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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6301118 | Control panel with a printed circuit, in particular for a motor vehicle A control panel or control unit for a motor vehicle heating and air conditioning circuit comprises a body having a front panel, and contains a printed circuit which comprises a front circuit board located behind the front panel and having an aperture, tog... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6289315 | Credit card swipe system The present invention provides an electronic credit card swipe system for the transportation industry. One embodiment has a currency conversion feature and a voice synthesizer that recites the fare in both the local language and a selected one of a number... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6109520 | Method for avoiding fraud on a taximeter or tachograph A method and device for avoiding fraud on a Taximeter or Tachograph, by connecting an auxiliary generator between the censor and the Taximeter or Tachograph. The signal which is applied to the Taximeter or Tachograph is analyzed by sampling, in an anti-fr... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5897626 | Taximeter penalty device 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 fare is based on a normal rate. When the temperature i... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5828738 | Mobile telephone-vehicle meter device interface An apparatus and method for interfacing a mobile telephone and a meter device for use in a vehicle includes a mobile telephone and a metering device. The mobile telephone, such as a digital, cellular radio, or satellite telephone, and the meter device, su... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5646387 | Taximeter 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 control and for calling up contents of at least on... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5629856 | Process and device for avoiding fraud on a taxi equipped with a taximeter or on a truck equipped with a chronotachograph 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 the active dipole present between two output wires o... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5623136 | Assembly-optimized arrangement of the functional elements of a taximeter An assembly-optimized arrangement of the functional elements of a taximeter is disclosed which comprises a two-part housing which further comprises a front housing component and a rear housing component. The arrangement further comprises a printed circuit... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5397880 | Taxi meter An improved taxi meter construction is constructed of the following features: (1) an extrusion piece sideways reciprocal movement mount for the electrical and mechanical connection and disconnection without damage to the connection elements, (2) a detacha... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5319613 | Method and arrangement for verification of tariff defining points in time in a taximeter 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 continuous switching of the taximeter or the tra... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5274561 | Electronic taximeter with apparatus for rounding off a fare 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 mechanism the amount payable is rounded-off by an... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4998205 | Method and apparatus for inserting data into electronic taximeters from a central computer temporarily connected to a local terminal 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 which is connected to a central computer over a telec... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4860124 | Combined taximeter and cassette or disk player 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 concerning a trip, a central unit with internal pr... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4800502 | Fare computer 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 fare computer is particularly suited for use in those ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4789774 | Electronic display device The invention is directed to an electronic multidigit display device illuminatable by means of light sources intended for a taximeter for indication of a trip price, of a possibly occurring surcharge as well as for superposition of stored data. The displa... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4755832 | Device for recording distances traveled on personal and business use A device for installation in a motor vehicle for recording distances traveled on business or non-business journeys comprises an input from the vehicle indicative of the distance traveled by the vehicle and manually operable keys for inputting into the dev... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4740900 | Device for the identification of an effective tariff in a serial selection of tariff levels 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 or reverse switching. Each selected tariff le... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4590571 | Electronic measuring and recording apparatus for use in wheeled vehicles 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 to a distance travelled by said vehicle and a me... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4580039 | Circuit arrangement for the protection of data in volatile write-read memories (RAM) A circuit arrangement for the permanent protection of data in volatile write-read memories (RAM) such as the type used for the storage of tariff data and variable control counter data in a taximeter. The inventive circuit arrangement provides a signal lin... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4578760 | Arrangement for controlling an electronic taximeter 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 number of recesses with keys A1 to A8 or with correspo... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4574189 | Taximeter assembly A taximeter assembly including an electronic calculating module with data memory, an operating keyboard, as well as a data indicating device, consists of two flat housing panels which are joined by detent devices and which are secured together by a lead-s... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4547781 | Device for recording distances traveled on personal and business use A device for installation in a motor vehicle for recording distances traveled on business or non-business journeys comprises an input from the vehicle indicative of the distance traveled by the vehicle and manually operable keys for inputting into the dev... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4539644 | Electronic taximeter and control system therefor 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 store. The microprocessor calculates fares and advanc... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4482965 | Taximeter with tariff display mode controlled by removable memory addressable by fare rate keys 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 using a memory device removable from the taximeter ... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4409685 | Methods and taximeters for calculating a taxi fare 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 constant numbers n2, p2 and p1, a multiplier circuit, ... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4389563 | Taximeter system for avoiding operator fraud in the computation and display of trip fares 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 unit, is supplied with d.c. voltage V by the vehicl... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4336522 | Vehicle seat-occupancy recorder Unoccupied passenger seats in a vehicle are sensed and a totalizing recorder such as an odometer is controlled in response to this sensing to provide an indication of the extent of vehicle use which is weighted according to the degree of occupancy of the ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4209688 | Electronic taximeter assembly The housing of an electronic taximeter has a first fixed section including the rear and bottom walls which are fixedly secured to and sealed to the chassis of a taxicab, and a removable second section which may include the front, top and side walls of the... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4205388 | Taximeter 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 of storage locations therein; (b) a data memory f... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4167040 | Taximeter indicating devices 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 for storing the details on which the computation i... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4160155 | Taximeter indicating devices 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 when it reaches a predetermined count, the counter ... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4095737 | Taximeter and mounting arrangement A taximeter housing is securable to a vehicle part in such a manner that only two seals are required to prevent unauthorized tampering with the input connections, the interior components of the taximeter and the taximeter mount, and that only a single sea... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4081663 | Electronic taximeter having master-remote slave tariff and fare displays 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 a tariff selecting circuit operable for selecting tar... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4056709 | Taximeter indicator arrangement A digital taximeter provides a visual read out of a first and a second multi-digit number. Instead of a plurality of discrete one-digit illuminated-digit display units arranged together to be capable of displaying multi-digit numbers, use is made of a sin... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4045656 | Taximeters Disclosed is a taximeter for calculating a taxi fare based upon predetermined distance and time factors. An oscillator produces a time base pulse train and a transducer produces a distance pulse train. A modifier is controlled by the distance pulse train ... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4039780 | Electric taximeter mounting and demounting arrangement A mounting and demounting arrangement for an electric taximeter permits a mechanical-to-electrical converter to be slidably received into electrical contact with a socket provided in the taximeter housing or, at the option of a user, the mechanical-to-ele... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4024384 | Modification in electronic taximeter 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 of wheels of a vehicle in accordance with different ma... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4021645 | Method and apparatus for determining whether an electronic taximeter is in proper working order A testing switch is activated manually by the taxi driver or automatically at the end of a trip. When the testing switch is activated, a preselected plurality of pulses is applied to the computing means of the electronic taximeter. If the taximeter is in ... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4001560 | Apparatus for operation selector circuits, especially tariff selector circuits in electronically operated taximeters An electronic taximeter having a fare computing unit, a selector circuit and an operation switching unit. The fare computing unit computes a fare at a rate determined by logic signals developed by the selector circuit, which is responsive to signals appli... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3983378 | Method and apparatus for measuring taxi fares Taxi vehicle fare measuring apparatus where impulses proportional to a waiting time and/or distance are supplied to a binary multiplier whose multiplication factor is selected by the driver at the time the taxi is hired. Several banks of binary switches a... | 09/28/1976 |
