displaying messages, providing a central dispatch system for... |
| 6826473 |
PDA with integrated navigation functions and expense reporting |
| Nov-30-2004 |
Systems, devices and methods are provided to integrate navigation data, such as GPS navigation data, with Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) expense reporting functions to flexibly, accurately and efficiently... |
| 6686834 |
Taxi meter having discriminating means for eliminating erroneous inputs |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A taxi meter system mounted on a taxicab for accurately computing a fare for a taxicab trip as function of time and distance is disclosed. The system provides discrimination means that eliminate the contribution... |
| 6493676 |
System and method for charging for vehicle parking |
| Dec-10-2002 |
A system and method for charging for vehicle parking is provided. The parking system includes a plurality of mobile parking units, each of the mobile parking units having an unique identification for installation... |
| 6430496 |
Fully automated vehicle dispatching, monitoring and billing |
| Aug-6-2002 |
A system for controlling vehicles to provide transportation services without need for human intervention. A database stores records each documenting needed transportation services. Processing circuitry... |
| 6398110 |
Method of providing services for users and a service processing system for the same |
| Jun-4-2002 |
A service processing system includes an IC card possessed by a passenger and at least one automatic ticket inspection machine installed in each station of a traffic facility. The card includes a storage... |
| 6386447 |
Smart card with card in vehicle warning |
| May-14-2002 |
A so-called "smart card" system is provided with controls which ensure that a request for change in status of a vehicle is not inconsistent with the presence or lack thereof of an appropriate card in the... |
| 6377890 |
Navigator |
| Apr-23-2002 |
Route guiding information is displayed on the basis of set information and positional data when set information and positional data are set by a keyboard or are transmitted from a sensor BOX 12. |
| 6360169 |
System for determining and tracking changes in location |
| Mar-19-2002 |
A handheld locator device is prompted to determine and store a first, Home location, and to determine a Return location, and to visually display the relative positions of the Home and Return locations.... |
| 6259988 |
Real-time mission adaptable route planner |
| Jul-10-2001 |
A hybrid of grid-based and graph-based search computations, together with provision of a sparse search technique effectively limited to high-probability candidate nodes provides accommodation of path constraints... |
| 6122591 |
Taxi trip meter system with indication of fare and distance violations |
| Sep-19-2000 |
A taxi trip meter system includes a taximeter and a location sensor connected to a computer loaded with street information and driver evaluation software. In a first embodiment, the estimated shortest... |
| 5970481 |
Method and apparatus for determining tax of a vehicle |
| Oct-19-1999 |
An apparatus for determining a tax for a vehicle (20) includes a positioning device (80) operable to determine a plurality of vehicle positions along a route traveled by the vehicle (20). A memory (102)... |
| 5897626 |
Taximeter penalty device |
| Apr-27-1999 |
A taximeter penalty device includes a cabin temperature sensor connected to a micro-controller of a taximeter through a time delay. When the cabin temperature of the taxi is within a preset range, the... |
| 5864831 |
Device for determining road tolls |
| Jan-26-1999 |
A device, for determining road tolls having a road storage unit in which, in addition to a road network, parameters are electronically stored which represent a proportional toll due for each route section... |
| 5729458 |
Cost zones |
| Mar-17-1998 |
A cost zone about an origin on an digital map includes the area on the map that can be traveled to, from the origin, which has a cost of travel less than a predetermined cost. The cost can be measured... |
| 5721678 |
Arrangement for a use billing system |
| Feb-24-1998 |
A use billing system with an arrangement for identifying distances traveled by a moving object within a system of traveled distances or for identifying fixed geographical zones entered by the object. In... |
| 5694322 |
Method and apparatus for determining tax of a vehicle |
| Dec-2-1997 |
An apparatus for determining a tax for a vehicle (20) includes a positioning device (80) operable to determine a plurality of vehicle positions along a route traveled by the vehicle (20). A memory (102)... |
| 5675494 |
Vehicle-mounted unit for an automatic toll collection system that prevents double toll charging |
| Oct-7-1997 |
After a vehicle-mounted unit determines that a vehicle has entered a toll chargeable area, if communication is determined to be allowable through a flag, communication operations are performed and after... |
| 5646387 |
Taximeter |
| Jul-8-1997 |
A taximeter is disclosed which comprises a housing having a front side, an electronic computer, data memories, a buffer battery, a display arrangement, one of pushbuttons and keys for providing functional... |
| 5629856 |
Process and device for avoiding fraud on a taxi equipped with a taximeter or on a truck equipped with a chronotachograph |
| May-13-1997 |
An electronic device, placed in an impregnable envelope and electrically connected between an electronic sensor and a taximeter or chronotachograph, tests at least one of the internal characteristics of... |
| 5604676 |
System and method for coordinating personal transportation |
| Feb-18-1997 |
Door-to-door transportation is provided in a nearly on-demand manner by employing a set of multipassenger vehicles, e.g., vans, whose routes are continuously updated. The position of each multipassenger... |
| 5319613 |
Method and arrangement for verification of tariff defining points in time in a taximeter |
| Jun-7-1994 |
A method of verification, in a taximeter or a travel distance counter, of tariff defining points in time which are dependent upon a real time clock, includes accelerating to a maximum relevant chronological... |
| 5287270 |
Billing system |
| Feb-15-1994 |
Telecommunications or similar bills are prepared on diskette in an optimal format for further processing, display, and analysis on popularly-available, inexpensive personal computers. A telecommunications... |
| 5274561 |
Electronic taximeter with apparatus for rounding off a fare |
| Dec-28-1993 |
An apparatus is described for increasing a fare to a rounded-off amount, in which the fare is determined by an electronic taximeter and prior to the preparation of a voucher in an assigned voucher printout... |
| 5121097 |
System for preventing fraud in the use of a taximeter |
| Jun-9-1992 |
A system for preventing fraud when using a taximeter that utilizes a stage for detecting a load condition in a taxi and for recording signals corresponding to the load and driving condition of the taxi... |
| 5077682 |
Apparatus and method for displaying duration of a call made over a central office line in a keyphone system |
| Dec-31-1991 |
A method and apparatus for displaying duration of a call that is made over a central office line. The keyphone system having a plurality of keyphone subsets with displaying devices, for carrying out the... |
| 4998205 |
Method and apparatus for inserting data into electronic taximeters from a central computer temporarily connected to a local terminal |
| Mar-5-1991 |
In order to introduce data, and in particular charging data, into the memory of a taximeter, the taximeter is connected to an adaptor which is in turn connected to the I/O connector of a local terminal... |
| 4930094 |
Vehicle serial bus, mechanical instrument cluster odometer therefor |
| May-29-1990 |
A method and firmware/hardware system for updating an analog odometer using a pulse rate rather than an absolute number of updating pulse signals. The pulse rate is developed from a number that represents... |
| 4860124 |
Combined taximeter and cassette or disk player |
| Aug-22-1989 |
A vehicle information apparatus for recording, computation and display of data ascertainable from the driving performance of a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a transmitter module for providing data... |
| 4800502 |
Fare computer |
| Jan-24-1989 |
A fare computer for a taxi, a freight carrier, or other use calculates the fare, display the fare as it accrues and displays visual representations of each charge contributing to the accrued fare. The... |
| 4740900 |
Device for the identification of an effective tariff in a serial selection of tariff levels |
| Apr-26-1988 |
An arrangement is described for the selection of a tariff level "n" by repeated actuation of a key T1 or T2, which can be actuated in series, whereby the desired tariff level is adjustable by forward switching... |
| 4590571 |
Electronic measuring and recording apparatus for use in wheeled vehicles |
| May-20-1986 |
An electronic measuring and recording apparatus for use in wheeled vehicles and comprising a clock (1) for generation of time pulses and a signal generating device (3) for generation of pulses corresponding... |
| 4578760 |
Arrangement for controlling an electronic taximeter |
| Mar-25-1986 |
An arrangement for the control of the quantity of the functions to be called in an electronic taximeter. In order to be able to adapt the device to the most multipurpose of demands, a greater or fewer... |
| 4570228 |
Apparatus in taximeters for coaction by teletransmission with a common calculator unit |
| Feb-11-1986 |
The invention relates to taximeter installations including mobile taximeter apparatus (2) coacting via radio (3, 4) with a central computer (1). Each taximeter (2) includes registers (15, 26) for collecting... |
| 4539644 |
Electronic taximeter and control system therefor |
| Sep-3-1985 |
In the taximeter disclosed, a microprocessor responds to a first set of pulses representing time and a second set of pulses representing distance and receives data representing a tariff from a constant... |
| 4482965 |
Taximeter with tariff display mode controlled by removable memory addressable by fare rate keys |
| Nov-13-1984 |
There is disclosed a new and useful taximeter which allows simple changes in tariff display conditions in various operating modes without any change or modification in circuit construction. The taximeter... |
| 4459671 |
Fuel management control system |
| Jul-10-1984 |
The speed of a vehicle, and particularly a ship, is controlled to minimize the sum of fixed and variable operating costs. The variable costs are incurred substantially only due to fuel usage. The rotational... |
| 4409685 |
Methods and taximeters for calculating a taxi fare |
| Oct-11-1983 |
Electronic taximeter comprising a clock, a distance pick-up, a counter registering the number n1 of clock pulses delivered between two distance pulses, three registers R2, R3, R4 in which are recorded... |
| 4389563 |
Taximeter system for avoiding operator fraud in the computation and display of trip fares |
| Jun-21-1983 |
This anti-fraud system includes a process and devices for avoiding fraud on the price indicated by an electronic taximeter. The taximeter apparatus, which includes a luminous display unit and a computing... |
| 4240146 |
Indicating devices |
| Dec-16-1980 |
A charge indicating arrangement in the form of a taximeter is provided which is arranged to store a current tariff structure and a proposed tariff structure and which is provided with means for switching... |
| 4205388 |
Taximeter |
| May-27-1980 |
The invention relates to a dedicated microprocessor for an electronic taximeter, and a taximeter including the microprocessor. The microprocessor includes, (a) a main memory for storing data at a plurality... |
| 4195346 |
Method and apparatus for sorting and classifying timber |
| Mar-25-1980 |
Method and apparatus for sorting and classifying lumber in which multiple signals relating to length and quality of the lumber are fed to a computer which is programmed to select optimal cut-off length... |
| 4167040 |
Taximeter indicating devices |
| Sep-4-1979 |
A charge indicating device especially in the form of a taximeter is provided which makes use of micoprocessor techniques for carrying out the required computations and which is provided with storage means... |
| 4160155 |
Taximeter indicating devices |
| Jul-3-1979 |
An indicating device is provided, especially in the form of a taximeter which comprises counter means which is clocked by time pulses applied to it and which is reset by distance pulses applied to it and... |
| 4144575 |
Apparatus for dispensing fabric from a bolt |
| Mar-13-1979 |
Apparatus for dispensing fabric from a bolt in which the bolt is cradled in a loop of an endless belt and unwound by driving the belt. The length of fabric unwound is accurately measured by measuring the... |
| 4118775 |
Taximeter fare computing devices |
| Oct-3-1978 |
An indicating device especially in the form of a taximeter comprises a first register for accommodating and storing information relating to distance related pulses received by the device, a second register... |
| 4081663 |
Electronic taximeter having master-remote slave tariff and fare displays |
| Mar-28-1978 |
An electronic taximeter of the type including fare computing circuitry for developing a sequence of pulses at a rate representative of a fare accrual rate computed according to a particular tariff, and... |
| 4063072 |
Automatic process for the optimum regulation of aircraft fuel flow |
| Dec-13-1977 |
A method for operating an aircraft at the minimum total flying cost per unit of distance. The fuel cost per unit of distance and the flying time cost per unit of time are calculated at a first fuel flow... |
| 4024384 |
Modification in electronic taximeter |
| May-17-1977 |
The modification is effective for use in an electronic taximeter through its ability to electrically compensate for variations in distance traveled per a predetermined number of degrees of revolutions... |
