Patent Application
20170043834
The present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and particularly to a method for controlling a front lamp, and a bicycle.
At present, bicycling has become increasingly popular as a low-carbon, environment-conserving, and healthy sporting and traveling mode. A user bicycling at night needs to be provided with an illuminating device for his or her bicycling so that the user can bicycle normally and securely at night.
At present the user can not control the illuminating device through his or her bicycle, but instead the user has to control the illuminating device through a power key provided thereon, so that if the bicycling user is turning on or off the illuminating device, then the bicycling user may suffer from a hidden risk of his or her security while bicycling.
In view of this, it is highly desirable at present in the industry to enable the bicycling user to control the illuminating device while guaranteeing the security of the bicycling user.
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for controlling a front lamp, and a bicycle so as to address the problem in the prior art of a possible hidden risk of the bicycling user if the bicycling user turns on or off the illuminating device, by enabling the bicycling user to control the illuminating device while guaranteeing the security of the bicycling user.
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a bicycle including a bicycle body, and further including:
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for controlling a front lamp, wherein the front lamp is arranged on the front end of a bicycle body, the bicycle comprising a control apparatus and a button arranged on the bicycle body, and the control apparatus is connected with the button and the front lamp, the method including:
With the method for controlling a front lamp, and the bicycle according to the embodiments of the disclosure, the front lamp is fixed on the front end of the bicycle body, and the button is arranged on the bicycle body to control the front lamp, so that a bicycling user can operate directly on the button on the bicycle to control the front lamp, and thus the bicycling user can control the front lamp by triggering the button on the vehicle body, where the user can operate conveniently, thus improving the experience of the bicycle rider.
One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example, and not by limitation, in the figures of the accompanying. drawings, wherein elements having the same reference numeral designations represent like elements throughout. The drawings are not to scale, unless otherwise disclosed.
In order to make the objects, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the disclosure more apparent, the technical solutions according to the embodiments of the disclosure will be described below clearly and fully with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the disclosure, and apparently the embodiments described below are only a part but not all of the embodiments of the disclosure. Based upon the embodiments here of the disclosure, all the other embodiments which can occur to those skilled in the art without any inventive effort shall fall into the scope of the disclosure.
As illustrated in
Particularly if a user is bicycling in an environment with dark light rays, then the front lamp 400 will be configured to illuminate for the user so that the user can see clearly the condition of a front road for traveling.
In an embodiment, the front lamp 400 is fixed on the front end of the bicycle body, and the button 300 configured to control the front lamp 400 is arranged on the bicycle body 100, so that the bicycling user can operate directly on the button 300 arranged on the bicycle body 100 to control the front lamp 400, and in this way, the bicycling user can control the front lamp 400 by triggering the button 300 on the bicycle body 100, where the user can operate conveniently for a better experience of the bicycle rider.
Particularly, as illustrated in
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the button 300 is arranged on the beam 120 of the bicycle body 100 so that the bicycling user can operate on the button 300 conveniently. Moreover the button 300 can be arranged on the beam 120 without adding any further element on the bicycle 100 and while making full use of a space of the beam 120 of the bicycle 100. Of course, the button 300 can alternatively be arranged on a bicycle handle 110 of the bicycle 100.
Particularly the button 300 is wired to the control apparatus 200, and a cable connecting the button 300 and the control apparatus 200 travels through the cavity in the beam 120 of the bicycle 100.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the cable between the button 300 and the control apparatus 200 travels through the cavity in the beam 120 of the bicycle 100, so that the cable can be avoided from being exposed outside the bicycle 100 to thereby guarantee the lifetime of the cable.
Particularly the front lamp 400 is fixed on the bicycle handle 110 of the bicycle body 100 through a first bracket fixed on the bicycle handle 110 of the bicycle body 100, or the front lamp 400 can alternatively be embedded on the bicycle handle. although the disclosure will not be limited thereto.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the front lamp 400 is fixed through the first bracket so that the front lamp 100 can be fixed on the handle 110, and preferably the front lamp 400 can be removed from the first bracket; and preferably the front lamp 400 is installed centrally on the bicycle handle 110.
Particularly as illustrated in
Particularly the control apparatus 200 is fixed on the bicycle handle 110 of the bicycle body 100 through a second bracket arranged on the bicycle handle of the bicycle body, or the control apparatus 200 can alternatively be fixed in the cavity 121 in the beam.
Particularly as illustrated in
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the bicycle body other than the bicycle handle 110 will be referred collectively to as the bicycle frame.
The front component body 700 in an embodiment of the disclosure includes a first lower housing, a circuit board, a second battery, an upper housing, a display screen, and a touch screen arranged sequentially from the inner side to the outer side, where:
In an embodiment of the disclosure, a front component is added to the bicycle, and the state of the button 300 on the bicycle body being triggered, and the state of the front lamp being turned on or off can be displayed on a screen of the front component, and furthermore operations of playing music, navigation, bicycle management, etc., can be performed by operating on the screen of the front component, thus facilitating intelligent control on the bicycle.
Particularly as illustrated in
Here the control apparatus 200 can be arranged in the cavity 121 of the beam 120, and the button 300 can be arranged on the control apparatus 200, where the button cap of the button 300 is exposed on the surface of the upper wall of the beam 120 of the bicycle body: Of course, the button 300 can alternatively be arranged on the sidewall of the beam.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the control apparatus is arranged in the cavity of the beam to thereby make full use of the space of the bicycle body and also avoid the control apparatus from being exposed outside the vehicle body so that the lifetime of the control apparatus can be improved to some extent. The button cap of the button is exposed on the surface of the upper wall on the beam of the bicycle body so that the user can operate on the button conveniently.
Particularly the control apparatus 200 can be arranged in the cavity in the beam as illustrated in
Particularly the bicycle according to the respective embodiments above further includes:
A light ray sensor connected with the control apparatus, and an LED lamp fixed on the wall of the button cap of the button and connected with the control apparatus; and the control apparatus is further configured to control the LED lamp to be turned on or off, according to the strength of light acquired by the light ray sensor.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamp is arranged on the wall of the button cap, and controlled to be turned on or off, using the light ray sensor connected with the control apparatus, so that if the user is bicycling in an environment with dark light rays, then the LED lamp will be turned on to notify the bicycle rider of the position of the button 300 so that the bicycle can operate on the button conveniently. Preferably the LED lamp is embedded in the wall of the button cap so that the tip of the LED lamp is located at the same level as the wall of the button cap.
Particularly the control apparatus 200 can be wired to the front lamp 400, or connected therewith through Bluetooth engagement; or can be connected therewith through WiFi.
Particularly the control apparatus 200 is configured:
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the control apparatus controls the front lamp to be turned on or off, by detecting the state of the button 300 being triggered, so that the bicycling user can decide to turn on or off the front lamp, by operating on the button 300 on the beam, thus improving the experience of the bicycle rider, where the first preset number is preferably 1, and the second preset number is preferably 2, or the first preset number is preferably 2, and the second preset number is preferably 1. The first preset number and the second preset number can alternatively be other values instead of being limited thereto as long as the first preset number is different from the second preset number.
Particularly the control apparatus 200 is configured:
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the control apparatus controls the brightness of the front lamp by detecting the state of the button 300 being triggered, so that the bicycling user can decide on the brightness of the front lamp by operating on the button 300 on the beam, thus improving the experience of the bicycle rider, where the front lamp 400 varies from being bright to being dark in brightness, or from being dark to being bright in brightness at some step of brightness.
Referring to
Preferably the control apparatus controls the front lamp according to a result of the button being triggered as follows:
Preferably the control apparatus controls the front lamp according to a result of the button being triggered as follows:
The embodiments of the apparatus described above are merely exemplary, where the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components illustrated as elements may or may not be physical units, that is, they can be collocated or can be distributed onto a number of network elements. A part or all of the modules can be selected as needed in reality for the purpose of the solution according to the embodiments of the disclosure. This can be understood and practiced by those ordinarily skilled in the art without any inventive effort.
Those ordinarily skilled in the art can appreciate that all or a part of the steps in the methods according to the embodiments described above can be performed by program instructing relevant hardware, where the programs can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the programs can perform one or a combination of the steps in the embodiments of the method upon being executed; and the storage medium includes an ROM, an RAM, a magnetic disc, an optical disk, or any other medium which can store program codes.
Lastly it shall be noted that the respective embodiments above are merely intended to illustrate but not to limit the technical solution of the disclosure; and although the disclosure has been described above in details with reference to the embodiments above, those ordinarily skilled in the art shall appreciate that they can modify the technical solution recited in the respective embodiments above or make equivalent substitutions to a part of the technical features thereof; and these modifications or substitutions to the corresponding technical solution shall also fall into the scope of the disclosure as claimed.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201510491509.5 | Aug 2015 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2016/081992, filed on May 13, 2016, which is based upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201510491509.5, filed with the Chinese Patent Office on Aug. 11, 2015 and entitled “Method for controlling a front lamp, and bicycle”, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | PCT/CN2016/081992 | May 2016 | US |
| Child | 15222573 | US |
