Exercise Bike Tilt and Steering Sensor Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise bikes lack the ability to simulate a realistic riding experience by combining tilt and steering inputs, which are essential for maintaining balance and control in real-world cycling.
Innovation Solution
The exercise bike incorporates a tilt angle sensor and a steering angle sensor, with a processor that combines the measured angles to provide a more realistic cycling simulation, allowing users to tilt and steer the bike to control a graphic or simulation program.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If exercise bikes are provided with sensors to detect user inputs for simulation, then the rider experience is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines tilt angle sensing and steering angle sensing into a unified processing system that outputs a single combined value. This merging of multiple sensor inputs into one integrated output reduces the overall system complexity while maintaining enhanced rider experience through realistic simulation of balance and control inputs.
2Measurement precision
If multiple sensors are added to measure tilt and steering angles, then the measurement precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor combines the outputs of the tilt angle sensor and steering angle sensor into a single integrated output value. This consolidation approach maintains high measurement precision for both parameters while reducing device complexity by avoiding the need for separate processing chains for each sensor.
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AI summary
An exercise bike (1) comprising: a base (2); a frame (3); a handlebar (4); a tilt angle sensor (5); a steering angle sensor (6); and a processor (7), wherein: the frame (3) is rotatably mounted to the base (2), and wherein the tilt angle sensor (5) is configured to measure a tilt angle of the frame (3) relative to the base (2); the handlebar (4) is mounted to the frame (3), and wherein the steering angle sensor (6) is configured to measure a steering angle of the handlebar (4); and the processor (7) is configured to provide an output based on a combination of the measured tilt angle and steering angle.