Bicycle Computer Integrating GPS Positioning with Training Metrics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional bicycle computers are limited in the information they can provide, and users often need to use multiple separate devices to obtain and share data, such as speedometers and heart rate monitors, which cannot leverage information from each other.
Innovation Solution
A bicycle computer with position-determining functionality, incorporating GPS and training metrics storage, allows users to combine positional awareness with training data like heart rate and power output, enabling advanced analysis and planning, and provides a virtual training partner that accounts for terrain, using stored data and network connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional separate devices (speedometer, heart rate monitor) are used to obtain training information, then device complexity is reduced, but information sharing and leveraging between devices is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines GPS positioning, training metric collection, and data storage into a single integrated bicycle computer device. This merging eliminates the need for multiple separate devices while enabling comprehensive information sharing and leveraging within one system, directly resolving the contradiction between information sharing and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The bicycle computer is designed as a universal device that performs multiple functions: GPS positioning, speed measurement, heart rate monitoring, power output measurement, and training plan management. This multi-functionality allows the single device to replace multiple specialized devices while maintaining full information sharing capabilities
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional bicycle computers are used, then device simplicity is maintained, but the variety and depth of information provided is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The bicycle computer integrates multiple measurement and data processing functions into a single versatile device, enabling it to provide diverse training information including positional data, speed, heart rate, power output, and customized training metrics, thereby achieving high adaptability without requiring multiple separate devices
3Ease of operation
If multiple separate devices are used to obtain training data, then device functionality is specialized, but the ability to share and leverage information between devices is lost
Solution Approach 1:
By merging GPS, training metric sensors, and data processing into a single bicycle computer, the system enables seamless information sharing between all measurement functions. The integrated architecture allows easy access to comprehensive training data while maintaining the operational simplicity of a single device rather than coordinating multiple separate devices
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AI summary
A bicycle computer having position-determining functionality is described. In an implementation, an apparatus includes a housing configured to attach to a bicycle. The apparatus has one or more modules to store training metrics of a user of the bicycle as a function of geographic position.