Title:
自転車システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6553026
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
The field of the invention relates to bicycle systems, especially to bicycle systems adapted for use with smartphones, to smartphones configured for use with bicycle systems, and to methods and to computer software for use with such bicycle systems or smartphones, and to servers configured to communicate with such bicycle systems or smartphones. According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a bicycle system including a bicycle, the bicycle system including a processor integral to the bicycle, the bicycle system further including a battery integral to the bicycle, wherein the processor is powerable by the battery, the bicycle system including a smartphone holder configurable to receive a smartphone and to connect the smartphone to the processor, wherein in use the smartphone holder is attachable to, and detachable from, the smartphone. Advantages include that the smartphone can be charged by the battery, the smartphone can communicate with the processor so as to receive various information such as maintenance-related information of the bicycle system, the bicycle system can investigate the smartphone identity to check for unauthorized use of the bicycle system, the smartphone is held during bicycle system travel which reduces the risk of damage to the smartphone, and the bicycle system shape is more aerodynamic than that of a bicycle to which a processor and/ or a battery has merely been bolted-on.
Inventors:
Hines, George
Fragacy, Stephen
Kabada, Gilbert
O'Connor, Tom
Page, Richard
Kurkarni, Shawari
Gafi, George Jay
Capellaro, Will
Career, michael
Carlson, David
Dozen, collie
Kumbicht, Lee
Ringle, Stephen
Last, Andrew
Dmitriev, Stanislav
Ammons, Reginald Kaes
Fragacy, Stephen
Kabada, Gilbert
O'Connor, Tom
Page, Richard
Kurkarni, Shawari
Gafi, George Jay
Capellaro, Will
Career, michael
Carlson, David
Dozen, collie
Kumbicht, Lee
Ringle, Stephen
Last, Andrew
Dmitriev, Stanislav
Ammons, Reginald Kaes
Application Number:
JP2016521844A
Publication Date:
July 31, 2019
Filing Date:
June 20, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Product Development Technologies LLC
International Classes:
B62J99/00; A23L27/10; B62J6/00; B62J11/00
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yuzo Yamazaki
Toshiaki Akamatsu
Ono Wataru
Okuko Masako
Tadao Naito
Chihiro Imai
Masanobu Ohara
Atsushi Osaka
Toshiaki Akamatsu
Ono Wataru
Okuko Masako
Tadao Naito
Chihiro Imai
Masanobu Ohara
Atsushi Osaka