Bicycle control apparatus for bicycle assist device and bicycle assist device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorYasuhiro Tsuchizawa
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Abstract
A bicycle control apparatus is provided for controlling a bicycle assist device. The bicycle control apparatus includes a controller that is configured to control an assist motor for assisting a manual drive force of a transmission with a plurality of sprockets. The controller is configured to control the output of the assist motor based on at least one of a rotational speed of a sprocket of the plurality of sprockets and a sprocket dimension in a shift region that is provided to the sprocket when the transmission performs a shifting operation to switch a chain between two of the plurality of sprockets.
Claims22
A bicycle control apparatus for a bicycle assist device, comprising:
- a controller configured to control an assist motor for assisting a manual drive force of a transmission with a plurality of sprockets,
- the controller being configured to control the output of the assist motor based on at least one of a rotational speed of a sprocket of the plurality of sprockets and a sprocket dimension in a shift region that is provided to the sprocket when the transmission performs a shifting operation to switch a chain between two of the plurality of sprockets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.