Biometric Locking Device for Personal Transport Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Personal transportation devices such as bicycles, motorcycles, and scooters are prone to theft due to the use of low-quality locking devices, leading to significant financial losses and security concerns in urban areas.
Innovation Solution
A high-security locking device featuring a clamping head connected to a body via hinges, a biometric reader, and a securing ring that can be locked to various surfaces using a detecting sensor, with wireless communication capabilities and a charging port for easy operation and convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If high-quality locking devices with biometric authentication are used, then security against theft is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple security functions (biometric authentication, wireless communication, detecting sensors) into a single integrated locking device body, merging the clamping head, securing ring, and electronic components into one unified system that provides high security without requiring multiple separate devices
Solution Approach 2:
The locking device incorporates multiple functions within a single device: biometric authentication for user verification, detecting sensors for identifying locking surfaces, wireless communication for remote operation, and mechanical locking components. This multi-functionality achieves high security while reducing the need for multiple separate systems
2Measurement precision
If biometric readers and detecting sensors are integrated into the locking device, then authentication accuracy and surface detection capability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The biometric reader and detecting sensor are integrated into the single body of the locking device, combining authentication and detection functions with the mechanical locking components. This integration achieves precise biometric authentication and accurate surface detection while maintaining a compact, unified device structure rather than requiring separate systems
3Ease of operation
If wireless communication devices and charging ports are added, then ease of operation and user convenience are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking device incorporates wireless communication capabilities (such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi) and charging ports (such as USB-C or AC/DC ports) into the device body, enabling remote operation via mobile applications and convenient power recharging. These additions provide enhanced ease of operation and user convenience while integrating seamlessly into the existing device architecture
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides high security, personalized locking devices for securing a wide variety of personal transportation devices. The personalized locking devices disclosed herein may provide a locking mechanism that is keyed to the specific user. For example, the locking mechanism may be keyed to a user's biometric signature (e.g., a fingerprint, palm print, retinal image, voice recognition, and the like). The personalized locking devices disclosed herein are easy to transport and easy to use. The personalized locking devices disclosed herein may be configured to securely fasten a user's personal transportation device (e.g., motorcycles, mopeds, Segways, bicycles, scooters, skateboards) to an external structure (e.g., a bike rack, a fastening post, etc.) for the purpose of theft prevention.