Patent ID: 6167345
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
A method for producing data carrying communication equipment in traffic checking systems, the data carrying equipment comprising a plurality of stationary communication equipment elements for remotely checking passing vehicles equipped with mobile data carrying units for remote communication, the method comprising:initially producing the data carrying communication equipment and the vehicle units in a serial manufacturing process in a non-defined shape without storing the data required for the communication;utilizing for the end production including storing the data a production system comprising a plurality of computers for general data processing and individually handleable data storage media associated with the computers;storing substantially all data required for carrying out communication between the stationary equipment and the vehicle units on the data storage medium with a system administrator by means of computer equipment of the system administrator;producing additional separate media from the data storage medium, the additional separate media comprising a first type including data required for storing data in a respective stationary equipment and a second type including data required in respective vehicle units, the data comprisingdata for assignment to a definite checking system for restriction to vehicle units dedicated to the system,data for identifying individual vehicle units that can be communicated in both the stationary equipment elements and in the vehicle units, andrecording and processing data for carrying out the remote checking operations or other operations that are to be performed by the remote communication;sending to a system operator of the stationary equipment elements copies of the first type of separate media containing data for controlling respective stationary equipment elements;using the first type of separate media for storing these data in the respective stationary equipment;sending to a system distributor copies of the second type of separate media containing data for controlling respective vehicle units, the system distributor performing distribution of vehicle units; anddistributing the second type of separate media to users of the traffic checking system to be utilized in their vehicles for storing data in the vehicle units.