Disclosure of Invention
Technical problem to be solved
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a riding electric scooter which is capable of easily and safely controlling acceleration and stop by simply moving a controller up and down by installing a sensor unit in a controller and controlling the movement of a scooter according to the direction and angle of movement of the controller, thereby expanding a control part to make the acceleration and stop time of the existing scooter short, thereby solving the problem of sudden start and sudden stop of the existing scooter, and making the rider control the speed more accurately.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an electric scooter in which a human body sensor is mounted on a handle of a controller, so that when the controller is removed from a user's hand, the scooter is stopped to prevent malfunction of the scooter, thereby ensuring safe riding.
In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide an electric scooter that is equipped with a plurality of switches for selecting various riding modes in the controller, providing more fun than riding an existing scooter.
Technical scheme
In order to achieve the above object, an electric scooter according to the present invention is an electric scooter including:
a controller for controlling the movement of the scooter according to the direction indicated by the sensor unit installed inside;
a plate body in which pressure sensors are installed in areas where both feet of a user are placed to determine whether the user gets on;
a pair of front wheel portions connected by a scooter formed on one side of a lower side of the plate body and switched in direction by a first motor connected to one side;
a pair of rear wheel portions connected by a cart formed on the other side of the lower side of the plate body and switched in direction by a first motor connected to one side;
a second motor installed inside the pair of rear wheel portions or the entire wheel portion to rotate or stop the respective wheel portions;
and a control device mounted on the plate body to receive a signal from a sensor unit of the pressure sensor or the controller and to control the first motor and the second motor according to the signal from the sensor unit.
A scooter moves forward or stops when the controller is raised or lowered upward or downward by a sensor unit installed inside, the scooter rotates leftward when the left side of the controller is rotated leftward, and the scooter rotates rightward when the right side of the controller is rotated rightward, the advancing of the scooter is controlled stepwise according to the angle of the raising or lowering of the controller,
and gradually adjusting the stopping speed of the scooter according to the rising or lowering angle of the controller, and gradually adjusting the left-right direction conversion of the scooter according to the angle of the controller rotating to the left side or the right side.
A plurality of switches are installed in the controller to select various riding modes, a riding mode of a first switch among the plurality of switches is a drifting mode, the front wheel portion and the rear wheel portion are operated in different directions to drift the scooter,
and the riding mode in which the second switch of the plurality of switches is a sliding mode, the front wheel portion and the rear wheel portion are operated in the same direction to slide the scooter, the riding mode in which the first switch and the second switch are simultaneously pressed down of the plurality of switches is a rotating mode, when the front portion of the scooter is lifted, the pair of rear wheel portions are rotated in different directions to rotate the scooter in position,
the riding mode of a third switch among the plurality of switches is a hard drift mode, and if the third switch is pressed while the scooter changes direction to the left or right, the rear wheel portion stops and the scooter slides in the direction of the change and hard-drives, and in the plurality of switches, the riding mode of the reverse switch is such that the front wheel portion and the rear wheel portion rotate in reverse to reverse the scooter.
In the controller, a human body detection sensor is installed on a handle so that the scooter is automatically stopped when the controller is separated from a user.
The first motor is attached to a lower side of the scooter or board body or is built in the scooter or board body, and a drive lever connected to a rotation shaft of the first motor is connected to the pair of front wheel portions and the pair of rear wheel portions so that directions of the front wheel portions and the rear wheel portions are switched according to a rotation direction of the first motor.
A battery unit for supplying power to the first motor, the second motor and the control device is mounted on the lower side of the board body, and the battery unit can be charged and removed.
Advantageous effects
As described above, the sensor unit is installed in the controller of the electric scooter of the present invention, and the movement of the scooter is controlled according to the direction and angle of the movement of the controller, thereby expanding the control part, making the acceleration and stop time of the existing scooter short, thereby solving the problem of the sudden start and sudden stop of the existing scooter, and making the rider control the speed more accurately, and the rider can easily and safely control the acceleration and stop by simply moving the controller up and down.
In addition, through installing human body detection sensor on the handle of controller to when taking off the controller from the user hand, the scooter can stop in order to prevent the scooter trouble, thereby has ensured that the security is safer.
In addition, the controller is provided with a plurality of switches for selecting various riding modes, thereby providing more fun compared with the riding of the existing scooter.
Detailed Description
The invention having such characteristics will be more clearly described by preferred embodiments according to the present invention.
Before the various embodiments of the invention are described in detail with reference to the drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following detailed description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of implementation and practice in various embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Furthermore, the expressions and terms used in the present application for the directions of devices or elements (e.g., "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "side"), and the like, are only used to simplify the description of the present invention, and it is to be understood that the referred devices or elements do not simply indicate or imply that they should have a specific orientation. Furthermore, the use of terms such as "first" and "second" in this application and the appended claims is for explanatory purposes and is not intended to represent or imply any relative importance or spirit.
Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent the entire technical spirit of the present invention, and it should be understood that various equivalents and modifications may exist in the present application to replace them.
Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing an electric scooter according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is a schematic view showing two wheels and four wheels of an electric scooter according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a controller according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 4 is a schematic view showing an operation of a controller according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 5 is a schematic view showing a sensor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 6 is a schematic view showing a riding mode of a first switch according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a ride mode of a second switch according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 8 is a schematic view illustrating a riding mode in a state where the first switch and the second switch are simultaneously pressed according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a riding mode of the third switch according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a first motor connected to a wheel according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 11 is a schematic view illustrating a second motor mounted on the wheel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1 to 11, the electric scooter of the present invention facilitates riding without moving the center of gravity to the left and right in the conventional scooter, and is composed of a controller 10, a board body 20, a front wheel portion 30, a rear wheel portion 40, a first motor 60, a second motor 70, and a control device 80, so that a rider can maintain a desired angle and speed of the rider when switching between left and right.
As shown in fig. 1 to 9, the controller 10 is formed of a housing in which a handle portion 12 is formed so that a user can hold and use, and an acceleration sensor and a gyro sensor are installed inside the controller 10, and by measuring acceleration and angular velocity, it is possible to recognize the exact position and state of the three-dimensional controller 10, thereby precisely controlling the movement of the electric scooter by a rider's desired command.
At this time, the sensor unit 11 is installed at the front side of the inside of the controller 10, and the sensor unit 11 may use an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, an inclination sensor, etc., may use any one of X, Y, Z axes, or may use more than one axis.
Here, as shown in fig. 5, the acceleration sensor detects a change in motion in the X, Y, Z directions and receives the distributed raw data. Then, a microprocessor provided with an acceleration and rotation axis so that the control device can recognize that the rider is to accelerate and rotate, and then processes/processes the output data into data that can be processed by the control device (microcomputer). Then, the microcomputer performs acceleration and rotation according to the input value. At this time, when the controller 10 is dropped or placed on the floor, the acceleration and rotation values are corrected so that the controller 10 does not operate.
Thus, in the case where the controller 10 is dropped, the battery is mounted on the handle portion of the controller 10 so that the heavy battery portion faces downward, thereby executing the stop command.
Further, as shown in fig. 5, the gyro sensor detects a change in direction of three axes of X, Y, and Z, and receives the distributed raw data. And processes the output data into data that can be processed by the microcomputer.
In addition, when the data of the acceleration sensor and the gyro sensor are suddenly changed, the microcomputer cuts off the power to the scooter and stops the first motor and the second motor because the rider drops the controller 10 or performs a sudden control operation.
On the other hand, as shown in fig. 3 to 5, the scooter is moved forward or stopped when the controller 10 is raised or lowered while being directed upward or downward by the sensor unit 11 installed inside, and in the present invention, the scooter is advanced when the controller 10 is lowered and set to stop when the controller 10 is raised upward, but it may be set to operate in reverse. In addition, the controller 10 stops when rising upward, but may change to a reverse function instead of stopping.
And, when the left side of the controller 10 is rotated leftward while being directed to the left side, the scooter is rotated leftward, and when the right side of the controller 10 is rotated rightward while being directed to the right side, the scooter is turned rightward.
That is, when the scooter is rotated to the left, the left side of the controller 10 is rotated to the left side with the left side directed to the left side, and only the wrist is rotated by rotating the controller 10 to the left side while maintaining the traveling angle thereof, and when the scooter is rotated to the right side, the right side of the controller 10 is rotated to the right side, and when the driving angle of the controller 10 is maintained, the wrist only needs to be rotated in the correct direction.
In addition, the forward movement of the scooter is adjusted step by step according to the rising or lowering angle of the controller 10, and the stopping speed of the scooter is adjusted step by step according to the rising or lowering angle of the controller 10, and the switching of the left and right directions of the scooter is adjusted step by step according to the angle of the left or right rotation of the controller 10.
Meanwhile, a plurality of switches are installed in the controller 10 to select various riding modes, and in the present invention, the controller is composed of a first switch 13, a second switch 14, a third switch 15 and a reverse switch 16.
The riding mode when the first switch 13 is pressed is a drifting mode, and as shown in fig. 6, the front wheel portion 30 and the rear wheel portion 40 operate in different directions to cause the scooter to drift. At this time, when the controller 10 is rotated leftward while the first switch 13 is pressed, the front wheel part 30 moves leftward and the rear wheel part 40 moves rightward, thereby drifting leftward, and when the controller 10 is rotated rightward while the first switch 13 is pressed, the front wheel part 30 moves rightward and the rear wheel part 40 moves leftward, thereby drifting rightward, and by a drift speed and a direction change command, a drift speed can be controlled, and drift angles of the front and rear wheels are the same, and drift angles of the front and rear wheels can be controlled differently, and a drift angle can be controlled according to a speed of the scooter.
The riding mode when the second switch 14 is pressed is a sliding mode, and as shown in fig. 7, the front wheel portion 30 and the rear wheel portion 40 are operated in the same direction, so that the scooter slides. At this time, when the controller 10 is rotated leftward while the second switch 14 is pressed, the front wheel part 30 and the rear wheel part 40 are equally switched leftward and slide, when the controller 10 is rotated rightward while the second switch 14 is pressed, the front wheel part 30 and the rear wheel part 40 are equally switched rightward and slide, a sliding speed control and a sliding angle are controlled by the sliding speed and direction change command, sliding angles of the front wheel part 30 and the rear wheel part 40 may be differently controlled, and a sliding angle according to a speed of the scooter may also be controlled.
When the riding mode when the first switch 13 and the second switch 14 are pressed simultaneously is the rotation mode, as shown in fig. 8, when the front portion of the scooter is lifted, the pair of rear wheel portions 40 rotate in different directions, thereby rotating the scooter into position.
At this time, when the front of the scooter is lifted and the controller 10 is rotated to the left while the first switch 13 and the second switch 14 are simultaneously pressed, the left wheel is reversely rotated and the right wheel is rotated forward in the pair of rear wheel portions 40, so that the scooter is rotated to the left, and when the scooter is operated, the right wheel is rotated forward and the left wheel is rotated to the left without cutting off the power. In this case, the rotation speed may be controlled according to the rotation speed and the rotation instruction, and may also be controlled according to the speed of the scooter.
And, when the front of the scooter is lifted and the controller 10 presses the first switch 13 and the second switch 14 while rotating to the right, the left wheel of the pair of rear wheels 40 rotates forward and the right wheel rotates in reverse, the scooter rotates to the right, and when the scooter operates, the left wheel rotates forward and the right wheel turns off the power and does not rotate while rotating to the right. In this case, the rotation speed may be controlled according to the rotation speed and the rotation instruction, and may also be controlled according to the speed of the scooter.
The riding mode when the third switch 15 is pressed is a hard drift mode, and when the third switch 15 is pressed while the scooter changes direction to the left or right as shown in fig. 9, the rear wheel portion 40 stops and the scooter slides in the direction of the direction change and performs hard driving.
At this time, the front wheel portion 30 is rotated to the left side in order to make the hard drift to the left when the scooter is operated, and then the third switch 15 is immediately pressed to stop the rear wheel portion 40 so that the rear wheel portion strongly drifts to the left when sliding, and the front wheel portion 30 is rotated to the right in order to make the rear wheel portion 40 stop when the scooter is operated and the third switch 15 is immediately pressed to make the rear wheel portion 40 strongly drift to the right when sliding. In this case, the third switch 15 immediately stops the second motor 70 of the rear wheel portion 40, which may be referred to as a function similar to a hand brake of the vehicle.
When the reverse switch 16 is pressed, in the riding mode, in order to cause the scooter to run in reverse, the front wheel portion 30 and the rear wheel portion 40 rotate in reverse, that is, the front wheel portion 30 and the rear wheel portion 40 rotate in reverse, and the scooter is caused to run in reverse. At this time, when the controller 10 is rotated leftward and rightward while the reverse switch 16 is pressed, the scooter is operated in this direction, which is the same driving method as that in the forward movement. The only difference is that the scooter is in a state of driving after waiting.
Meanwhile, the human body detection sensor 17 is installed on the handle 12 of the controller 10, or the scooter is operated by pressing an operation switch (not shown) for operating a control command between the controller 10 and the scooter, and when the controller 10 is removed from the user, the scooter is automatically stopped so that the scooter does not malfunction.
On the other hand, in another embodiment, a small throttle (joystick, not shown) is mounted on the outside of the controller 10 to rotate the controller 10 directly to the left or right and drive the throttle to the left and right, thereby rotating the scooter to the left or right accordingly. In the case where the test result is rotated, the throttle valve can also be safely controlled.
That is, the controller 10 is a controller in which a sensor unit and a throttle valve type are mixed, and the sensor unit is responsible for driving and stopping, and the throttle valve is responsible for left and right rotation.
At this time, when the throttle is used to rotate left or right, the steering angle of the scooter is 60 degrees or less on each side, and therefore sufficiently fine rotation control can be performed even if the throttle is used.
On the other hand, it can be used by incorporating the controller 10 in a skateboard glove, a wrist protector, a knee protector, etc., and the controller 10 can be applied to all electronic products using a wireless controller.
As shown in fig. 1 to 2, the panel body 20 is a rectangular plate-shaped body, and may be designed in various shapes of a square, a circle, an oval, etc., in addition to a rectangular shape, and the panel body 20 is formed of various materials such as wood, plastic materials, and metal materials.
At this time, the plate body 20 has pressure sensors 21, the pressure sensors 21 are installed at portions where both feet of the user are placed to determine whether the user is on the scooter, and when the pressure sensors 21 detect with a load that the user has got on the scooter, a signal is transmitted to the control device 80, and the control device 80 releases the lock, so that the board can be driven to prepare for driving.
And, by moving the rider's foot on the pressure sensor toward the center of the scooter (outside of the pressure sensor) or putting the next foot, the scooter will turn off the power and stop automatically, and has a function of safe riding in addition to the human body detection sensor of the controller, the acceleration sensor, the gyro sensor, the battery position and the controller not operating when put on the floor.
As shown in fig. 1 to 2 and 6 to 10, the front wheel unit 30 and the rear wheel unit 40, which are formed as a pair, are connected to the lower side of the board 20 by a scooter 50, the front wheel unit 30 is formed at the front of the scooter, and the rear wheel unit 40 is formed at the rear of the scooter.
At this time, as shown in fig. 10, the front wheel section 30 and the rear wheel section 40 are respectively connected to a first electric motor 60 to change the direction by the first electric motor 60, the first electric motor 60 is attached to or built in the lower side of the cart 50 or the board body 20, a drive lever 61 connected to a rotation shaft of the first electric motor 60 is connected to the pair of front wheel sections 30 and the pair of rear wheel sections 40, and the directions of the front wheel section 30 and the rear wheel section 40 are switched according to the rotation direction of the first electric motor 60. In this case, the first motor 60 is a motor that adjusts an angle by a sub motor, PID control, or the like.
That is, the drive lever 61 of the first motor 60 is connected to the pair of wheel portions 30, 40, directly changes the direction of the wheel portions 30, 40 in the same manner as the principle of changing the wheels of the vehicle, and the drive lever 61 of the first motor 60 is connected to the horizontal axis of the cart 50, and rotates the horizontal axis left and right to change the direction of the wheel portions 30, 40. At this time, since the structure and principle of the wheel steering are well known technologies, a separate structure, construction and principle are not described. At this time, the first electric motor 60 is mounted only on the front wheel section 30 so as to be able to easily change the direction.
As shown in fig. 1 to 2 and 11, the mounting position of the second motor 70 varies depending on whether the scooter is of a two-wheel drive type or a four-wheel drive type, and is mounted only on the pair of rear wheel portions 40 if the scooter is of a two-wheel drive type, and is mounted on the front wheel portion 30 and the rear wheel portion 40 to rotate or stop each wheel portion 30, 40 independently if the scooter is of a four-wheel drive type.
At this time, the second motor 70 may be a wheel hub motor, which is a motor manufactured to rotate the outside of the wheel on the same principle as the motor of the washing machine, or a truck-mounted motor, and the structure, construction and operation principle will not be described since it is the same as the existing wheel hub motor.
As shown in fig. 1 to 2, the control device 80 is mounted on the panel body 20 to receive a signal from the pressure sensor 21 or the sensor unit 11 of the controller 10, and controls the first motor 60 and the second motor 70 according to the signal from the sensor unit 11. At this time, the control device 80 corresponds to a microcomputer in which a microprogram is set.
At this time, as described above, the control device 80 is a processor that receives a signal from the pressure sensor 21 and prepares for driving to enable the scooter to be driven, and the controller 10 controls the first and second motors 60 and 70 according to the control by transmitting signals to the first and second motors 60 and 70 according to the direction instructed by the controller 10, and controls the rotation speed and the rotation direction of the first and second motors 60 and 70 when the switch is operated according to the running mode of the controller 10.
On the other hand, a battery unit 90 for supplying power to the first motor 60, the second motor 70 and the control device 80 is further installed at the lower side of the board body 20, and the battery unit 90 is formed to be chargeable and detachable.
On the other hand, the connection between the controller and the control device may be a wireless connection, such as bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, RF, etc., and the data transmission from the controller to the control device is a command from the rider, a command for sending the scooter status information that the rider needs to know, etc., and the data transmission from the control device side to the controller is the scooter status information, such as remaining battery capacity, current scooter speed and travel distance information.
On the other hand, the scooter of the present invention is easy to rotate, and when the first motors inside and outside rotate, the lengths of the arcs drawn by the inner wheel and the outer wheel are different, thereby preventing smooth rotation, and when the first motors inside and outside rotate, the outer wheel cannot follow the speed of the inner wheel, so that the rotation angle of the front wheel is measured according to the rotation command of the rider, and the matched rotation radius is obtained, and after the difference between the moving distances of the inner wheel and the outer wheel is calculated, the rotation number of the outer wheel is controlled to be increased or decreased, thereby ensuring safe, smooth and easy rotation. At this point, the same algorithm is applied for left or right turns, and the effect of the automotive differential is resolved by the program.
In the drawings
10: the controller 11: sensor unit
12: handle portion 13: first switch
14: the second switch 15: third switch
16: the reversing switch 17: human body detection sensor
20: plate body 21: pressure sensor
30: front wheel portion 40: rear wheel part
50: plate trailer
60: first motor 61: driving rod
70: second motor 80: control device
90: battery part