SBIR/STTR Research Award
MULTI-MODE TRANSIT ACCOUNTING".
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Transportation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Paperless Acct. Trans. Tech
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
FEASIBILITY OF USING MICROPROCESSOR BASED PERSONAL TOKEN DEVICES INDUCTIVELY COUPLED FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION FLOW WILL BE STUDIED FOR TRANSIT FARE COLLECTION AND ACCOUNTING. A SIMPLE MICROPROCESSOR BASED USER TOKEN WILL BE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY TO TEST COUPLING AND SOFTWARE CONCEPTS. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INTERFACES TO EXISTING TURNSTILE EQUIPMENT WILL BE STUDIED. RESEARCH ON APPROPRIATE READER/WRITER STATIONS WHICH COULD BE USED FOR STATIONARY TURNSTILES, MOVING VEHICLES (BUSES) AND PRIVATE VEHICLE ENTRANCE/EXIT (PARKING LOTS) WILL BE PERFORMED. TYPICAL SOFTWARE WHICH COULD BE USED FOR A THREE MODE - BUS, TURNSTILE, PARKING LOT - SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED.
Technology keywords
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