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Title:
FARE COLLECTING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000242816
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To make easily collectable a fare by making good use of a GPS signal, etc., by composing the device of a ride distance calculating means which calculates a ride distance according to vehicle position information obtained in getting off, a fare calculating means which calculates a fare according to the calculated ride distance, etc.

Information indicating the current position of a streetcar is always inputted to a controller 10 through a GPS unit 15, so when the data are received, ride position information indicating that a user rides on the streetcar at a stop A is stored in the memory 24 of a card C. When the user gets off at a stop B, the card is held up to an antenna (a) and then the position of the stop B is put in a RAM 13a of a controller 10. A CPU 11 calculates the ride distance from the inputted position of the stop B and the position of the stop A obtained from the card to calculate the fare. The fare is subtracted from an SF data part included in the memory 24 of the card C.


Inventors:
WATABE HARUO
Application Number:
JP14975999A
Publication Date:
September 08, 2000
Filing Date:
May 28, 1999
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
NIPPON SIGNAL CO LTD
International Classes:
G07B15/00; G01S19/14; G08G1/133; (IPC1-7): G07B15/00; G01S5/14; G07B15/00; G08G1/133
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Mitsumasa Ishii