Access system and method for buses
AssigneeRobotics Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAllan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
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Abstract
In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor and memory are provided together with an annunciator which determine whether a slave card annunciator code corresponds to an annunciator code on the master card, thus determining whether a respective student is boarding a bus which corresponds with his respective route.
Claims11
A method for tracking of students entering a bus to ensure that students are boarding a correct bus for a respective assigned route, comprising the steps of:
- providing a card reader on the bus;
- providing a master card having an identifier code corresponding to the respective assigned route;
- providing a respective slave card for respective students who are to board the bus for their respective assigned route and wherein an identifier code on the respective slave cards for the students matches the identifier code on the master card, said master card also having an indicator so that it can be determined that a master card is being read as opposed to a slave card;
- if the master card identifier code corresponds to the slave card identifier code, then providing a valid annunciation;
- and
- if the master card identifier code does not correspond to the slave card identifier code, then providing an invalid annunciation.
A bus access system for tracking students to ensure that they board a specific designated bus for a respective assigned route for the respective student, comprising:
- a card reader;
- a microprocessor connected to the card reader and having a memory;
- an annunciator connected to the microprocessor;
- a master card having an identifier code corresponding to the respective assigned route and a respective slave card for the respective students, the slave card also having an identifier code thereon;
- and
- the master card having an indicator to distinguish it from the slave cards.
A method for tracking of students entering buses to ensure that students are boarding a correct bus, comprising the steps of:
- providing a card reader on the buses;
- providing a master card having an identifier code corresponding to the respective bus;
- providing a respective slave card for respective students who are to board the correct bus, and providing an identifier code on the respective slave cards for the students;
- comparing the identifier code on the master card to the identifier code indicator on the slave card;
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- based on the comparison, providing a valid or invalid annunciation indicating whether the respective student is on the correct bus.
A bus access system for tracking students to ensure that they board a specific designated bus for a respective assigned route for the respective student, comprising:
- a card reader;
- a microprocessor connected to the card reader and having a memory;
- an annunciator connected to the microprocessor;
- a master card having an identifier code corresponding to the respective assigned route and a respective slave card for the respective students, the slave card also having an identifier code thereon;
- and
- the microprocessor comparing the master and slave card identifier codes to determine if the student is on the bus for his or her respective assigned route.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.