Bicycle, bicycle assembly and method
AssigneeDt Swiss Inc.
InventorFrank Böckmann
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Abstract
A bicycle and method and bicycle assembly for a bicycle including a control device and at least one bicycle component whose operating state is variable during operation. An acoustic device with a sound converter is included for outputting information, controlled by the control device, on the operating state of the bicycle component by means of the acoustic device, and/or for capturing noises by means of the acoustic device and converting these to noise signals and utilizing them for controlling.
Claims15
A bicycle assembly for an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle with a control device and at least one bicycle component controlled by the control device whose operating state is variable during operation, comprising:
- at least one acoustic device having at least one sound converter configured for outputting information, controlled by the control device, on the operating state of the bicycle component by means of the acoustic device, and
- at least one acoustic device having at least one sound converter configured for capturing noises by means of the acoustic device, converting the noises to noise signals, and utilizing the noise signals for controlling the control device,
- wherein the control device comprises at least one processor and is configured to convert the noise signals to at least one control command and to execute the at least one control command when an actuating device is actuated in an assigned time slot.
A bicycle assembly for an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle, comprising:
- at least one shock absorber device;
- at least one control device;
- at least one of a damper device and a spring unit that is controlled by means of the control device;
- and
- an acoustic device is provided for capturing noises which are converted at least one control commands for controlling the control device,
- wherein the control device comprises at least one processor configured to execute the at least one control command when an actuating device is actuated in an assigned time slot.
A method for operating a bicycle assembly or an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle with a control device and at least one bicycle component controlled by the control device whose operating state is variable during operation, the method comprising at least one of:
- outputting, by the acoustic device, information on the operating state of the bicycle component;
- and
- capturing noises by the acoustic device;
- converting the noises to noise signals;
- and
- utilizing the noise signals for controlling the control device,
- wherein the control device comprises at least one processor and is configured to convert the noise signals at least one control command and to execute the at least one control command when an actuating device is actuated in an assigned time slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.