Electronic taximeter with apparatus for rounding off a fare

US5274561A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann Kienzle GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Adams · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
• Norbert Lais · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 1990
• Grant date: Dec 28, 1993
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2010

Classification

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

Abstract

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 increase of the fare amount manually preselectable in predetermined steps, based on an actuation of operating keys. A stepwise or discretely adjustable rounding-off is selectable for printout in the voucher printer in such a way that the voucher shows the sum, formed from the fare+surcharge+additional amount selected by the passenger.