Scooter Steering Handle with Camera Avoidance Space

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Automatic driving scooters cannot accurately observe their surrounding environment due to limited view angles, leading to potential safety hazards.

Innovation Solution

A scooter design that includes a wide-angle photographing portion mounted on the scooter body with an avoidance space to prevent view angle obstruction, allowing the scooter to observe the surrounding environment and control movement through image signals from the photographing portion.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the photographing portion is mounted on the scooter body without an avoidance space, then the structure is simple, but the photographing view angle is blocked and the surrounding environment cannot be observed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvephotographing view angleVSAvoidscooter structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The handle portion is divided into multiple segments including the handle rod, first connection rod, and second connection rod. These segmented components are arranged to create an avoidance space that prevents blocking of the photographing view angle while maintaining structural integrity and functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If the scooter rod portion is made telescopic to form avoidance space, then the photographing view angle is improved, but the structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesurrounding environment observationVSAvoidscooter rod structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The scooter rod portion is designed as a telescopic structure that can dynamically adjust its length. The first scooter rod and second scooter rod can extend or contract to form an avoidance space, allowing the photographing portion to capture surrounding environment information without structural blocking.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Measurement precision

If the photographing portion uses a single direction camera, then the device is simple, but the surrounding driving road condition cannot be mastered accurately

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesurrounding condition detectionVSAvoidphotographing device
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The photographing portion is positioned in three-dimensional space above the scooter body, utilizing the vertical dimension to create an unobstructed view angle. This spatial positioning allows the camera to capture surrounding environment information in multiple directions simultaneously, improving detection precision without requiring multiple cameras.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS11150661B2Scooter having a contracting steering handle for unmanned operation
Publication Date: 2021.10.19 NINEBOT (BEIJING) TECH CO LTD
  • US11150661B2 patent drawing
  • US11150661B2 patent drawing

AI summary

The present disclosure provides a scooter. The scooter includes a scooter body and a photographing portion; the photographing portion is mounted on the scooter body; and the scooter body is provided with an avoidance space for avoiding a photographing view angle of the photographing portion, so that the photographing portion photographs a road condition around the scooter body.