EP0596579B1 - Système de transport en commun - Google Patents

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EP0596579B1
EP0596579B1 EP19930203096 EP93203096A EP0596579B1 EP 0596579 B1 EP0596579 B1 EP 0596579B1 EP 19930203096 EP19930203096 EP 19930203096 EP 93203096 A EP93203096 A EP 93203096A EP 0596579 B1 EP0596579 B1 EP 0596579B1
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Johannes Harm Lukas Hogen Esch
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/0014—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B15/00—Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points

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  • the invention relates to a public transport system and method, comprising means of transport accessible to the public at a charge, said means in operation travelling predetermined routes operated by one or more operators, with predetermined stops; and sales locations for transport tickets, wherein at least a plurality of passengers are provided with a registration means comprising readable and writable memory means.
  • Such a system is known from EP-A-0,380,377.
  • the parameters to register the routes travelled by a passenger are based on the points wherein the passenger started and ended his trip respectfully. More specifically, the number of trips per period, the total number of trips, the number of routes per period and the total number of routes are registered. This implies, that an exact registration of the transport possibilities that have actually been used, has not been realized.
  • a service in this sense may for instance be the sale of the transport ticket in question, or taking care of the transport or a part of the transport on the route and/or for the period for which the ticket in question is valid.
  • season tickets in particular of longterm season tickets
  • the passenger must decide in advance whether he/she will make frequent use of the public transport for a future period which is sometimes long.
  • the passenger must also pay the amount for the season ticket, which is often considerable, in advance, while at that moment it is not certain whether the eventual, actual use of the public transport system does in fact justify the costs of such season ticket.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide at least a partial solution to these problems.
  • the foregoing object is realized by providing a method for operating a public transport system, and, a public transport system comprising means of transport accessible to the public at a charge, which means of transport travel, in operation, predetermined routes operated by one or more operators, with predetermined stops; and sales locations for transport tickets, is characterized in that a least a number of passengers are provided with a registration means comprising readable and writable memory means; that devices are provided by means of which a passenger can write the distance travelled by the passenger in the memory means of a registration means presented by the passenger, while this distance is added in the memory means to a previously registered distance, if any; and that the sales locations are provided with means for reading the total distance registered in the memory means of a registration means and for determining, on the basis of the total distance, the selling price of, and/or the reduction on, a next transport ticket.
  • EP-A-0 465 456 It is observed that a public transport system which is so designed that each passenger is both checked in at the beginning of the journey and checked out at the end thereof, is disclosed in EP-A-0 465 456.
  • this known public transport system no registration means are used that are carried by the passengers themselves and in which the travelled distance can be registered each time.
  • the known public transport system comprises a dense network of communication connections between the means of transport, which are provided with primary registration means, collecting centres and a central processing system. Such a dense communication network is difficult to install, susceptible to failure and at any rate quite costly.
  • the starting point is that the new public transport system, and in particular the tariff system used, should be made attractive to the user, i.e. the passenger.
  • the information desired by the transport companies for business efficiency and for logistic purposes must result from this without frequent registration being made compulsory.
  • a public transport system registration of the transport service enjoyed, in the form of travelled kilometers, rendered by one or several public transport companies, is promoted by a reduction mechanism according to which more reduction is given according as more kilometers have been travelled.
  • This reduction includes every form of public transport used, for which the passenger himself has registered the starting point, the transfer point(s), if any, and the end point. Possibly, if the route is known in advance, it could suffice to register the starting point alone.
  • the total amount of kilometers travelled by a passenger is for instance added in the registration means and stored in a memory per period of time, for instance per week or per month. Accordingly, on the basis of the travelled distance, for instance in the form of the progressive average of the amount of travelled kilometers per period, a reduction to be given can be calculated when a next transport ticket is sold.
  • registration of the travelled distance also includes registration of time information (for instance date, hour, minute, second).
  • time information for instance date, hour, minute, second.
  • book-off and registration units can be used, which may for instance be located on platforms, in trains, buses and trams and at the entrances and exits of the underground. Registration need not be compulsory for season ticket holders, but it does afford the passenger a reduction when a next or supplementary travel pass is bought. Consequently, the passenger will generally like to register as much as possible to thereby obtain a higher basis of reduction.
  • the distribution code for the distribution of monies between the transport companies can be predetermined at the sale, independently of the travelling frequency, and can optionally be corrected with the measured number of fare dodgers.
  • Measuring the number of fare dodgers can for instance be carried out by using counting steps or other detection means with which the total number of passengers getting on and off is counted, and comparing the outcome of this count with the number of bookings or registrations that have taken place.
  • Underground lines could be closed off entirely, so that when they are entered and left, it automatically becomes possible for the passenger to check in and check out.
  • network season tickets are replaced as much as possible by transport tickets for fixed routes or transport tickets for shorter distances, while eventually, due to a constantly increasing reduction when more kilometers are travelled, prices are paid that do not exceed the current prices for transport on the network. Consequently, the reduction scale should be thus progressive that the passenger never pays more than the price of a network year ticket.
  • a contactless smart card For registering the travelled kilometers for instance a contactless smart card may be used, as described, for instance, in applicant's European patent application 0 534 559.
  • Such card may also form the transport ticket itself, as described for instance in German Offenlegungsschrift 3 911 667 (Bosch), but it is also possible to use the registration means for registration only and, in addition, to use separate tickets for single use.
  • the registration means can be provided with a unique identification code, uniquely coupled to the holder.
  • the registration means can have a value which can be increased through payment of an amount of money, or can be designed as a conventional credit card or cheque card.
  • the sales locations may be provided with corresponding pay and/or value-increase machines.
  • the registration means and, optionally, the transport ticket may be a chip card with contacts according to the standard ISO 7816, or, conversely, may be a contactless responder card.
  • the advantage of a contactless responder card is that the contactless registration possibility enables very quick registration and that because of the lack of moving elements in the reading devices and writing devices, the maintenance costs are much lower.
  • a combination of the two designs is also possible, whereby the issue and, optionally, value-increasing could be effected via contacts, while the registration, together with the booking of the travelled distance, could be effected in a contactless manner.

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  1. Système de transport en commun comprenant un moyen de transport accessible au public moyennant paiement, ledit moyen, pendant le fonctionnement, se déplaçant suivant des routes prédéterminées commandées par un ou plusieurs opérateurs, avec des arrêts prédéterminés; et des emplacements de vente pour des titres de transport, dans lesquels un moyen d'enregistrement comprenant un moyen de mémorisation pouvant être lu ou écrit est fourni à au moins plusieurs passagers,
       caractérisé en ce que des dispositifs sont prévus, au moyen desquels un passager peut inscrire dans le moyen de mémorisation d'un moyen d'enregistrement présenté par le passager la distance qu'il a parcourue, ladite distance étant ajoutée dans le moyen de mémorisation à une distance qui a été éventuellement enregistrée antérieurement, et
       que les points de vente sont pourvus d'un moyen destiné à lire la distance totale enregistrée dans le moyen de mémorisation d'un moyen d'enregistrement et à déterminer, en se basant sur la distance totale, le prix de vente d'un titre de transport suivant, et/ou la réduction à effectuer sur ce titre de transport.
  2. Système de transport en commun selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'enregistrement a la forme d'une carte et que le moyen de mémorisation peut être lu et écrit électroniquement et/ou magnétiquement.
  3. Système de transport en commun selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'enregistrement consiste en une carte à puce.
  4. Système de transport en commun selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la carte à puce est une carte à puce sans contacts.
  5. Système de transport en commun selon la revendication 3 ou 4, caractérisé en ce que la carte à puce est pourvue de contacts selon la norme ISO 7816.
  6. Système de transport en commun selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'enregistrement est pourvu d'un moyen destiné à déterminer, à partir des distances enregistrées, une moyenne progressive par période prédéterminée de temps et à mémoriser ladite moyenne progressive dans le moyen de mémorisation.
  7. Système de transport en commun selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'enregistrement est pourvu d'un code unique associé au support.
  8. Système de transport en commun selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'enregistrement forme aussi le titre de transport.
  9. Système de transport en commun selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'enregistrement a une valeur monétaire qui peut être augmentée par paiement d'une certaine quantité de monnaie.
  10. Système de transport en commun selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'enregistrement est aussi conçu sous la forme d'une carte de crédit classique.
  11. Système de transport en commun selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif destiné inscrire les distances parcourues dans le moyen de mémorisation d'un moyen d'enregistrement comprend un moyen de contrôle placé aux points où l'on quitte le système de transport en commun.
  12. Système de transport en commun selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les dispositifs destinés à inscrire, dans le moyen de mémorisation d'un moyen d'enregistrement, les distances parcourues inscrit aussi dans le moyen de mémorisation des informations relatives au temps.
  13. Système de transport en commun selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par un moyen de détection destiné à compter le nombre de passagers montant dans le moyen de transport et en descendant.
  14. Procédé destiné à exploiter un système de transport en commun à l'aide d'un ou de plusieurs opérateurs, dans lequel on fournit à au moins plusieurs passagers un moyen d'enregistrement comprenant un moyen de mémorisation pouvant être lu et écrit, caractérisé en ce que des dispositifs sont prévus au moyen desquels un passager peut inscrire dans le moyen de mémorisation de son moyen d'enregistrement la distance qu'il a parcourue avec le système de transport en commun, et en ce qu'aux points de vente de titres de transport, la distance totale parcourue, enregistrée dans le moyen de mémorisation présenté par le passager, est lue et utilisée pour déterminer le prix de vente du titre de transport suivant et/ou la réduction à effectuer sur ce titre de transport.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que la distance parcourue est déterminée par période de temps, et en ce que le prix de vente du titre de transport suivant et/ou la réduction à effectuer sur ce titre de transport sont déterminés en se basant sur cette distance.
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