(19)
(11) EP 0 969 419 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/25

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/01

(21) Application number: 99201467.0

(22) Date of filing: 11.05.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07B 15/00, G07C 9/02, G07C 11/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 02.07.1998 GB 9814240

(71) Applicant: International Computers Limited
London, EC2A 1DS (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Brenner, John Bernard
    Wokingham RG40 2DH (GB)
  • Shaw, Michael Kenneth
    Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey GU17 9DD (GB)

(74) Representative: Guyatt, Derek Charles et al
Fujitsu Services Limited Observatory House Windsor Road
Slough Berkshire SL1 2EY
Slough Berkshire SL1 2EY (GB)

   


(54) Toll booth apparatus


(57) Apparatus for speeding up the processing of customers passing through toll booths (1), includes a data entry device (8), located adjacent to a queuing area for customers waiting to pass through the toll booth. Customers may enter data, such as ticket numbers, into the device. A computer (2) in the toll booth performs preliminary processing on the data, e.g. by printing tickets, while the customer is still queuing, so that the amount of processing when the customer reaches the toll booth is reduced.






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