Sidewalk detection for electric scooters

A method for activating an alarm in response to determining that a riding environment of a scooter is a pedestrian walkway, comprising:

• receiving motion data from a movement sensor configured to detect motion of the scooter;
• receiving riding environment data from an image capture device configured to detect the riding environment of the scooter;
• determining whether the riding environment of the scooter is a pedestrian walkway based on the motion data and the riding environment data, wherein determining that the riding environment of the scooter is a pedestrian walkway based on the riding environment data comprises:
• identifying a pavement lane based on the riding environment data;
• determining a width of the pavement lane;
• and
• determining that the width of the pavement lane is within a predetermined range;
• and
• activating the alarm in response to determining that the riding environment of the scooter is a pedestrian walkway.

A scooter alarm and pedestrian walkway detection system, comprising:

• an alarm;
• a movement sensor configured to detect motion of a scooter and transmit motion data indicative of the motion to a processor;
• and
• an image capture device configured to detect features of a riding environment of the scooter and transmit riding environment data indicative of the features to the processor,
• wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the riding environment of the scooter is a pedestrian walkway based on the motion data and the riding environment data,
• wherein the processor is configured to activate the alarm in response to determining that the riding environment of the scooter is a pedestrian walkway, and
• wherein the processor is configured to determine that the riding environment of the scooter is a pedestrian walkway based on the riding environment data in response to:
• identifying a pavement lane based on the riding environment data;
• determining a width of the pavement lane, and
• determining that the width of the pavement lane is within a predetermined range.