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Customer interface for driver

US5644119A · kind A · utility

22Cited by
9References
11Claims
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Filing dateJun 5, 1995
Grant dateJul 1, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F19/205
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A customer interface is provided, the customer interface comprising: a customer interface panel; a device to determine a desirable height for the customer to access the interface panel from that particular vehicle; a device to position the customer interface panel at the desirable height for the customer in the particular vehicle; and a device to position the customer interface panel within a predetermined lateral distance from the vehicle. This customer interface is preferably provided as a component of an automated refuelling system with a radio frequency transponder provided with the vehicle, the transponder capable of identifying to the system information adequate to identify the make, model, and year of the vehicle.

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