Electric Scooter Lease Control with GPS Return and Battery Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electric scooters face issues with limited battery endurance, lack of real-time battery state monitoring, and inefficient lease management, leading to poor user experience and high maintenance requirements due to limited range and power consumption.
Innovation Solution
An electric power motion apparatus equipped with a battery pack, power unit, lease control unit, and auxiliary steering unit, which includes a control CPU, GPS-based positioning module, and communication module to monitor battery state and location, adjust direction, and control the scooter to return to a lease station when power is low or outside the lease range.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If a large-capacity rechargeable battery is used to ensure normal operation, then the power supply capability is improved, but the weight and volume of the scooter increase
Solution Approach 1:
The battery system is divided into a main battery pack and a portable battery pack. The main battery provides power for normal operation, while the portable battery serves as a backup power source that can be carried by the user. This segmentation allows the scooter to maintain adequate power supply capability without requiring a single large battery that would excessive weight.
2Productivity
If real-time battery state monitoring and automated control systems are added, then lease management efficiency is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit is designed to perform multiple functions: it monitors battery state (remaining power, charge/discharge cycles), tracks location information via GPS, communicates with the lease management server, and executes automated steering control. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional control unit, the system achieves high lease management efficiency without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the scooter operates outside the lease range without automated return control, then the user's freedom of movement is improved, but the risk of losing the scooter and poor user experience increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors the scooter's location through GPS and compares it with the predefined lease range. When the scooter exits the lease range, the system provides feedback to the user via the display unit and automatically activates the auxiliary steering unit to guide the scooter back to the lease station. This feedback mechanism maintains user freedom during normal operation while ensuring reliable return when boundaries are exceeded.
Solution Approach 2:
The auxiliary steering unit enables the scooter to autonomously navigate back to the lease station when it detects that the scooter is outside the lease range or cannot return due to insufficient power. This self-service capability reduces the need for manual intervention and ensures the scooter returns reliably without requiring constant user attention.
4Reliability
If manual monitoring and maintenance of electric scooters at the lease station are performed, then operational checks are conducted, but manpower and device resources are excessively consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit continuously monitors battery state (remaining power, charge/discharge cycle count) and location information, and automatically communicates this data to the lease management server. This automated feedback system replaces manual monitoring, ensuring operational reliability while eliminating the need for continuous human intervention at the lease station.
Solution Approach 2:
The scooter autonomously reports its status to the lease management server through the communication unit, enabling self-monitoring and self-reporting. This self-service capability ensures operational reliability through continuous monitoring while dramatically reducing the manpower and device resources required for maintenance and checks at the lease station.
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AI summary
A lease management method of an electric power motion apparatus (100) includes acquiring location information, an advancement direction and a battery state of the electric power motion apparatus (100); additionally adjusting the advancement direction of the electric power motion apparatus (100) to face towards the lease station such that the electric power motion apparatus (100) faces towards the lease station based on normal adjustment and control if the electric power motion apparatus (100) is located outside a lease range of a lease station; and additionally controlling the electric power motion apparatus (100) to decelerate, and additionally adjusting the advancement direction of the electric power motion apparatus (100) to face towards the lease station such that the electric power motion apparatus (100) advances towards the lease station based on normal adjustment and control if a remaining power amount of the electric power motion apparatus (100) approaches a power amount for returning to the lease station.