An electric assist bicycle includes an electric motor that generates an assistance force to assist a human force of a rider, a handle to be gripped by the rider with a hand to steer the electric assist bicycle, a manipulation device provided on the handle and including an operation switch that receives a manipulation from the rider and an alternate switch that receives a manipulation from the rider to change functions to be assigned to the operation switch, and a control circuit that performs a control to alter an operation to be executed by the electric assist bicycle depending on whether the rider manipulates the operation switch in a state of keeping the alternate switch manipulated or the rider manipulates the operation switch in a state of not manipulating the alternate switch.

An electric assist bicycle includes an electric motor that generates an assistance force to assist a human force of a rider, a handle to be gripped by the rider with a hand to steer the electric assist bicycle, a manipulation device provided on the handle and including an operation switch that receives a manipulation from the rider and an alternate switch that receives a manipulation from the rider to change functions to be assigned to the operation switch, and a control circuit that performs a control to alter an operation to be executed by the electric assist bicycle depending on whether the rider manipulates the operation switch in a state of keeping the alternate switch manipulated or the rider manipulates the operation switch in a state of not manipulating the alternate switch.

A solar-powered vehicle that includes a body having opposing sides and defining a cavity; two or more wheels; a first and second solar panel assembly respectively disposed on the opposing sides of the body; one or more electric motor disposed within the cavity of the body between the first and second solar panel assemblies, the one or more electric motors configured to rotate at least one of the two or more wheels; and one or more electric battery disposed within the cavity of the body between the first and second solar panel assemblies, the one or more electric batteries configured to power the one or more electric motors and to be charged by electric current generated by the first and second solar panel assemblies.

An automatic bicycle shifter making use of a global positioning system (GPS) altimeter for sensing road inclination, an accelerometer for sensing bicycle acceleration and a hot wire anemometer for sensing wind load, and through application of classical law of conservation of energy attenuates or appreciate automatic shifting speeds in real time to maintain a rider standard shifting torque. Automatic bicycle shifter is additionally provided with capability to sense, record, and interpret rider automatic shift override commands and further adjust automatic shift criteria to rider preference.

An automatic bicycle shifter making use of a global positioning system (GPS) altimeter for sensing road inclination, an accelerometer for sensing bicycle acceleration and a hot wire anemometer for sensing wind load, and through application of classical law of conservation of energy attenuates or appreciate automatic shifting speeds in real time to maintain a rider standard shifting torque. Automatic bicycle shifter is additionally provided with capability to sense, record, and interpret rider automatic shift override commands and further adjust automatic shift criteria to rider preference.

Provided are a user verifying bicycle control system and a user verification method thereof, including a sensing module and a control module installed on a bicycle. The sensing module obtains a torque signal and an angle signal from a crank sensing component, further obtains a speed signal from a speed sensing unit, and outputs the torque signal, the angle signal, and the speed signal to the control module; the control module assembles the torque signal, the angle signal, and the speed signal into a signal sequence as a key to verify a user identity for the bicycle.

A method and system for displaying indications for two-wheeled vehicles is disclosed herein. The system comprises a scooter processing unit. A rider profile database is stored at a memory coupled to the scooter processing unit. A route prediction unit is configured to predict a route of the two-wheeled vehicle based on the rider profile. A scooter motion tracking unit is configured to receive a set of sensing input parameters from at least one sensor mounted aboard the two-wheeled vehicle and a Control interface (CI), and for detecting a start instance and an end instance of a manoeuvre being performed by the two-wheeled vehicle. An indication control unit, communicatively coupled to the scooter motion tracking unit, is configured to receive a trigger signal corresponding to the start instance, and an end signal corresponding to the end instance for controlling the operation of an LED indicator.

A method and system for displaying indications for two-wheeled vehicles is disclosed herein. The system comprises a scooter processing unit. A rider profile database is stored at a memory coupled to the scooter processing unit. A route prediction unit is configured to predict a route of the two-wheeled vehicle based on the rider profile. A scooter motion tracking unit is configured to receive a set of sensing input parameters from at least one sensor mounted aboard the two-wheeled vehicle and a Control interface (CI), and for detecting a start instance and an end instance of a manoeuvre being performed by the two-wheeled vehicle. An indication control unit, communicatively coupled to the scooter motion tracking unit, is configured to receive a trigger signal corresponding to the start instance, and an end signal corresponding to the end instance for controlling the operation of an LED indicator.

A bicycle and method and bicycle assembly for a bicycle including a control device and at least one bicycle component whose operating state is variable during operation. An acoustic device with a sound converter is included for outputting information, controlled by the control device, on the operating state of the bicycle component by means of the acoustic device, and/or for capturing noises by means of the acoustic device and converting these to noise signals and utilizing them for controlling.

A method for controlling an electric motor as a drive motor of a bicycle. The method includes: a sensor-based detection of pushing of the bicycle by the user; acquiring an input of a user for activating the push-assistance operating mode, the acquisition taking place as a function of the detected pushing of the bicycle; and generating a motor torque for driving the bicycle in the push-assistance operating mode as a function of the detected pushing and the acquired input of the user.