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US 9,284,018 B2Granted
Bicycle transmission control apparatus
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorMitsuru Tauchi
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Abstract
A bicycle transmission control apparatus includes an inclination sensor and a controller. The controller outputs a shift signal to shift a bicycle transmission to a prescribed shift position based on an inclination detected by the inclination sensor while a bicycle equipped with the bicycle transmission is determined to be in a state corresponding to at least one of stopping to a rest state and beginning to move from the rest state.
Claims9
A bicycle transmission control apparatus comprising:
- an inclination sensor;
- and
- a controller configured to output a shift signal to shift a bicycle transmission to a prescribed shift position based on an inclination detected by the inclination sensor while a bicycle equipped with the bicycle transmission is determined to be in a state corresponding to at least one of a condition in which the bicycle is stopping to a rest state and a condition in which the bicycle is beginning to move from the rest state, the rest state being a state during which the bicycle does not move.
The bicycle transmission control apparatus according to claim further comprising
- a speed sensor configured to detect the speed of the bicycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.