Scooter Controller Adapting Safety Parameters via Sensor Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current scooters lack advanced safety features to adapt to real-time safety aspects and environmental conditions, which can lead to accidents and inefficient performance.
Innovation Solution
A scooter equipped with sensors and a controller that monitors safety and environmental factors, adjusting characteristics such as throttle response, speed, and braking to ensure safe operation, and integrates a user-friendly interface for controlling entertainment and communication functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the scooter is equipped with multiple sensors and a controller to monitor and adapt to safety aspects, then safety is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller serves multiple functions: it processes data from various sensors (weight, wheel speed, positioning, acceleration, camera, microphone), adapts scooter characteristics (suspension stiffness, motor power, throttle response, maximum speed), and interfaces with the display. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise be separate systems into a single control unit, improving safety while managing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The scooter system automatically monitors safety aspects through sensors and autonomously adapts its characteristics without requiring manual intervention from the driver. The controller continuously adjusts parameters based on real-time sensor data, enabling the system to self-regulate for safety while maintaining operational simplicity for the user.
2Reliability
If the controller adapts scooter characteristics in real-time based on safety sensors, then safety is improved, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic real-time adaptation of scooter characteristics without requiring driver intervention. The controller independently processes sensor data and adjusts parameters, freeing the driver from complex manual adjustments while maintaining safety through automated control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors safety aspects through sensors and uses this feedback to automatically adjust scooter characteristics. This closed-loop control ensures safety improvements while maintaining ease of operation, as the adjustments occur transparently based on real-time conditions without burdening the driver.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the scooter integrates multiple sensors and control functions, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller integrates multiple sensor inputs (weight, wheel speed, positioning, acceleration, camera, microphone) and coordinates various scooter systems (suspension, motor, throttle, braking) through a single unit. This consolidation provides high adaptability across different operating conditions while managing overall system complexity through centralized control architecture.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a scooter. The scooter may have a diversity of sensors to adapt scooter characteristics to any one or more than one of safety aspects, and scooter, environmental or driver states. Scooter characteristics susceptible to adaptation comprise: throttle response; motor torque; motor speed; speed; maximum current drawn from energy storage system; braking characteristics, such as distribution, maximum braking power, anti blocking system parameters or braking; adjusting vehicle dynamics, such suspension parameters (stiffness, damping coefficient).