# US 11,077,855 B2 · Human-powered vehicle control device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,077,855 B2 - Document ID: US11077855B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/184,668 - Filed: 2018-11-08 - Published: 2019-05-16 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-16 - Assignees: Shimano Inc. - Applicants: Shimano Inc. - Inventors: Tadashi Ichida - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077855B2 ## CPC - B60W 30/188: Controlling power parameters of the driveline, e.g. determining the required power - B60W 10/08: including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators - B60W 10/11: Stepped gearings - B62M 6/45: Control or actuating devices therefor - B62M 6/55: power-driven at crank shafts parts - B62M 6/90: Batteries - B62M 25/08: with electrical or fluid transmitting systems - B60W 2300/36: Cycles; Motorcycles; Scooters - B60W 2510/1005: Transmission ratio engaged - B60W 2710/083: Torque - B60W 2710/1005: Transmission ratio engaged - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B62M: RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR {SINGLE-TRACK} CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of transmissions in vehicles in general B60K; transmission elements per se F16) ## Abstract A human-powered vehicle control device includes: an input rotary body to which a human driving force is input; a driving wheel driven by rotating the input rotary body; a transmission configured to change a ratio of a rotational speed of the driving wheel to a rotational speed of the input rotary body; a motor that assists in propulsion of the human-powered vehicle; and an electronic controller configured to control the motor. The electronic controller controls the motor in accordance with the human driving force in a case where one of the rotational speed ratio and a transmission stage of the transmission is in a first state, and stops the control of the motor in accordance with the human driving force in a case where one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage is in a second state different from the first state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A human-powered vehicle control device for a human-powered vehicle including an input rotary body to which a human driving force is input, a driving wheel driven by rotating the input rotary body, a transmission configured to change a rotational speed ratio of a rotational speed of the driving wheel to a rotational speed of the input rotary body, and a motor that assists in propulsion of the human-powered vehicle, the human-powered vehicle control device comprising: an electronic controller configured to control the motor, the electronic controller being configured to control the motor in accordance with the human driving force upon determining one of the rotational speed ratio and a transmission stage of the transmission is in a first state, and stop controlling the motor in accordance with the human driving force upon determining one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage is in a second state that is different from the first state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic controller is configured to stop the motor upon determining one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage is in the second state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic controller is configured to control the transmission, and the electronic controller is configured to operate the transmission to decrease an output of the motor upon determining one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage has changed from the first state to the second state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic controller is configured to control the motor so that an output torque of the motor is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value over a predetermined period that includes at least part of a period in which the transmission performs a change operation of the ratio and the transmission stage upon determining in at least one of a case in which at least one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage has changed from the first state to the second state, and a case in which at least one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage has changed from the second state to the first state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic controller is configured to control the motor so that the output torque of the motor becomes smaller than or equal to the predetermined value before the shifting by the transmission is completed upon determining in at least one of a case in which at least one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage has changed from the first state to the second state, and a case in which at least one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage has changed from the second state to the first state. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage configured to changeably store one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage corresponding to the first state and one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage corresponding to the second state, the electronic controller is further configured to control the motor in accordance with the first state and the second state stored in the storage. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission includes a front derailleur. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 1, further comprising a detector configured to detect one of the rotational speed ratio and the transmission stage corresponding to the first state. ### Claim 9 A human-powered vehicle control device for a human-powered vehicle including a human-powered vehicle component, which is changed to a plurality of states, and a motor, which assists in propulsion of the human-powered vehicle, the human-powered vehicle control device comprising: an electronic controller configured to control the motor, the controller being configured to switch a first control state in which the motor is controlled in accordance with a human driving force input to the human-powered vehicle and a second control state in which control of the motor is stopped in accordance with the human driving force, and switch the first control state and the second control state in accordance with the state of the human-powered vehicle component, the human-powered vehicle component including at least one of a transmission, a seatpost and a suspension. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 9, further comprising a storage configured to changeably store combinations of each of the plurality of states of the human-powered vehicle component with the first control state or the second control state, the electronic controller being further configured to be operated in the first control state or the second control state combined with one of the plurality of states of the human-powered vehicle component stored in the storage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 9, wherein the human-powered vehicle component includes the transmission, the transmission being configured to change a rotational speed ratio of a rotational speed of a driving wheel driven by rotating an input rotary body to a rotational speed of the input rotary body input to which the human driving force is input, and a transmission stage of the transmission differs in the plurality of states. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 9, wherein the human-powered vehicle component includes the seatpost of the human-powered vehicle, and a height of the seatpost differs in the plurality of states. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 9, wherein the human-powered vehicle component includes the suspension of the human-powered vehicle, and at least one of a hardness, a damping factor, and a length of the suspension differs in the plurality of states. ### Claim 14 A human-powered vehicle control device for a human-powered vehicle including a human-powered vehicle component, which is changed to a plurality of states, and a motor, which assists in propulsion of the human-powered vehicle including the human-powered vehicle component, the human-powered vehicle control device comprising: an electronic controller configured to control the human-powered vehicle component and the motor; and a storage, the electronic controller being configured to switch a first control state in which the motor is controlled in accordance with a human driving force input to the human-powered vehicle and a second control state in which a control of the motor in accordance with the human driving force is stopped; the storage being configured to changeably store combinations of each of the plurality of states of the human-powered vehicle component with the first control state or the second control state; and the electronic controller being configured to select one of the combinations in accordance with an operation of an operating device, control the human-powered vehicle component so that the human-powered vehicle component is in a state of the selected combination, and so that the human-powered vehicle component is operated in the first control state or the second control state in the selected combination. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 14, wherein the electronic controller is configured to select combinations in accordance with an order determined in advance whenever the operating device is operated. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The human-powered vehicle control device according to claim 15, wherein the operating device includes a plurality of operating units, the storage stores each of the plurality of operating units and the combinations in correspondence with each other, and the electronic controller is configured to select the combinations corresponding to the operating units operated upon determining the operating device is operated.