Abstract: A bicycle fitted with an on-board control system which is adapted in such a way that it can control the state of a functional element of the bicycle, in order to detect an error in the operation of said functional element and in order to signal said error.

Abstract: Public information system, wherein information bases communicate information interactively to mobiles via a short-range radio link. Each mobile has interface software enabling the information base to display the information on the screen of the mobile as if the screen were a device of the information base, and enabling the user to communicate data to the information base via the keypad of said mobile as if the mobile input interface were a device of the information base.

Abstract: An automatic cycle storage system comprising cycles, each of which carries a blocking device and an electronic circuit; a cycle storage area serving to receive the cycles while they are not being used; and a control device adapted to authorize, selectively, cycles to be borrowed from the storage area. The control device and the cycle are each provided with a respective short-range wireless communications interface, and the cycle includes an electrical lock device adapted to lock the blocking device in the blocking position.

Abstract: Automatic system for storing electric cycles, in which the batteries of the cycles (1) are recharged by locking stations (1). The electronic control circuit of each cycle prevents the operation of a battery recharging circuit while the cycle is not locked onto the locking station.

Abstract: An automatic cycle storage system comprising cycles, each of which carries a blocking device and an electronic circuit; a cycle storage area serving to receive the cycles while they are not being used; and a control device adapted to authorize, selectively, cycles to be borrowed from the storage area. The control device and the cycle are each provided with a respective short-range wireless communications interface, and the cycle includes an electrical lock device adapted to lock the blocking device in the blocking position.

Abstract: A bicycle including an impact detection device and a monitoring central processing unit connected to said impact detection device.

Abstract: System for transmitting selective local information including information bases suitable for communicating information to mobiles via a short-range radio link The system further comprises configuration bases suitable for establishing a very short-range radio link with the mobiles and for storing, in a memory accessible to the information bases, an address identifying the mobile and personal information which is communicated by the user of the mobile

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically renting bicycles (1) during which an authorization of a deduction of a certain maximum value from an account associated with a payment card is firstly generated, this authorization being valid for a limited period of time. Upon each subsequent rental of an article, a user furnishes an identification code associated with the authorization identifier, the identification code furnished by the user is verified whether it corresponds to the authorization identifier, and a rental of the article is authorized or not authorized on the basis of this verification. Finally, after a certain period of time, an amount based on the effected rentals is debited from the account associated with the payment card.

Abstract: A bicycle fitted with an on-board control system which is adapted in such a way that it can control the state of a functional element of the bicycle, in order to detect an error in the operation of said functional element and in order to signal said error.

Abstract: The invention provides a system for managing a fleet of vehicles suitable for being returned to at least one station having locations for vehicles, the station being declared to be available when at least one of its locations is not occupied by a vehicle, and to be unavailable when each of the locations of the station is occupied by a vehicle, the system comprising: means for evaluating the availability of the station; means for remote communication with a vehicle that has not been returned; and means for displaying on the vehicle information about availability.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a light display panel with a matrix of pixels each comprising three monochrome electroluminescent diodes of three colors. The diodes are controlled by a control circuit delivering electrical power P to each diode, said electrical power being expressed in the form P−k.Pr, wherein Pr is a reference electrical power particular to the diodes of each color and k is a coefficient selected according to the display to be presented. Over the course of time the reference electrical power is subjected to different variations depending on the colors, to compensate for the aging of the diodes.

Abstract: An information system for informing users of a bus network about waiting times for buses at stops in the network. The system includes a system for locating buses coupled to a central point which broadcasts said positions at successive instants &thgr; to receivers adapted to calculate waiting times for the buses on the basis of their positions, which positions reach the receivers after a certain average length of “transit” time T. In order to ensure that calculated waiting times as are accurate as possible, the central computer point broadcasts to the receivers estimated positions that the buses are expected to occupy at instant &thgr;+T.

Abstract: A light-emitting display panel comprising an opaque background having a front face of dark color fitted with a plurality of light-emitting elements, the front face and the light-emitting elements being covered by a front optical filter. The front optical filter is a substantially neutral absorbant filter having a transmission coefficient lying in the range 10% to 60% over substantially the entire visible light spectrum, the display panel not having any other optical filter interposed between the background and the front optical filter.

Abstract: In a device for illuminating a bundle of optical fibers the ends of which are grouped together in a sleeve a device is provided for monitoring the operation of each lamp. The device supples an alarm in response to any deficiency of the corresponding lamp.

Abstract: An appliance comprising a programmed digital processor having an integral test procedure and input and output terminals for connection to further parts of the apparatus, including input means and display means. In order to test the input and output terminals of the signal processor and the connections to further parts of the apparatus, further connections are provided from input and/or output terminals of the signal processor, via a plurality of gates which are activated by the signal processor via a further terminal thereof, to other input and/or output terminals of the signal processor. When the test procedure is activated, an indicator indicates whether or not the tested terminal and/or connection is in good order.

Abstract: Method of operating a mains-powered processor-controlled electrical apparatus when the power fails and is subsequently restored and apparatus therefor. In the case of a power outage data identifying the program in progress is transferred for salvage to a memory. When power is restored and if the duration of the mains-power failure is smaller than a predetermined value, physical parameters which define the instantaneous state of the apparatus are sensed in response to an instruction from the processor in order to determine the conditions under which the program may be resumed by the apparatus.