CN109774501B

CN109774501B - Charging method of electric scooter and electric scooter

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Publication number: CN109774501B
Application number: CN201811498110.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 侯柱; 袁玉斌; 奚卫宁; 陈子冲; 陈中元
Original assignee: Ninebot Beijing Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ninebot Beijing Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-07
Filing date: 2018-12-07
Publication date: 2021-02-12
Anticipated expiration: 2038-12-07
Also published as: CN109774501A

Abstract

The invention provides a charging method of an electric scooter and the electric scooter, wherein the method comprises the following steps: detecting whether the electric scooter needs to be charged or not; under the condition that the electric scooter needs to be charged, acquiring a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of target charging equipment; control electric scooter is automatic according to first navigation route goes extremely target battery charging outfit charges, adopts above-mentioned technical scheme, has solved and has need artifical the maintenance scooter to charge among the correlation technique, and then has maintained the high complicated scheduling problem of process of cost height.

Description

Charging method of electric scooter and electric scooter

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of communication, in particular to a charging method of an electric scooter and the electric scooter.

Background

There are many ways to share travel, such as bicycle, automobile, scooter, etc. Its advantage and disadvantage difference is obvious separately, the bicycle is convenient for maintain but speed is hard, the fast power of transporting of car is big but the expense is not environmental protection, scooter speed is moderate, occupation space is few but the maintenance difficulty of charging, especially manual transport plug wire charges, need fix a position earlier and find this low-battery scooter, then move to near and fill electric pile or concentrate the manual plug wire of battery charging outfit and charge, control charging process, put in the shared area after the completion of charging, manpower and time cost are higher.

Aiming at the problems that in the related art, the manual maintenance of the scooter is needed for charging, the maintenance cost is high, the process is complex and the like, an effective technical scheme is not provided yet.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a charging method of an electric scooter and the electric scooter, and aims to at least solve the problems that the manual maintenance of the scooter is needed for charging in the related technology, the maintenance cost is high, the process is complex, and the like.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a charging method of an electric scooter, including: detecting whether the electric scooter needs to be charged or not; under the condition that the electric scooter needs to be charged, acquiring a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of target charging equipment; and controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging equipment for charging according to the first navigation path.

In an embodiment of the present invention, obtaining the first navigation path from the first current geographic position of the electric scooter to the target geographic position of the target charging device includes one of: requesting a server to acquire a target geographic position of the target charging equipment; receiving a target geographic position of the target charging equipment sent by the server, wherein the target charging equipment is charging equipment selected by the server from a plurality of charging equipment; generating the first navigation path on the electric scooter according to the first current geographic position and the target geographic position, wherein the first current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter;

requesting a server to acquire the first navigation path; receiving the first navigation path sent by the server, wherein the target charging device is a charging device selected by the server from a plurality of charging devices, the first navigation path is generated by the server according to the first current geographic position and the target geographic position, the first current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter, and the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the target charging device is a charging device selected by the server from a plurality of charging devices, and the target charging device includes one of:

the target charging device is a charging device which is selected by the server from a plurality of charging devices according to the received first current geographic position and is closest to the electric scooter; the target charging device is a charging device which is selected by the server from charging devices which can be reached by the electric scooter according to the current electric quantity of the electric scooter according to the received first current geographic position and is closest to the electric scooter; the target charging device is a charging device randomly selected by the server from charging devices reachable by the electric scooter according to the current electric quantity of the electric scooter, wherein the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter, and the first current geographic position at least includes one of the following: the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter periodically; when a request for obtaining a target geographic position of the target charging equipment is sent to a server, carrying the first current geographic position in a request message for requesting the server for obtaining the target geographic position, and sending the request message carrying the first current geographic position to the server; and when a request for acquiring the first navigation path is made to a server, carrying the first current geographic position in a request message for requesting the server to acquire the first navigation path, and sending the request message carrying the first current geographic position to the server.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after controlling the electric scooter to travel to the target charging device for charging according to the first navigation path, the method further includes: sending indication information to a server under the condition that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is larger than a first threshold value, wherein the indication information is used for indicating that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is larger than the first threshold value; and controlling the electric scooter to automatically run to a target putting position according to the running instruction of the server.

In the embodiment of the present invention, controlling the electric scooter to automatically travel to the target release position according to the travel instruction of the server includes one of the following steps:

acquiring a first driving instruction from a server, wherein the first driving instruction is at least used for indicating a first target release position; generating a second navigation path on the electric scooter according to a second current geographic position of the electric scooter and the first target release position, wherein the second current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter; responding to the first running instruction to control the electric scooter to automatically run to the first target throwing position according to the second navigation path;

acquiring a second driving instruction from a server, wherein the second driving instruction is at least used for indicating a third navigation path, the third navigation path is a navigation path from a third current geographic position of the electric scooter to a second target release position, the third current geographic position is acquired by a GPS module on the electric scooter, and the third current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter; responding to the second running instruction to control the electric scooter to automatically run to the second target release position according to the third navigation path, wherein the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter, and the first current geographic position at least comprises one of the following: the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter periodically; and carrying the first current geographic position in the indication information, and sending the indication information carrying the first current geographic position to the server.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the target release position includes one of: the releasing positions in a first target area, wherein the number of the electric scooters currently released in the first target area is smaller than a second threshold value; and the distance between the electric scooter and the throwing position is smaller than a third threshold value.

In the embodiment of the present invention, detecting whether the electric scooter needs to be charged includes one of the following steps: detecting that the electric scooter needs to be charged under the condition that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is smaller than a fourth threshold value; detecting that the electric scooter needs to be charged under the condition that the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is smaller than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel to a target position reserved by the target account;

detecting that the electric scooter needs to be charged when the electric scooter is reserved by a target account, the electric quantity of the electric scooter is larger than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel to a target position reserved by the target account, but the estimated remaining electric quantity after the electric scooter travels to the target position reserved by the target account is smaller than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel from the target position to a target charging device closest to the target position;

under the condition that the electric quantity of the electric scooter detected to be less than a fifth threshold value in the process that the electric scooter is ridden, it needs to be charged to detect the electric scooter.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the electric quantity of the electric scooter is smaller than a fourth threshold, controlling the electric scooter to automatically travel to the target charging device for charging according to the first navigation path includes:

control electric scooter is automatic according to first navigation route goes to first target electric scooter charges, wherein, target battery charging outfit is first target electric scooter, first target electric scooter is set up to allow right electric scooter charges.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the electric quantity of the electric scooter is smaller than a fourth threshold, acquiring a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of a target charging device includes: obtaining the positions of a group of electric scooters which are less than a sixth threshold value away from the electric scooter; according to a set of electric scooter's position is followed determine among a set of electric scooter first target electric scooter, wherein, electric scooter's electric quantity is greater than electric scooter traveles extremely the required electric quantity in first target electric scooter's position.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in the case where the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account, or in the case where the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is greater than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account but the electric quantity expected to remain after the electric scooter travels to the target position reserved by the target account is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel from the target position to the target charging device closest to the target position,

controlling the electric scooter to automatically travel to the target charging device according to the first navigation path to perform charging comprises: under the condition that the time required by the electric scooter is earlier than the service time reserved by the target account, controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging equipment for charging according to the first navigation path, wherein the time required by the electric scooter is the sum of the following times: the electric scooter traveles to the required time of target battery charging outfit, the required time of electric scooter charging, electric scooter follows the required time of target battery charging outfit return first current geographical position.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account, the method further includes: and sending first prompt information to the target account, wherein the first prompt information is used for indicating that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is insufficient, and replacing the electric scooter reserved by the target account with a second target electric scooter, wherein the electric quantity of the second target electric scooter is larger than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in a case where the electric scooter is reserved by a target account, and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is greater than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account, but the electric quantity expected to remain after the electric scooter travels to the target position reserved by the target account is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel from the target position to a target charging device closest to the target position, the method further includes:

and sending second prompt information to the target account, wherein the second prompt information is used for indicating that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is insufficient, and replacing the electric scooter reserved by the target account with a third target electric scooter, wherein the electric quantity of the third target electric scooter is larger than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to run to the target position reserved by the target account, and the predicted remaining electric quantity after the third target electric scooter runs to the target position reserved by the target account is larger than the electric quantity required by the third target electric scooter to run from the target position to a target charging device closest to the target position.

after controlling the electric scooter to automatically travel to the target charging device for charging according to the first navigation path, the method further comprises: and controlling the electric scooter to automatically return to the first current geographic position.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an electric scooter including: the processing module is used for detecting whether the electric scooter needs to be charged or not; under the condition that the electric scooter needs to be charged, acquiring a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of target charging equipment; and the motor controller is used for controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging equipment for charging according to the first navigation path.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores a computer program, wherein the computer program is configured to execute the charging method of any one of the above electric scooters when running.

According to the method and the device, under the condition that the electric scooter is detected to need to be charged, a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of target charging equipment is obtained; control electric scooter is automatic according to first navigation route is gone extremely target battery charging outfit charges, and then has solved and need artifical the maintenance scooter to charge among the correlation technique, and then maintains the problem that the cost is high and the process is complicated, when electric scooter need charge promptly, need not artifical the participation, electric scooter just can go according to first navigation route extremely target battery charging outfit charges, has improved scooter's charge efficiency greatly.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a flowchart of a charging method of an electric scooter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electric scooter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is another flowchart of a charging method for an electric scooter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of contact-mode charging according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is another flowchart of a charging method for an electric scooter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of wireless charging according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an electric scooter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electric scooter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a driving method of the electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view (one) of lowering the center of gravity of the electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of lowering the center of gravity of the electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention (II);

fig. 12 is a block diagram (iv) of the electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a block diagram (v) of the electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order.

The technical solution of the following embodiments of the present invention can be understood as being completed by applying the system including the electric scooter and the target charging device, and in the related art, if the electric scooter needs to be charged, the electric scooter needs to be manually executed, but in the embodiments of the present invention, under the condition that the electric scooter needs to be charged, a series of subsequent processes are provided in the embodiments of the present invention, which is described below with reference to embodiments 1 to 10.

Example 1

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging method for an electric scooter, and fig. 1 is a flowchart of the charging method for an electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, including:

step S102, detecting whether the electric scooter needs to be charged;

step S104, acquiring a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of target charging equipment under the condition that the electric scooter needs to be charged;

and S106, controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging equipment for charging according to the first navigation path.

Through the steps, under the condition that the electric scooter is detected to need to be charged, a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of target charging equipment is obtained; control electric scooter is automatic to travel according to first navigation route target battery charging outfit charges, and then has solved and need artifical the maintenance scooter to charge among the correlation technique, and then maintains the problem that the cost is high and the process is complicated, when electric scooter need charge promptly, need not artifical the participation, electric scooter just can travel according to first navigation route extremely target battery charging outfit charges, has improved scooter's charge efficiency greatly.

The first navigation path acquired in step S104 may be acquired by one of the following ways:

1) the electric scooter requests a server to acquire a target geographic position of target charging equipment; then receiving a target geographic position of the target charging equipment sent by the server, wherein the target charging equipment is selected from the plurality of charging equipment by the server according to the received first current geographic position; generating a first navigation path on the electric scooter according to a first current geographic position and a target geographic position, wherein the first current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter; the target charging equipment is charging equipment which is selected by the server from the plurality of charging equipment according to the received first current geographic position and is closest to the electric scooter; or the target charging equipment is the charging equipment which is selected by the server from the charging equipment which can be reached by the electric scooter according to the current electric quantity of the electric scooter and is closest to the electric scooter; or the target charging equipment is charging equipment randomly selected by the server from the charging equipment which can be reached by the electric scooter according to the current electric quantity of the electric scooter; wherein, the reporting of the first current geographic position to the server by the electric scooter includes at least one of: the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter periodically; when a request for obtaining a target geographic position of the target charging equipment is sent to a server, carrying the first current geographic position in a request message for requesting the server for obtaining the target geographic position, and sending the request message carrying the first current geographic position to the server; when a request for obtaining the first navigation path is sent to a server, the first current geographic position is carried in a request message for requesting the server to obtain the first navigation path, and the request message carrying the first current geographic position is sent to the server;

2) requesting a server to acquire a first navigation path; and receiving a first navigation path sent by the server, wherein the target charging equipment is the charging equipment selected by the server from the plurality of charging equipment, the first navigation path is generated and obtained by the server according to a first current geographic position and a target geographic position, the first current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter, and the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after controlling the electric scooter to travel to the target charging device for charging according to the first navigation path, the method further includes: sending indication information to a server under the condition that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is larger than a first threshold value, wherein the indication information is used for indicating that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is larger than the first threshold value; according to the instruction of traveling of server control electric scooter and go to target input position automatically, under general condition, electric scooter's electric quantity is greater than and indicates that electric scooter is full of the electricity under the first threshold value, specifically, according to the instruction of traveling of server control electric scooter and go to target input position automatically and include one of following: acquiring a first driving instruction from a server, wherein the first driving instruction is at least used for indicating a first target release position; generating a second navigation path on the electric scooter according to a second current geographic position of the electric scooter and the first target release position, wherein the second current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter; responding to the first running instruction to control the electric scooter to automatically run to the first target throwing position according to the second navigation path; or acquiring a second driving instruction from the server, wherein the second driving instruction is at least used for indicating a third navigation path, the third navigation path is a navigation path from a third current geographic position of the electric scooter to a second target release position, the third current geographic position is acquired by a GPS module on the electric scooter, and the third current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter; responding to the second running instruction to control the electric scooter to automatically run to the second target release position according to a third navigation path, wherein the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter, and the first current geographic position at least comprises one of the following: the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter periodically; and carrying the first current geographic position in the indication information, and sending the indication information carrying the first current geographic position to the server.

The target release position can be a release position in a first target area, wherein the number of the electric scooters released currently in the first target area is smaller than a second threshold value; the distance between the target position and the electric scooter can be smaller than the third threshold value, namely the target position can be the position of the remaining electric scooter with small quantity, and can also be the position of the smallest distance from the electric scooter.

In practical applications, the determination step S102 can be implemented in various ways, and optionally,

1) detecting that the electric scooter needs to be charged under the condition that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is smaller than a fourth threshold value;

2) detecting that the electric scooter needs to be charged under the condition that the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel to a target position reserved by the target account;

3) detecting that the electric scooter needs to be charged under the condition that the electric scooter is reserved by a target account, the electric quantity of the electric scooter is larger than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel to a target position reserved by the target account, but the predicted remaining electric quantity after the electric scooter travels to the target position reserved by the target account is smaller than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel from the target position to a target charging device closest to the target position;

4) under the condition that electric scooter's electric quantity is less than the fifth threshold value is detected to the in-process that electric scooter was ridden, it needs to charge to detect out electric scooter.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a technical scheme that electric scooters can be charged with each other, that is, when the electric quantity of the electric scooter is smaller than a fourth threshold, controlling the electric scooter to automatically travel to a target charging device according to a first navigation path to perform charging includes:

control electric scooter and go to first target electric scooter according to first navigation route automatically and charge, wherein, target battery charging outfit is first target electric scooter, and first target electric scooter is set up to allow to charge electric scooter, and the above-mentioned route that reaches first target electric scooter can be confirmed through following mode: acquiring the positions of a group of electric scooters with the distance less than a sixth threshold value from the electric scooter; determine first target electric scooter from a set of electric scooter according to a set of electric scooter's position, wherein, electric scooter's electric quantity is greater than the electric quantity that electric scooter traveles to first target electric scooter's required electric quantity in position.

In the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the electric scooter is reserved by the target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to run to the target position reserved by the target account, or under the condition that the electric scooter is reserved by the target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is more than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to run to the target position reserved by the target account but the electric quantity expected to be left after the electric scooter runs to the target position reserved by the target account is less than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to run from the target position to the target charging equipment nearest to the target position,

control electric scooter and travel to target battery charging outfit according to first navigation route automatically and charge including: under the condition that the time required by the electric scooter is earlier than the service time reserved by the target account, controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging equipment for charging according to the first navigation path, wherein the time required by the electric scooter is the sum of the following times: electric scooter traveles to the required time of target battery charging outfit, electric scooter charges required time, electric scooter returns the required time of first current geographical position from target battery charging outfit.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the electric scooter is reserved by the target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account, the method further includes: and sending first prompt information to the target account, wherein the first prompt information is used for indicating that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is not enough, and replacing the electric scooter reserved by the target account with a second target electric scooter, wherein the electric quantity of the second target electric scooter is larger than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in a case where the electric scooter is reserved by the target account, and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is greater than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account, but the electric quantity expected to remain after the electric scooter travels to the target position reserved by the target account is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel from the target position to the target charging device closest to the target position, the method further includes:

and sending second prompt information to the target account, wherein the second prompt information is used for indicating that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is not enough, and replacing the electric scooter reserved by the target account with a third target electric scooter, wherein the electric quantity of the third target electric scooter is larger than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account, and the predicted remaining electric quantity after the third target electric scooter travels to the target position reserved by the target account is larger than the electric quantity required by the third target electric scooter to travel from the target position to the target charging equipment closest to the target position.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in a case where the electric scooter is reserved by the target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account, or in a case where the electric scooter is reserved by the target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is greater than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account but the electric quantity expected to remain after the electric scooter travels to the target position reserved by the target account is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel from the target position to the target charging device closest to the target position, after the electric scooter is controlled to automatically travel to the target charging device along the first navigation route for charging, the method further includes: and controlling the electric scooter to automatically return to the first current geographic position.

The above cases may be defined as cases that require charging, but are not limited to the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

In the riding process of a user, the electric scooter detects that the current electric quantity reaches a charging threshold value and is provided with available target charging equipment in a cruising range, at the moment, the user is reminded to go to charge, and other full electric vehicles are replaced for the user to continue to use in the charging process;

when a user makes an appointment through the mobile phone APP, the electric scooter automatically calculates whether the current electric quantity supports the arrival at a destination or not and the distance between the residual electric quantity after the arrival at the destination and an available charging station (which is equivalent to the target charging device in the embodiment) or not, if any condition is not met, the vehicle automatically goes to the current available charging station to supplement partial electric quantity, and returns to the current position to wait after the completion; or the current electric scooter sends a request to the background to indicate that the endurance can not support the arrival at the destination, and the background server searches a scooter meeting the endurance requirement from a nearby position to move to the current position as a replacement;

when the vehicle endurance reachable area has no available charging station, prompting that the worker needs to rescue; the staff uses the charge carrier to carry the scooter with low electric quantity along the way and charge the scooter by the vehicle-mounted power supply, and the scooter is placed at a drop point along the way after being fully charged;

electric scooter possesses the function of filling each other, if current scooter electric quantity is low, and the charging station is not in reachable scope, sends rescue information back, and other scooters that the electric quantity is sufficient exist near this scooter are informed to backstage server, send its positional information, and current scooter is through navigation path planning judgement whether in reachable scope, if can reach then go to and fill each other.

It should be noted that the electric scooter in the embodiment of the present invention needs to have an automatic driving function, and the electric scooter without the automatic driving function needs to be manually transported to a location where a charging device is located to be charged in the same charging manner as the prior art.

That is to say, according to the technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, when the electric scooter with the automatic driving function has low electric quantity (i.e. needs to be charged), the electric scooter finds available charging equipment near the electric scooter through the positioning function, obtains a navigation path through a built-in map or from a server, enters an automatic driving mode, and can selectively assist wheels to help the scooter not to topple during movement; in the automatic driving process, the scooter detects the surrounding environment and road and barrier discernment through camera or radar subassembly according to the navigation route, and the initiative is dodged and is waited for, uses the autopilot function to let the scooter move by oneself and charge to the battery charging outfit position.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but the former is a better implementation mode in many cases. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal device (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

Example 2

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an electric scooter, fig. 2 is a block diagram (a) of the electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, including:

the first processing module 20 is configured to detect whether the electric scooter needs to be charged; acquiring a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of target charging equipment under the condition that the electric scooter needs to be charged;

and the motor controller 22 is used for controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging equipment for charging according to the first navigation path.

According to the invention, under the condition that the first processing module 20 detects that the electric scooter needs to be charged, a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of target charging equipment is obtained; motor controller 22 control electric scooter is automatic to travel according to first navigation route extremely target battery charging outfit charges, and then has solved and need artifical the maintenance scooter in the correlation technique to charge, and then maintains the complicated scheduling problem of the high process of cost, when electric scooter need charge, need not artifical the participation promptly, electric scooter just can travel according to first navigation route extremely target battery charging outfit charges, has improved the charge efficiency of scooter greatly.

In the embodiment of the invention, the first current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the obtained first navigation path may be obtained by one of the following manners:

1) the electric scooter requests a server to acquire a target geographic position of target charging equipment; then receiving a target geographic position of the target charging equipment sent by the server, wherein the target charging equipment is charging equipment selected from the plurality of charging equipment by the server; generating a first navigation path on the electric scooter according to a first current geographic position and a target geographic position, wherein the first current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter; the target charging equipment is the charging equipment which is selected by the server from the plurality of charging equipment and is closest to the electric scooter; or the target charging equipment is the charging equipment which is selected by the server from the charging equipment which can be reached by the electric scooter according to the current electric quantity of the electric scooter and is closest to the electric scooter; or the target charging equipment is the charging equipment randomly selected by the server from the charging equipment which can be reached by the electric scooter according to the current electric quantity of the electric scooter

In an embodiment of the present invention, after controlling the electric scooter to travel to the target charging device for charging according to the first navigation path, the method further includes: under electric scooter's the condition that the electric quantity is greater than first threshold value, according to the instruction control electric scooter of traveling of server automatically travel to the target position of puting in, under general condition, electric scooter's electric quantity is more than under the first threshold value and indicates that electric scooter is full of the electricity, specifically, according to the instruction control electric scooter of traveling of server automatically travel to the target position of puting in includes one of following: acquiring a first driving instruction from a server, wherein the first driving instruction is at least used for indicating a first target release position; generating a second navigation path on the electric scooter according to a second current geographic position of the electric scooter and the first target release position, wherein the second current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter, and the second navigation path is a navigation path from the second current geographic position to the first target release position; responding to the first running instruction to control the electric scooter to automatically run to the first target throwing position according to the second navigation path; or acquiring a second driving instruction from the server, wherein the second driving instruction is at least used for indicating a third navigation path, the third navigation path is a navigation path from a third current geographic position of the electric scooter to a second target release position, the third current geographic position is acquired by a GPS module on the electric scooter, and the third current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter; and responding to the second running instruction to control the electric scooter to automatically run to the second target putting position according to the third navigation path.

In practical application, 1) under the condition that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is smaller than a fourth threshold value, detecting that the electric scooter needs to be charged;

Example 3

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging method for an electric scooter, and fig. 3 is another flowchart of the charging method for an electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, including:

step S302, establishing the connection between the electric scooter and the target charging equipment;

step S304, charging the electric scooter through the target charging device by at least one of the following methods: wireless, contact.

Through the above steps, electric scooter establishes with target battery charging outfit and is connected the back, and target battery charging outfit can charge for electric scooter through wireless mode or contact mode, adopts above-mentioned technical scheme, has solved among the correlation technique target battery charging outfit for electric scooter single problem of charge mode, can adopt wireless mode or contact mode to charge electric scooter, has simplified electric scooter's the flow of charging.

In the process of wirelessly charging the electric scooter through the target charging device, the method further includes at least one of:

stopping charging the electric scooter when an image recognition device (which can be a camera) detects that an object of which the type is not the electric scooter exists in a wireless charging area;

and sending alarm information to a server when the image recognition device detects that an object of which the type is not the electric scooter exists in the wireless charging area, wherein the alarm information is used for indicating that the object of which the type is not the electric scooter exists in the wireless charging area.

Contact mode charging

As shown in fig. 4 (1 indicates an electric scooter, 2 indicates a contact), a contact cover on the electric scooter is moved by a displacement member of the target charging device so as to expose a charging contact on the electric scooter, wherein the contact cover is used for waterproof protection of at least the charging contact; contacting the charging contact through the target charging device to charge the electric scooter, further, after the electric scooter is charged, automatically moving the contact cover to an initial position to at least waterproof-protect the charging contact; or after the electric scooter is charged, the contact cover is moved to the initial position through the displacement part so as to at least waterproof and protect the charging contact.

Wireless charging

And charging the electric scooter by one wireless charging module of the target charging equipment.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging method for an electric scooter, and fig. 5 is another flowchart of the charging method for an electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, including:

step S502, monitoring that the electric scooter is connected with target charging equipment;

step S504, receiving the charging of the target charging device for the electric scooter at least in one of the following ways: wireless, contact.

Before performing step S502, the method further includes: and controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging equipment according to a navigation path, wherein the navigation path is used for indicating a path from a current geographic position to a target geographic position of the target charging equipment, and the current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter.

The following embodiments of the present invention also provide an example to understand and explain the above charging method, whether it is a contact charging method or a wireless charging method.

When the electric scooter automatically runs to the inlet of the charging area, the charging area traction device guides the scooter to reach the charging position in any mode of hooking the handle, clamping the scooter body or arranging the conveyor belt and the like, and the charging interface is ensured to completely correspond to the position of the electric scooter.

As shown in fig. 6 (1 indicates an electric scooter, 3 indicates a wireless charging module), the wireless charging mode is to bury the wireless charging module under the ground or directly place the wireless charging module on the ground, and the wireless charging module is distributed in a planar manner, so long as the device to be charged can be charged when placed in a charging area, and the wireless charging mode can correspond to a plurality of devices to be charged (electric scooter) at the same time and is connected with a power supply to be used as a transmitting device in wireless charging. When the scooter moves to the charging device top (autopilot or artificial placing), the built-in wireless charge receiving device of scooter battery cooperates emitter, realizes the automatic wireless charging of scooter.

The wireless charging operation is added to the vehicle state judgment, the one-to-many charging is carried out currently, if the scooter and the metal foreign body are positioned in a charging area at the same time, the wireless charging starts to work because the scooter meets the charging requirement, and at the moment, the foreign body metal can damage the wireless charging equipment; a camera is arranged above the wireless charging area, whether foreign matters other than the scooter are placed in the charging area is detected through image recognition, and if the foreign matters are found, the charging process is interrupted and an alarm is given to prompt staff;

for the wired charging equipment, namely, charging is carried out in a contact mode, after the electric scooter arranges the scooter in order and transmits the scooter to a charging position through a conveyor belt or other transportation equipment, a scooter charging contact covering object (which can be a waterproof and dustproof mode such as a cabin door, a sliding cover, a rubber plug and the like) is opened through the scooter or a charging equipment matching tool, and the target charging equipment is in butt joint with a metal contact on the scooter for charging; after charging, the charging contact cover automatically separates from the charging contact cover and resets.

And after the charging process is finished, the vehicle informs the background server, the server instructs the vehicle to go to a less throwing position, and the vehicle goes to by automatic driving.

Example 4

An embodiment of the present invention provides an electric scooter, fig. 7 is a block diagram (ii) of a structure of the electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, including:

the monitoring module 70 is used for monitoring that the electric scooter is connected with the target charging equipment;

a first receiving module 72, configured to receive the charging of the electric scooter by the target charging device at least in one of the following manners: wireless, contact.

According to the invention, after the electric scooter is connected with the target charging equipment, the target charging equipment can charge the electric scooter in a wireless mode or a contact mode.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, the electric scooter further includes:

and a control motor 74, configured to control the electric scooter to automatically travel to the target charging device according to a navigation path, where the navigation path is used to indicate a path from a current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of the target charging device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, the electric scooter further includes: a first GPS module 76 for acquiring the current geographic location.

In an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a charging apparatus characterized by being used to perform the charging method of the electric scooter of any one of embodiments 3.

Example 5

An embodiment of the present invention provides a driving method of an electric scooter, and fig. 9 is a flowchart of the driving method of the electric scooter according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, including:

step S902, receiving a travel instruction;

step S904, in response to the driving command, controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging device according to the navigation path at least in one of the following manners: lowering the center of gravity of the electric scooter; and controlling the electric scooter to avoid the obstacle or wait for a preset time under the condition that the obstacle is detected.

Through the steps, the gravity center of the electric scooter can be lowered in the automatic running process of the electric scooter; and/or under the condition that the obstacle is detected, the electric scooter is controlled to avoid the obstacle or wait for a preset time, so that the technical problems that the electric scooter is unsafe in the running process, easy to overturn and the like in the related technology are solved, and the automatic running safety of the electric scooter is improved.

Before step S904 is executed, detecting whether an obstacle exists within a predetermined range from the electric scooter by a detecting device on the electric scooter, wherein the detecting device includes at least one of: camera, radar component, sensor.

Optionally, lowering the center of gravity of the electric scooter comprises at least one of: controlling the supporting rod of the electric scooter to automatically fold so as to reduce the center of gravity of the electric scooter, as shown in fig. 10, the supporting rod of the electric scooter folds downwards, the handlebar is opposite to the rear wheel, and further the center of gravity of the electric scooter is reduced; the supporting rod of the electric scooter is controlled to automatically lower the height so as to lower the center of gravity of the electric scooter, as shown in fig. 11, the handlebar of the electric scooter is folded downwards, and then the supporting rod is extended and contracted to the rightmost part shown in fig. 11, it should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention may also be that the supporting rod is extended and contracted first, and then the handlebar is folded, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

In order to avoid the side turning of the electric scooter, the embodiment of the invention also provides the following technical scheme: and releasing the auxiliary wheel installed on the electric scooter so as to prevent the electric scooter from turning on one side.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the navigation path includes: a path from a current geographic location of the electric scooter to a target geographic location of the target charging device, wherein the current geographic location is obtained by a GPS module of the electric scooter.

Example 6

An embodiment of the present invention provides an electric scooter, fig. 12 is a block diagram (iv) of a structure of an electric scooter according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 12, including:

the second receiving module 102 is used for receiving a running instruction;

a second processing module 104, configured to respond to the driving instruction, and control the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging device according to a navigation route at least according to one of the following manners: the gravity center of the electric scooter is lowered, and the electric scooter is controlled to avoid the obstacle or wait for preset time under the condition that the obstacle is detected.

According to the invention, the gravity center of the electric scooter can be reduced in the automatic running process of the electric scooter; and/or under the condition that the obstacle is detected, the electric scooter is controlled to avoid the obstacle or wait for a preset time, so that the technical problems that the electric scooter is unsafe in the running process, easy to overturn and the like in the related technology are solved, and the automatic running safety of the electric scooter is improved.

As shown in fig. 11, the electric scooter further includes: a detecting device 106, the detecting device 106 is used for detecting whether an obstacle exists within a predetermined range from the electric scooter.

As shown in fig. 11, the electric scooter further includes: an auxiliary wheel 108 and a GPS module 110, wherein the auxiliary wheel 108 is mounted on the electric scooter; and a second GPS module 110, configured to obtain a current geographic position of the electric scooter.

It should be noted that the technical solutions of the above embodiments 1 to 6 may be used in combination or alone, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

Example 7

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a storage medium including a stored program, wherein the program executes any one of the methods described above.

Alternatively, in the present embodiment, the storage medium may be configured to store program codes for performing the following steps:

s1, detecting whether the electric scooter needs to be charged;

s2, acquiring a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of the target charging equipment under the condition that the electric scooter needs to be charged;

and S3, controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging equipment for charging according to the first navigation path.

Example 8

s4, establishing the connection between the electric scooter and the target charging equipment;

s5, charging the electric scooter through the target charging device by at least one of the following modes: wireless, contact.

Example 9

s6, monitoring that the electric scooter is connected with target charging equipment;

s7, receiving the charging of the target charging device for the electric scooter by at least one of the following modes: wireless, contact.

Example 10

s8, receiving a driving instruction;

s9, responding to the running instruction, controlling the electric scooter to automatically run to the target charging equipment according to the navigation path at least according to one of the following modes: lowering the center of gravity of the electric scooter; and controlling the electric scooter to avoid the obstacle or wait for a preset time under the condition that the obstacle is detected.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the storage medium may include, but is not limited to: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

Optionally, the specific examples in this embodiment may refer to the examples described in the above embodiments and optional implementation manners, and this embodiment is not described herein again.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the modules or steps of the present invention described above may be implemented by a general purpose computing device, they may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices, and alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by a computing device, such that they may be stored in a storage device and executed by a computing device, and in some cases, the steps shown or described may be performed in an order different than that described herein, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple ones of them may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the present invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A charging method of an electric scooter is characterized by comprising the following steps:

detecting whether the electric scooter needs to be charged or not;

under the condition that the electric scooter needs to be charged, acquiring a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of target charging equipment;

controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging device for charging according to the first navigation path, wherein,

detecting whether the electric scooter needs to be charged comprises one of the following steps:

detecting that the electric scooter needs to be charged under the condition that the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is smaller than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel to a target position reserved by the target account;

detecting that the electric scooter needs to be charged when the electric quantity of the electric scooter is detected to be smaller than a fifth threshold value in the riding process of the electric scooter; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

in a case where the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account, or in a case where the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is greater than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account but the electric quantity expected to remain after the electric scooter travels to the target position reserved by the target account is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel from the target position to a target charging device closest to the target position,

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a first navigation path from a first current geographic location of the electric scooter to a target geographic location of a target charging device comprises one of:

requesting a server to acquire a target geographic position of the target charging equipment; receiving a target geographic position of the target charging equipment sent by the server, wherein the target charging equipment is charging equipment selected by the server from a plurality of charging equipment; generating the first navigation path on the electric scooter according to the first current geographic position and the target geographic position, wherein the first current geographic position is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter;

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the target charging device is a charging device selected by the server from a plurality of charging devices, and wherein the target charging device comprises one of:

the target charging device is a charging device which is selected by the server from a plurality of charging devices according to the received first current geographic position and is closest to the electric scooter;

the target charging device is a charging device which is selected by the server from charging devices which can be reached by the electric scooter according to the current electric quantity of the electric scooter according to the received first current geographic position and is closest to the electric scooter;

the target charging device is a charging device randomly selected by the server from charging devices reachable by the electric scooter according to the current electric quantity of the electric scooter, wherein the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter, and the first current geographic position at least includes one of the following:

the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter periodically;

when a request for obtaining a target geographic position of the target charging equipment is sent to a server, carrying the first current geographic position in a request message for requesting the server for obtaining the target geographic position, and sending the request message carrying the first current geographic position to the server;

and when a request for acquiring the first navigation path is made to a server, carrying the first current geographic position in a request message for requesting the server to acquire the first navigation path, and sending the request message carrying the first current geographic position to the server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein after controlling the electric scooter to travel to the target charging device for charging according to the first navigation path, the method further comprises:

sending indication information to a server under the condition that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is larger than a first threshold value, wherein the indication information is used for indicating that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is larger than the first threshold value; and controlling the electric scooter to automatically run to a target putting position according to the running instruction of the server.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein controlling the electric scooter to automatically travel to the target delivery position according to the travel command of the server comprises one of:

acquiring a second driving instruction from a server, wherein the second driving instruction is at least used for indicating a third navigation path, the third navigation path is a navigation path from a third current geographic position of the electric scooter to a second target release position, the third current geographic position is acquired by a GPS module on the electric scooter, and the third current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter; responding to the second running instruction to control the electric scooter to automatically run to the second target release position according to the third navigation path, wherein the first current geographic position is reported to the server by the electric scooter, and the first current geographic position at least comprises one of the following:

and carrying the first current geographic position in the indication information, and sending the indication information carrying the first current geographic position to the server.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the target launch location comprises one of:

the releasing positions in a first target area, wherein the number of the electric scooters currently released in the first target area is smaller than a second threshold value;

and the distance between the electric scooter and the throwing position is smaller than a third threshold value.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the electric scooter to automatically travel to the target charging device for charging according to the first navigation path if the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than a fourth threshold comprises:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein obtaining a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of a target charging device if the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than a fourth threshold comprises:

obtaining the positions of a group of electric scooters which are less than a sixth threshold value away from the electric scooter;

according to a set of electric scooter's position is followed determine among a set of electric scooter first target electric scooter, wherein, electric scooter's electric quantity is greater than electric scooter traveles extremely the required electric quantity in first target electric scooter's position.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein in the event that the electric scooter is reserved for a target account and the power of the electric scooter is less than the power required for the electric scooter to travel to the target account reserved destination location, the method further comprises:

and sending first prompt information to the target account, wherein the first prompt information is used for indicating that the electric quantity of the electric scooter is insufficient, and replacing the electric scooter reserved by the target account with a second target electric scooter, wherein the electric quantity of the second target electric scooter is larger than the electric quantity required by the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein in the event that the electric scooter is reserved for a target account and the electric scooter has a charge greater than the electric scooter needs to travel to the target account reserved destination location, but the electric scooter is expected to have less charge left after traveling to the target account reserved destination location than the electric scooter needs to travel from the destination location to the target charging device closest to the destination location, the method further comprises:

11. The method of claim 1, wherein in case the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target account reserved destination location, or in case the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is greater than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target account reserved destination location but the electric quantity expected to remain after the electric scooter travels to the target account reserved destination location is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel from the destination location to a target charging device closest to the destination location,

12. An electric scooter, comprising:

the processing module is used for detecting whether the electric scooter needs to be charged or not; under the condition that the electric scooter needs to be charged, acquiring a first navigation path from a first current geographic position of the electric scooter to a target geographic position of target charging equipment;

the motor controller is used for controlling the electric scooter to automatically drive to the target charging equipment for charging according to the first navigation path, wherein the processing module detects whether the electric scooter needs to be charged through one of the following modes:

the motor controller is further configured to, in a case where the electric scooter is reserved by a target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account, or in a case where the electric scooter is reserved by the target account and the electric quantity of the electric scooter is greater than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel to the target position reserved by the target account but the electric quantity expected to remain after the electric scooter travels to the target position reserved by the target account is less than the electric quantity required for the electric scooter to travel from the target position to a target charging device closest to the target position,

13. The electric scooter of claim 12, wherein the first current geographic location is obtained by a GPS module on the electric scooter.