APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BICYCLE ANTI-THEFT AND PERSONALIZED ADJUSTMENT
20190202512 ยท 2019-07-04
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B60W2040/0809
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B62J45/20
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60N2/02
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B62L3/06
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
G07C9/00563
PHYSICS
B60N2/1695
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60N2/0224
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for bicycle anti-theft and personalized adjustment are provided. When a biometric feature of a user matches a preset biological feature, a brake lever is fixed at a preset position to lock the bicycle, and a variable structure is driven to make personalized adjustments according to bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user.
Claims
1. An anti-theft apparatus for a bicycle, comprising a fixing device; a biometric feature identification device, identifying a biometric feature of a user; a brake; a brake lever, coupled to the brake, the brake is operated along with movement of the brake lever; and a control device, coupled to the biometric feature identification device and the fixing device, wherein when the brake lever is pressed to a preset position to drive the brake to carry out braking and the biometric feature of the user matches a preset biological feature, the control device controls the fixing device to fix the brake lever at the preset position to lock the bicycle.
2. The anti-theft apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the biometric feature identification device comprises a fingerprint sensor disposed on a handlebar beside the brake lever.
3. The anti-theft apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the brake lever comprises a fixing hole, the fixing device comprises a fixing bolt which is movable, and when the brake lever is pressed to the preset position and the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, the control device controls the fixing device to insert the fixing bolt into the fixing hole so as to fix the brake lever at the preset position.
4. The anti-theft apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the brake lever comprises an engaging slot, the fixing device comprises a positioning member which is movable, and when the brake lever is pressed to the preset position and the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, the control device controls the fixing device to drive the positioning member to be engaged within the engaging slot so as to fix the brake lever at the preset position.
5. The anti-theft apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the control device further receives a biometric feature information by wireless communication and determines whether the biometric feature information matches the preset biological feature, and when the brake lever is pressed to the preset position and the biometric feature information matches the preset biological feature, the control device controls the fixing device to fix the brake lever at the preset position.
6. The anti-theft apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the preset biological feature comprises at least one of a fingerprint, a palm print, a vocal print and vascular markings of the user.
7. An anti-theft method, adapted for an anti-theft apparatus of a bicycle, the anti-theft method comprising: identifying a biometric feature of a user; determining whether a brake lever of the bicycle is pressed to a preset position to drive a brake to carry out braking and whether the biometric feature of the user matches a preset biological feature; and when the brake lever is pressed to the preset position to drive the brake to carry out braking and the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, fixing the brake lever at the preset position to lock the bicycle.
8. The anti-theft method as recited in claim 7, comprising: receiving a biometric feature information by wireless communication; determining whether the brake lever of the brake is pressed to the preset position and whether the biometric feature information matches the preset biological feature; and when the brake lever is pressed to the preset position and the biometric feature information matches the preset biological feature, fixing the brake lever at the preset position.
9. The anti-theft method as recited in claim 7, wherein the preset biological feature comprises at least one of a fingerprint, a palm print, a vocal print and vascular markings of the user.
10. A personalized adjustment apparatus for a bicycle, comprising: a variable structure; a biometric feature identification device, identifying a biometric feature of a user; and a control device, coupled to the variable structure and the biometric feature identification device, wherein when the biometric feature of the user matches a preset biological feature, the control device drives the variable structure to make a personalized adjustment according to bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user.
11. The personalized adjustment apparatus as recited in claim 10, further comprising: a safety device, wherein when the safety device is in a disabled state and the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, the control device drives the variable structure to make the personalized adjustment according to the bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user.
12. The personalized adjustment apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein the safety device comprises: a brake; and a brake lever, coupled to the brake, the brake is operated along with movement of the brake lever, wherein when the brake lever is pressed to a preset position to drive the brake to carry out braking, the safety device is entered into the disabled state, and when the brake lever is not pressed to the preset position, the safety device is entered into an enabled state.
13. The personalized adjustment apparatus as recited in claim 12, wherein the biometric feature identification device comprises a fingerprint sensor disposed on a handlebar beside the break lever.
14. The personalized adjustment apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein the variable structure comprises a saddle and a handlebar, the bicycle adjustment parameters comprise at least one of an adjustment parameters of a height of the saddle, an adjustment parameters of an angle of the saddle and an adjustment parameters of a displacement of the saddle and an adjustment parameters of a height of the bicycle handlebar, an adjustment parameters of an angle of the bicycle handlebar and an adjustment parameters of a displacement of the bicycle handlebar, and the control device drives the variable structure to adjust at least one of the height, the angle and the displacement of the saddle and the height, the angle and the displacement of the bicycle handlebar according to the bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user.
15. The personalized adjustment apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein the control device further receives a biometric feature information by wireless communication, determines whether the biometric feature information matches the preset biological feature, and drives the variable structure to make a personalized adjustment according to the bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user when the biometric feature info nation matches the preset biological feature.
16. The personalized adjustment apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein the preset biological feature comprises at least one of a fingerprint, a palm print, a vocal print and vascular markings of the user.
17. A personalized adjustment method for a bicycle, the bicycle comprising a variable structure, and the personalized adjustment method comprising: identifying a biometric feature of a user; determining whether the biometric feature of the user matches a preset biological feature; and when the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, driving the variable structure to make a personalized adjustment according to bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user.
18. The personalized adjustment method as recited in claim 17, wherein the bicycle further comprises a safety device, and the personalized adjustment method comprises: determining whether the safety device is in a disabled state and whether the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature; and when the safety device is in the disabled state and the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, driving the variable structure to make the personalized adjustment according to the bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user.
19. The personalized adjustment method as recited in claim 18, wherein the safety device comprises a brake and a brake lever, the brake lever is coupled to the brake and the brake is operated along with movement of the brake lever, when the brake lever is pressed to a preset position to drive the brake to carry out braking, the safety device is entered into the disabled state, and when the brake lever is not pressed to the preset position, the safety device is entered into an enabled state.
20. The personalized adjustment method as recited in claim 17, wherein the variable structure comprises a saddle and a bicycle handlebar, the bicycle adjustment parameters comprise at least one of an adjustment parameters of a height of the saddle, an adjustment parameters of an angle of the saddle and an adjustment parameters of a displacement of the saddle and an adjustment parameters of a height of the bicycle handlebar, an adjustment parameters of an angle of the bicycle handlebar and an adjustment parameters of a displacement of the bicycle handlebar, and the personalized adjustment method for a bicycle comprises: driving the variable structure to adjust at least one of the height, the angle and the displacement of the saddle and the height, the angle and the displacement of the bicycle handlebar according to the bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user.
21. The personalized adjustment method as recited in claim 17, comprising: receiving a biometric feature information by wireless communication; determining whether the biometric feature information matches the preset biological feature; and driving the variable structure to make the personalized adjustment according to the bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user when the biometric feature information matches the preset biological feature.
22. The personalized adjustment method as recited in claim 17, wherein the preset biological feature comprises at least one of a fingerprint, a palm print, a vocal print and vascular markings of the user.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0029] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
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[0041] The control device 104 can determine whether the biometric feature of the user that is identified by the biometric feature identification device 102 matches a preset biological feature. When the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, the control device 104 can drive the variable structure 106 to make a personalized adjustment according to bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user. The bicycle adjustment parameters may, for example, be at least one of an adjustment parameters of a height of the saddle, an adjustment parameters of an angle of the saddle and an adjustment parameters of a displacement of the saddle and an adjustment parameters of a height of the bicycle handlebar, an adjustment parameters of an angle of the bicycle handlebar and an adjustment parameters of a displacement of the bicycle handlebar, and the personalized adjustment may, for example, be driving the variable structure 106 to adjust at least one of the height, the angle and the displacement of the saddle and the height, the angle and the displacement of the bicycle handlebar according to the bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user. For example,
[0042] As such, by using the control device 104 to automatically drive the variable structure 106 to make the personalized adjustment according to the bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user when the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, the bicycle can be accurately adjusted to a state suitable for the user to ride on, thereby increasing the convenience of use of the bicycle.
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[0044] In addition, the fixing device 310 of the present embodiment can be controlled by the control device 104 to fix brake lever 306 at the preset position when the brake lever 306 is pressed to the preset position to drive the brake 308 to carry out braking and the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, so as to lock the bicycle. Accordingly, the personalized adjustment apparatus of the present embodiment may be used as an anti-theft apparatus for the bicycle. Moreover, when it is to release the bicycle from the lock state, the user can provide the biometric feature thereof to the biometric feature identification device 102 (such as by pressing the fingerprint sensor to provide the fingerprint); when the control device 104 determines that the bicycle is already in the lock state and the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, the control device 104 controls the fixing device 310 to release the bicycle from the lock state.
[0045] Furthermore, the biometric feature of the user, other than being obtained by the biometric feature identification device 102, may also be obtained from an external device with communication function, such as a mobile phone or a tablet PC. For example, the external device may have a biometric feature detection function, such as a fingerprint detection, the communication device 304 of the present embodiment can communicate with the external device via wired or wireless communication to receive a biometric feature information of the user provided by the external device, and the control device 104 can compare the biometric feature information with the preset biological feature to determine whether to perform a personalized adjustment to the bicycle or to activate the anti-theft function.
[0046] In some of the embodiments, the communication device 304 can further provide the user information to the external device, thereby enabling the external device to provide personalized services. For example, when user takes the bicycle entering into a commodity store, the communication device 304 can communicate with a multimedia player of the store to provide personal information of the user (e.g., name, birthday and so forth) to the multimedia player, and the multimedia player can search for a consumer record or keyword search history of the user according to the personal information of the user and provide relevant consumer information to the user (e.g., showing recommended products) according to search results, so as to facilitate the user in purchasing. In addition, when applied the above apparatus and method to bicycle rentals, the communication device 304 of the bicycle can receive member information (may include preset biological features and personalized adjustment parameters of the members) of a bicycle rental store sent from the external device, and thus the members only have to provide their own biometric features for comparing with the preset biological features when renting the bicycles so as to enable the bicycles to automatically carry out the personalized adjustment, thereby greatly improving the convenience of use.
[0047] It is to be noted that, in some of the embodiments, the variable structure 106 and the communication device 304 in the embodiment of
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[0054] In some of the embodiments, determinations on whether a safety device is in a disabled state and whether the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature may further be carried out, wherein only when the safety device is in the disabled state and the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, the variable structure can be driven to make a personalized adjustment according to the bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user. The safety device may, for example, include a brake and a brake lever, and the brake lever is coupled to the brake, and the brake is operated along with movement of the brake lever, wherein when the brake lever is pressed to the preset position to drive the brake to carry out braking, the safety device is entered into the disabled state, and when the brake lever is not pressed to the preset position, the safety device is entered into an enabled state.
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[0056] In summary, in the embodiments of the disclosure, when the biometric feature of the user matches the preset biological feature, at least one action of locking the bicycle and driving the variable structure to make personalized adjustments according to the bicycle adjustment parameters corresponding to the biometric feature of the user can be executed, thereby achieving the purpose of improving the convenience of use of the bicycle.
[0057] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure covers modifications and variations provided that they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.