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Method for avoiding fraud on a taximeter or tachograph

US6109520A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 13, 1998
Grant dateAug 29, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C7/00
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and device for avoiding fraud on a Taximeter or Tachograph, by connecting an auxiliary generator between the censor and the Taximeter or Tachograph. The signal which is applied to the Taximeter or Tachograph is analyzed by sampling, in an anti-fraud action is triggered off if this analysis shows that this signal has undergone a regular amplitude modulation.

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