Electronic taximeter for taxis taking a plurality of passengers on overlapping trips

US3953720A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kienzle Apparate GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Heinz Kelch · Königsfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 1974
• Grant date: Apr 27, 1976
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 1994

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0284
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A single taxi is provided with an electronic taximeter which includes fare computing circuitry operative for separately computing the fares of a plurality of passengers whose respective trips overlap. A fare display device is operative for displaying the computed fares associated with the respective passengers. A coordinating arrangement is activatable for initiating computation of the fare associated with a respective passenger when such passenger enters the taxi and is furthermore activatable for terminating the computation of the respective fare when the respective passenger leaves the taxi.