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Portable electronic access controlled system for parking meters or the like

US5278395A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1992
Grant dateJan 11, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F17/24
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic system of the type comprising: PA1 at least one portable device comprising an electronic storage memory; PA1 at least one device including a transfer module designed to be coupled temporarily with at least a portable object so as to set up a communication link with the memory, wherein the system comprises a set of specialized portable objects for the access control function and wherein the device comprises two states: PA1 a free access state, PA1 a controlled access state in which the working of the device is conditional upon the coupling, at least occasionally, of one of the portable objects for access control.

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