Communications: electrical – Pedestrian guidance
Patent
1992-08-24
1994-08-09
Peng, John K.
Communications: electrical
Pedestrian guidance
34082549, 34082554, 455 542, 455 66, G08G 1095
Patent
active
053370465
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to the field of the transport of people.
The object of the present invention is to propose novel means permitting contact to be made between, on the one hand, pedestrians wishing to go to a given place, and, on the other hand, vehicles capable of accommodating these pedestrians in order to transport them to the given place.
This object is achieved according to the present invention by virtue of a system comprising:
portable transmitter/receiver means carried by the pedestrians, designed to generate coded request signals whose code is representative of data relating to the trips wanted by the pedestrians and comprising, on the one hand, the identification of the destination wanted by the pedestrians and, on the other hand, the identification of the location of the pedestrians transmitting the request signals, and to automatically detect a possible pick up offer signal emanating from a vehicle, and
transmitter/receiver means installed in vehicles, designed to detect the request signals generated by portable transmitter/receiver means whose code coincides with a specific code relating to the trip by each vehicle, and to generate a pick up offer signal in the event of coincidence between a code received originating from a portable transmitter/receiver means and the said specific code relating to the trip by the vehicle.
According to another characteristic of the invention said data relating to the trips wanted by the pedestrians comprise the definition of the route wanted.
According to another characteristic of the invention the said data relating to the trips wanted by the pedestrians comprise the identification of the directions wanted.
According to another characteristic of the invention, the portable transmitter/receiver means and the installed transmitter/receiver means, are designed to permit a dialogue between the pedestrians transmitting the request signals and the drivers of the vehicles transmitting the offer signals.
According to another characteristic of the invention, the system comprises means of identification of the pedestrians.
According to another characteristic of the invention, the system comprises means of identification of the vehicles and/or of their drivers.
According to another characteristic of the invention, the system comprises electronic payment means.
According to another characteristic of the invention, the electronic payment means comprise a memory medium held by the pedestrians, and a reading means for the memory medium, installed in the vehicles.
Other characteristics, objects and advantages of the present invention will appear on reading the detailed description which will follow, and with regard to the attached drawings, given by way of non-limiting examples and in which:
FIG. 1 represents a diagrammatic view, in the form of functional blocks, of a portable transmitter/receiver means in accordance with the present invention,
FIG. 2 represents a diagrammatic view, in the form of functional blocks, of a memory medium for electronic payment in accordance with the present invention,
FIG. 3 represents a diagrammatic view, in the form of functional blocks, of a transmitter/receiver means installed in vehicles, in accordance with the present invention,
FIGS. 4A-4C represent diagrammatic view of the set of portable means made available to the pedestrians according to one preferential embodiment of the invention,
FIG. 5 represents a diagrammatic view of a geographical booklet used in the context of this preferential exemplary embodiment.
FIGS. 6A-6D diagrammatically represent the whole of the means installed in vehicles in the context of the same overall preferential embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 7 illustrates the identification modes for locating the pedestrian transmitting the request signal, and
FIGS. 8 to 15 represent functional flow charts of the system.
In the rest of the description, the portable means made available to the pedestrians will be called FOCUS 1, while the means installed in vehicles will be called FOCUS 2.
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Peng John K.
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