Electric Kickboard Electronic Lock Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electric kickboards are inefficient for long-distance travel as they require continuous kicking, leading to user fatigue, and there is a need to prevent theft and loss.
Innovation Solution
An electric kickboard with an electronic lock device, such as an electronic wire lock, that uses short-range wireless communication, like Bluetooth, for secure locking and unlocking, allowing user control through a registered device to prevent unauthorized use and theft.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an electronic lock device is installed on the electric kickboard, then theft prevention capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic lock device is integrated into the foot plate assembly, merging the locking function with the existing structural components. The top plate and bottom plate are assembled to fix the electronic lock device, combining multiple functions into a unified structure that reduces overall system complexity while maintaining theft prevention capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The foot plate structure serves multiple functions: it provides the standing surface for the user, houses the electronic lock device for theft prevention, and includes metallic terminals for electrical connections. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby managing device complexity while improving reliability.
2Ease of operation
If short-range wireless communication is implemented for lock control, then user convenience is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The short-range wireless communication is activated periodically or on-demand rather than continuously. The controller activates the wireless communication function when needed for locking/unlocking operations, and remains inactive during normal operation, thereby reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining user convenience when required.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically manages the wireless communication activation based on operational state. The controller autonomously activates the short-range wireless communication function when the electric kickboard is in a locked state or during authentication processes, eliminating the need for continuous user intervention and reducing unnecessary energy consumption.
3Reliability
If authentication function is added to control access, then security is improved, but operation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
User information is registered in advance in the controller's storage unit before actual use. During authentication, the controller simply compares the input information with the pre-registered data, significantly reducing the time required for security verification while maintaining high security standards.
Solution Approach 2:
The physical authentication process is replaced with electronic information comparison through the controller. Instead of manual verification methods, the system uses automated digital authentication via short-range wireless communication, which rapidly compares stored credentials with input data, reducing operation time while enhancing security.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enhances user convenience by reducing fatigue through motorized propulsion and provides theft protection by ensuring only authorized users can activate the kickboard, thereby preventing loss.
Implementation Method 1
the first metallic terminal and the second metallic terminal, and the metallic band may contact each other, and current may flow through the first metallic terminal and the second metallic terminal, and the metallic band
Implementation Method 2
activating, by a controller controlling an electric lock device fixing an electric kickboard, a function of short-range wireless communication
Data Source
AI summary
An electric kickboard may include: a top plate of a foot plate including a receiving portion in which an electronic lock device for fixing the electric kickboard is installed; and a bottom plate of the foot plate, which is assembled to the top plate of the foot plate and fixes the electronic lock device.