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AssigneeKonnectronix, Inc.
InventorsGeorge Hines, Steven Fragassi, Gilberto Cavada, Tom O'Connor, Richard Page, Sharwari Kulkarni, George J Guffey, Will Capellaro, Michael Carrier, David Carlson, Corry Daus, Lee Kunvichet, Stephen Lingle, Andrew Last, Stanislav Dmitriyev, Reginald K. S. Ammons
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The field of the invention relates to bicycle systems, especially to bicycle systems adapted for use with smartphones, to smartphones configured for use with bicycle systems, and to methods and to computer software for use with such bicycle systems or smartphones, and to servers configured to communicate with such bicycle systems or smartphones. According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a bicycle system including a bicycle, the bicycle system including a processor integral to the bicycle, the bicycle system further including a battery integral to the bicycle, wherein the processor is powerable by the battery, the bicycle system including a smartphone holder configurable to receive a smartphone and to connect the smartphone to the processor, wherein in use the smartphone holder is attachable to, and detachable from, the smartphone. Advantages include that the smartphone can be charged by the battery, the smartphone can communicate with the processor so as to receive various information such as maintenance-related information of the bicycle system, the bicycle system can investigate the smartphone identity to check for unauthorized use of the bicycle system, the smartphone is held during bicycle system travel which reduces the risk of damage to the smartphone, and the bicycle system shape is more aerodynamic than that of a bicycle to which a processor and/or a battery has merely been bolted-on.
A bicycle system including a bicycle, the bicycle system including a processor integral to the bicycle, the bicycle system further including a battery integral to the bicycle, wherein the processor is powerable by the battery, the bicycle system including a smartphone holder configurable to receive a smartphone and to connect the smartphone to the processor, wherein in use the smartphone holder is attachable to, and detachable from, the smartphone, wherein the bicycle system is arranged to provide a haptic vibration in a handlebar grip corresponding to a direction of a turn in response to a navigation instruction generated by the smartphone, wherein the bicycle system further includes an integrated locking system configurable to prevent the bicycle system from traveling, and wherein the locking system includes a bolt lock integrated in a bottom bracket of the bicycle.
A bicycle system including a bicycle, the bicycle system including a processor integral to the bicycle, the bicycle system further including a battery integral to the bicycle, wherein the processor is powerable by the battery, the bicycle system including a smartphone holder configurable to receive a smartphone and to connect the smartphone to the processor, wherein in use the smartphone holder is attachable to, and detachable from, the smartphone, wherein the bicycle system further includes an integrated locking system configurable to prevent the bicycle system from traveling, the locking system being controllable by the processor, and the locking system further being deactivated in response to receiving a smart phone recognized by the processor and activated in response to removal of the smartphone recognized by the processor from the smartphone holder.
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