Method for automatically detecting the use of a means of transport conveying persons

US8018330B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MCITY GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bouke C. Stoffelsma · Rheydt, DE
• Manfred Feiter · Rheydt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2005
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/0042
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for automatically detecting the use of a means of transport (10; 16) conveying persons. According to said method, a transmitter emits signals, a receiver receives signals emitted by the transmitter, positional and/or movement-related data of the means of transport are determined, and the use of the means of transport is detected based on an evaluation of the change in intensity of successive signals received by the receiver as well as the positional and/or movement-related data.