Tandem Riding Detection on Personal Mobility Vehicles

A method, comprising, by a computing system:

• collecting, over a time period, from one or more sensors first ride data associated with a user riding a personal mobility vehicle, wherein collecting the first ride data comprises collecting a first plurality of current values of an electric motor of the personal mobility vehicle and a first plurality of speeds of the personal mobility vehicle, the collected first plurality of current values and the collected first plurality of speeds being collected at a plurality of instances in time;
• associating each of the collected first plurality of current values with a respective one of a first plurality of speed bins for the personal mobility vehicle generated based on the collected first plurality of speeds;
• collecting from the one or more sensors second ride data associated with the user riding a current personal mobility vehicle after the time period, wherein collecting the second ride data comprises collecting a second plurality of current values of an electric motor of the current personal mobility vehicle and a second plurality of speeds of the current personal mobility vehicle;
• associating each of the collected second plurality of current values with a respective one of a second plurality of speed bins for the current personal mobility vehicle generated based on the collected second plurality of speeds;
• and
• for each respective speed bin of the second plurality of speed bins:
• determining, based at least in part on the collected second plurality of current values, whether a median current value for the respective speed bin is greater than or less than a threshold associated with the respective speed bin;
• and
• identifying the user riding the current personal mobility vehicle as one of a single rider or a tandem rider based at least in part on whether the median current value for the respective speed bin is greater than or less than the threshold associated with the respective speed bin.

A personal mobility vehicle, comprising:

• one or more sensors;
• and
• a computer system communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to:
• collect, over a time period, from the one or more sensors first ride data associated with a user riding a personal mobility vehicle, wherein collecting the first ride data comprises collecting a first plurality of current values of an electric motor of the personal mobility vehicle and a first plurality of speeds of the personal mobility vehicle, the collected first plurality of current values and the collected first plurality of speeds being collected at a plurality of instances in time;
• associate each of the collected first plurality of current values with a respective one of a first plurality of speed bins for the personal mobility vehicle generated based on the collected first plurality of speeds;
• collect from the one or more sensors second ride data associated with the user riding a current personal mobility vehicle after the time period, wherein collecting the second ride data comprises collecting a second plurality of current values of an electric motor of the current personal mobility vehicle and a second plurality of speeds of the current personal mobility vehicle;
• associate each of the collected second plurality of current values with a respective one of a second plurality of speed bins for the current personal mobility vehicle generated based on the collected second plurality of speeds;
• and
• for each respective speed bin of the second plurality of speed bins:
• determine, based at least in part on the collected second plurality of current values, whether a median current value for the respective speed bin is greater than or less than a threshold associated with the respective speed bin;
• and
• identify the user riding the current personal mobility vehicle as one of a single rider or a tandem rider based at least in part on whether the median current value for the respective speed bin is greater than or less than the threshold associated with the respective speed bin.

A computer-readable non-transitory storage media including instructions that, when executed by a computer system of a personal mobility vehicle, are configured to cause the computer system to:

• collect, over a time period, first ride data associated with a user riding a personal mobility vehicle, wherein collecting the first ride data comprises collecting a first plurality of current values of an electric motor of the personal mobility vehicle and a first plurality of speeds of the personal mobility vehicle, the collected first plurality of current values and the collected first plurality of speeds being collected at a plurality of instances in time;
• associate each of the collected first plurality of current values with a respective one of a first plurality of speed bins for the personal mobility vehicle generated based on the collected first plurality of speeds;
• collect second ride data associated with the user riding a current personal mobility vehicle after the time period, wherein collecting the second ride data comprises collecting a second plurality of current values of an electric motor of the current personal mobility vehicle and a second plurality of speeds of the current personal mobility vehicle;
• associate each of the collected second plurality of current values with a respective one of a second plurality of speed bins for the current personal mobility vehicle generated based on the collected second plurality of speeds;
• and
• for each respective speed bin of the second plurality of speed bins:
• determine, based at least in part on the collected second plurality of current values, whether a median current value for the respective speed bin is greater than or less than a threshold associated with the respective speed bin;
• and
• identify the user riding the current personal mobility vehicle as one of a single rider or a tandem rider based at least in part on whether the median current value for the respective speed bin is greater than or less than the threshold associated with the respective speed bin.