Global Patent Index - EP 0635814 B1

EP 0635814 B1 19971203 - Installation for informing busnetwork users about waiting times

Title (en)

Installation for informing busnetwork users about waiting times

Title (de)

Vorrichtung zum Informieren von Busnetzbenützern über Wartezeiten

Title (fr)

Installation pour informer les usagers d'un réseau d'autobus sur les temps d'attente de ces autobus

Publication

EP 0635814 B1 19971203 (FR)

Application

EP 94401220 A 19940602

Priority

FR 9306725 A 19930604

Abstract (en)

[origin: US5483234A] The installation is intended to inform users of a bus network about waiting times for buses at stops in the network, the installation including a central station suitable for transmitting radio signals relating to the real instantaneous positions of the buses and portable receiver appliances (1) suitable for displaying waiting times on their own screens (3). Each appliance has an appliance identification symbol recorded therein and also (at 11) an expiry date, and it is possible to obtain the desired displays on the screen only if said appliance is used earlier than said date. Provision is made for renewing the appliance remotely for new subscription periods at the end of each subscription.

IPC 1-7

G08G 1/123; G07F 7/00

IPC 8 full level

G07B 15/00 (2011.01); G07B 15/06 (2011.01); G07F 7/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G07B 15/00 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 15/063 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/0042 (2013.01 - EP US); G08G 1/123 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 5483234 A 19960109; AT E160894 T1 19971215; CA 2125116 A1 19941205; DE 69407108 D1 19980115; DE 69407108 T2 19980409; DK 0635814 T3 19980525; EP 0635814 A1 19950125; EP 0635814 B1 19971203; ES 2109628 T3 19980116; FR 2706059 A1 19941209; FR 2706059 B1 19950825

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 25300994 A 19940602; AT 94401220 T 19940602; CA 2125116 A 19940603; DE 69407108 T 19940602; DK 94401220 T 19940602; EP 94401220 A 19940602; ES 94401220 T 19940602; FR 9306725 A 19930604