Bicycle control system
AssigneeSram, LLC
InventorSage Hahn
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Abstract
A method for controlling electronic shifting of a bicycle includes identifying, by a processor, a gear shift command. The processor adjusts a cadence band based on the identified gear shift command. The cadence band includes an upper cadence limit and a lower cadence limit. Adjusting the cadence band includes increasing the upper cadence limit, decreasing the lower cadence limit, or increasing the upper cadence limit and decreasing the lower cadence limit. The electronic shifting of the bicycle is controlled based on the adjusted cadence band.
Claims20
A method for controlling electronic shifting of a bicycle, the method comprising:
- identifying, by a processor, a gear shift command;
- adjusting, by the processor, a cadence band based on the identified gear shift command, the cadence band including an upper cadence limit and a lower cadence limit, wherein adjusting the cadence band comprises increasing the upper cadence limit, decreasing the lower cadence limit, or increasing the upper cadence limit and decreasing the lower cadence limit;
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- controlling the electronic shifting of the bicycle based on the adjusted cadence band.
A controller for a bicycle, the controller comprising:
- a memory configured to store one or more parameters for a predetermined cadence band, the predetermined cadence band corresponding to a gear shift from a first gear to a second gear;
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- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to:
- identify a gear shift command for the gear shift from the first gear to the second gear;
- adjust, based on the identified gear shift command, a cadence band for control of electronic shifting of the bicycle based on the one or more parameters, the cadence band including an upper cadence limit and a lower cadence limit;
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- control the electronic shifting of the bicycle based on the adjusted cadence band,
- wherein the adjustment of the cadence band comprises:
- an increase of the upper cadence limit from a first upper cadence limit to a second upper cadence limit, and after the increase of the upper cadence limit, a decrease of the upper cadence limit from the second upper cadence limit to the first upper cadence limit over a first time period;
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- a decrease of the lower cadence limit from a first lower cadence limit to a second lower cadence limit, and after the decrease of the lower cadence limit, an increase of the lower cadence limit from the second lower cadence limit to the first lower cadence limit over a second time period.
In a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by one or more processors to control electronic shifting of a bicycle, the instructions comprising:
- identifying, by a processor, a gear shift command;
- adjusting, by the processor, a cadence band based on the identified gear shift command, the cadence band including an upper cadence limit and a lower cadence limit, wherein adjusting the cadence band comprises increasing the upper cadence limit, decreasing the lower cadence limit, or increasing the upper cadence limit and decreasing the lower cadence limit;
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- controlling the electronic shifting of the bicycle based on the adjusted cadence band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.