Electric bicycle object detection system
AssigneeRad Power Bikes Inc.
InventorsRedwood Stephens, Kyle Lobisser, Derek Gutheil, Jake Silsby, Andrew Ressa, Neal Wilding, Zachary Williams
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Abstract
Various systems and methods associated with protecting a rider of an electric bicycle from hazards while riding their bicycle are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods enhance the safety of the rider in response current detected conditions surrounding the rider, such as conditions associated with the route or path traveled by the rider, other vehicles within the route or path traveled by the rider, potential hazards within the route or path traveled by the rider, environmental conditions through which the rider is traveling, and so on.
Claims17
A method performed by a rider safety system stored in memory of a controller of an electric bicycle, the method comprising:
- receiving data captured by one or more sensors and from an environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling;
- identifying, from the data captured by the one or more sensors, a pothole or a curb on a road within the environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling;
- selecting a safety action based on the identification of the pothole or the curb within the environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling,
- wherein the safety action includes causing a lighting device of the electric bicycle to illuminate the pothole or the curb on the road;
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- causing the electric bicycle to perform the selected safety action in response to the identification of the pothole or the curb on the road within the environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a rider safety system stored in memory of a controller of an electric bicycle, causes the rider safety system to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving data captured by one or more sensors of the electric bicycle and from an environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling;
- determining a ride context for the electric bicycle while traveling through the environment;
- identifying a pothole or a curb on a road within the environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling based on the data captured by the one or more sensors and from the determined ride context;
- selecting a safety action based on the identification of the pothole or the curb on the road,
- wherein the safety action includes causing a lighting device of the electric bicycle to illuminate the pothole or the curb on the road;
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- causing the electric bicycle to perform the selected safety action in response to the identification of the pothole or the curb on the road.
An electric bicycle, comprising:
- a frame having a head tube, down tube, top tube, and seat tube;
- a front wheel attached to the frame via a fork connected to the head tube;
- a rear wheel attached to the frame via a dropout assembly of the frame;
- an electric motor mounted to the rear wheel that propels the electric bicycle;
- a battery pack mounted to the frame of the electric bicycle that provides power to the electric motor;
- a controller that controls operations of the battery pack of the electric bicycle and the electric motor of the electric bicycle;
- one or more sensors attached to the frame of the electric bicycle;
- one or more lighting devices;
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- a rider safety system stored in memory of the controller, wherein the rider safety system is configured to:
- receive data captured by one or more sensors and from an environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling;
- identify, from the data captured by the one or more sensors, a pothole or a curb on a road within the environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling;
- select a safety action based on the identification of the pothole or the curb within the environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling,
- wherein the safety action includes causing a lighting device of the electric bicycle to illuminate the pothole or the curb on the road;
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- cause the electric bicycle to perform the selected safety action in response to the identification of the pothole or the curb on the road within the environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.