US 11,999,255 B2Granted

Personal mobility and method of controlling the same

AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation

InventorsDuck Young Kim, Donghee Seok, Ilsun Song, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang

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Abstract

A personal mobility includes first and second test voltage sources, first and second switches, a ground, a first sensor, a second sensor obtaining weight information of a user, and a controller to: based on startup of the personal mobility, measure a first voltage applied to the first switch provided between the first test voltage source and the ground through the first sensor and a second voltage applied to the second switch provided between the second test voltage source and the ground, assign the user to one of predetermined groups based on the weight information, and based on a case in which at least one of the first or second voltage is greater than or equal to a reference value by comparing the first and second voltages with the reference value previously allocated to a group to which the user is assigned among the plurality of predetermined groups, control alarm device to provide a warning alarm to the user.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A personal mobility comprising:

an alarm device;
a detection circuit including a first test voltage source, a second test voltage source, a first switch, a second switch, and a ground;
a first sensor configured to detect outputs of the first test voltage source and the second test voltage source;
a second sensor configured to obtain weight information of a user;
and
a controller configured to:
in response to a startup of the personal mobility, measure a first voltage applied to the first switch provided between the first test voltage source and the ground through the first sensor and a second voltage applied to the second switch provided between the second test voltage source and the ground,
assign the user to one of a plurality of predetermined groups according to the obtained weight information of the user, and
when the controller determines that at least one of the first voltage or the second voltage is greater than or equal to a reference value by comparing the first voltage and the second voltage with the reference value previously allocated to a group to which the user is assigned among the plurality of predetermined groups, control the alarm device electrically or wirelessly connected to the controller, to provide a warning alarm to the user.

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A method of controlling a personal mobility including a detection circuit of a first test voltage source, a second test voltage source, a first switch, a second switch, and a ground, the method comprising:

detecting, by a first sensor, outputs of the first test voltage source and the second test voltage source;
obtaining, by a second sensor, weight information of a user;
in response to a startup of the personal mobility, measuring, by a controller, a first voltage applied to the first switch provided between the first test voltage source and the ground through the first sensor and a second voltage applied to the second switch provided between the second test voltage source and the ground;
assigning, by the controller, the user to one of a plurality of predetermined groups according to the obtained weight information obtained through the first sensor;
and
when the controller determines that at least one of the first voltage or the second voltage is greater than or equal to a reference value by comparing the first voltage and the second voltage with the reference value previously allocated to a group to which the user is assigned among the plurality of predetermined groups, providing, by the controller, a warning signal to the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/462,380Filed 31 Aug 2021
Priority: KR 10-2020-015098912 Nov 2020
Published: US 2022/0144127 A112 May 2022
Granted: 4 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

B60L 58/10
Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles: for monitoring or…
B60L 50/64
Using power supplied by batteries: constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
B60L 50/66
Using power supplied by batteries: arrangements of batteries
G01R 31/3835
Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC: involving only voltage measurements

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