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Fare collection system using microwaves

  • US 4,977,501 A
  • Filed: 02/14/1989
  • Issued: 12/11/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A payment system for the users of transport means for transporting passengers, said transport means having at least one transport cell for carrying at least one passenger, said transport cell having a user boarding passage through which a user passes during boarding, the system comprising a ticket for each user, and including the improvement wherein each transport cell includes transmitter equipment, a microcomputer, and a boarding terminal including transmitter/receiver means for transmitting and receiving signals, said transmitter/receiver means being located on the user boarding passage, the microcomputer being connected to said transmitter equipment and to said boarding terminal, and said ticket containing a data processing member including a memory and ticket transmitter/receiver means for transmitting and receiving signals, said system further including means for interchanging information between the ticket and both the transmitter equipment and the boarding terminal by means of electromagnetic signals.

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