Title (en)

THROUGH-TICKETING IN A PASSENGER TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Publication

EP 0063026 A3 19830720 (EN)

Application

EP 82301829 A 19820407

Priority

GB 8111191 A 19810409

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0063026A2] 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.

IPC 1-7

G07B 15/00; G07B 11/00

IPC 8 full level

G07B 11/00 (2006.01); G07B 15/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G07B 11/00 (2013.01); G07B 15/00 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

• [Y] US 3748441 A 19730724 - HALPERN J
• [Y] US 3486600 A 19691230 - TANAKA TOSHIO
• [A] US 3749219 A 19730731 - WILSON D
• [A] GB 1208461 A 19701014 - BELL PUNCH CO LTD [GB]
• [A] CH 410487 A 19660331 - STAHL NILS EVERT JOHAN INGENIE [SE], et al
• [A] FR 1564124 A 19690418
• [A] US 3956753 A 19760511 - ARMSTRONG ALBERT L, et al
• [A] GB 2035646 A 19800618 - LONDON TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE
• [A] US 4180204 A 19791225 - GIRARD PHILIP R [US], et al

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0063026 A2 19821020; EP 0063026 A3 19830720; DK 160682 A 19821010; IE 52504 B1 19871125; IE 820872 L 19821009

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 82301829 A 19820407; DK 160682 A 19820407; IE 87282 A 19820414