Wheel movement trigger for battery wake-up systems and methods
AssigneeLyft, Inc.
InventorsJason Cerundolo, Gary Shambat, Alison Thurber
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Abstract
A micromobility transit vehicle may include a wheel, a dynamo, a control module, and a battery. The dynamo may be associated with the wheel and configured to transmit a first signal based at least on a detection of one or more movements of the wheel that meets or exceeds a threshold movement of the wheel. The control module may be configured to receive the first signal transmitted by the dynamo. The control module may be configured to transmit a second signal upon receiving the first signal from the dynamo. The battery may be configured to receive the second signal transmitted by the control module. The second signal may cause the battery to wake from a battery-off state to a battery-on state.
Claims20
A battery control module for a micromobility transit vehicle, comprising:
- a housing enclosure;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within an interior of the housing enclosure and comprising one or more processors configured to receive a first signal comprising one or more sensed dynamic characteristics associated with at least one wheel of the micromobility transit vehicle and send, based on the first signal, a second signal to wake an electric battery of the micromobility transit vehicle from a battery-off state into a battery-on state such that the electric battery is permitted to discharge in order to propel the micromobility transit vehicle based on whether the one or more sensed dynamic characteristics associated with the at least one wheel of the micromobility transit vehicle satisfies a predetermined threshold;
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- a housing lid configured to couple to the housing enclosure so as to at least partially enclose the PCB.
A micromobility transit vehicle, comprising:
- a battery control module, comprising:
- a housing enclosure;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within an interior of the housing enclosure and comprising one or more processors configured to receive a first signal comprising one or more sensed dynamic characteristics associated with at least one wheel of the micromobility transit vehicle and send, based on the first signal, a second signal to wake an electric battery of the micromobility transit vehicle from a battery-off state into a battery-on state such that the electric battery is permitted to discharge in order to propel the micromobility transit vehicle based on whether the one or more sensed dynamic characteristics associated with the at least one wheel of the micromobility transit vehicle satisfies a predetermined threshold;
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- a housing lid configured to couple to the housing enclosure so as to at least partially enclose the PCB.
An electronic device for a micromobility transit vehicle, comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising one or more processors configured to receive a first signal comprising one or more sensed dynamic characteristics associated with at least one wheel of the micromobility transit vehicle and send, based on the first signal, a second signal to wake an electric battery of the micromobility transit vehicle from a battery-off state into a battery-on state such that the electric battery is permitted to discharge in order to propel the micromobility transit vehicle based on whether the one or more sensed dynamic characteristics associated with the at least one wheel of the micromobility transit vehicle satisfies a predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.