KR101873890B1 - System for locking and alerting bicycles - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system to lock/unlock a bicycle and notify a locking state, capable of immediately informing a bicycle owner of a trial to steal the bicycle. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises: a locking module to lock the bicycle; a short-range wireless communication module to perform short-range wireless communication with a smartphone of the bicycle owner; a control substrate module to control a locking or unlocking state of the locking module, and to transmit locking state information of the bicycle to the smartphone of the bicycle owner through the short-range wireless communication; a solar cell module to provide operation power to the locking, short-range wireless communication, and control substrate modules; and the smartphone of the bicycle owner, which is used by the bicycle owner, and receives the locking state information of the bicycle through the short-range wireless communication network to display the received information.

Description

System for locking and alerting bicycles

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bicycle opening and closing system and a bicycle opening and closing system for locking or unlocking a bicycle.

Bicycle is widely used as one of leisure sports as well as the function of transportation means.

Bicycle locks are usually used to lock bicycles to nearby facilities such as bicycle cradle, streetlight, street tree, etc. by using wires connected to the body of the lock. Unlock the lock by releasing the lock wire by using the key when riding the bicycle.

Locking or unlocking a wire with a key always involves the inconvenience of carrying the key and creating a new key when the key is lost.

Recently, it has been proposed to provide a stand for parking a large number of bicycles in a public place such as a government office, a post office, a subway station, a bus terminal, a department store, etc., To operate the locking device.

However, in order to lock the bicycle to the cradle by using the key in this way, it is necessary to carry the lock key at all times, and it is also inconvenient to lock the cradle in the cradle.

In addition, since it was originally developed to focus on controlling the locks installed on a bicycle or a cradle, it is necessary to provide a stable supply of driving power for implementing various functions on the bicycle. Can be. However, when such a battery is provided, it is inconvenient to recharge the battery one by one.

Korean Patent No. 10-0989678

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a bicycle opening / closing and notification means for locking or unlocking a bicycle. Further, the technical problem of the present invention is to notify the bicycle owner immediately when a bicycle stolen attempt is made, and to provide means for coping with a bicycle stolen.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a locking module capable of locking a bicycle; A short range wireless communication module for short distance wireless communication with a bicycle owner smart phone; A control board module for controlling the locking module in a locking or unlocking state and transmitting the locking state information of the bicycle to a smartphone as a bicycle owner through a local wireless communication; And a photovoltaic module for providing driving power to the locking module, the short-range wireless communication module, and the control board module. And a smartphone used by a bicycle owner, the bicycle owner smart phone receiving and displaying the locking state information of the bicycle through a local area wireless communication network.

The locking module may be provided in a bicycle fork frame that supports a bicycle wheel, and may be protruded from the bicycle fork frame during a locking operation to be inserted between the spokes of the bicycle wheel and the spokes, thereby locking the bicycle.

The bicycle includes: a vibration sensor installed on a frame of the bicycle to detect vibration of the bicycle; And a speaker provided on a frame of the bicycle, wherein the photovoltaic battery module provides driving power to the vibration sensor and the speaker, and the control board module controls the magnitude of the vibration sensed through the vibration sensor And if it is larger than a preset warning vibration size, the alarm sound can be generated through the speaker.

The control board module may transmit the burglar alarm message to the bike owner smartphone through the short distance wireless communication when the magnitude of the vibration sensed through the vibration sensor is larger than the predetermined first vibration magnitude in the locked state .

The bicycle includes a tack pin member retractable and protruding on the inner surface of a bicycle fork frame opposite to a bicycle wheel tire, wherein the control board module is configured such that when the locked state is released by a physical force without unlocking control And the tack pin member is protruded to puncture the bicycle tire.

The solar battery module is provided on a top surface of a bicycle frame, and a power line for transmitting driving power provided from the solar battery module is installed along a space inside the bicycle frame.

The bicycle comprising: a GPS position calculation module for receiving GPS information from GPS satellites and calculating GPS position information; And a mobile communication module for performing mobile communication with the bike master smart phone through a mobile communication network, wherein the solar battery module provides driving power to the GPS position calculating module and the mobile communication module, The module can transmit the GPS position information of the bicycle to the smartphone as a bicycle owner through the mobile communication network when the short distance wireless communication with the smartphone as the bicycle owner is disconnected.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the owner of the bicycle is immediately notified to the owner of the bicycle, and in some cases, the tire of the bicycle having the theft attempt is punctured to cope with the bicycle theft.

1 is a block diagram of a bicycle opening and closing system according to an embodiment of the present invention
2 is a block diagram of a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a bicycle locking or unlocking state according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating bicycle locking status information displayed on a bicycle owner's smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a bicycle opening / closing system for transmitting bicycle stolen position information to a smartphone as a bicycle owner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a bike for mobile communication with a bike owner smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a bicycle stolen location on a bicycle owner's smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and how to achieve them, will be apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments thereof taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the exemplary embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art. And the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

2 is a block diagram of a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a bicycle locking state information displayed on a bicycle owner smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bicycle opening and closing system of the present invention includes a bicycle owner smart phone 200 and a bicycle 100 for short distance wireless communication with a bicycle owner smart phone 200.

The bicycle owner smart phone 200 is a smartphone used by the bicycle owner and receives and displays the locking status information of the bicycle 100 via the local area wireless communication network. Therefore, the bicycle owner smart phone 200 can receive the bicycle open / close state from the bicycle 100 and display it as shown in FIG. In addition, a locking or unlocking command of the bicycle 100 may be received and transmitted to the control board module 110 of the bicycle 100 in a short distance wireless communication, thereby controlling the locking of the bicycle 100.

For the short-range wireless communication, various short-range wireless communication methods such as Bluetooth, RF (Radio Frequency), and wireless LAN may be used.

In addition, the drawing illustrates a smart phone as an example. In addition to a smart phone, a tablet PC, a slate PC, a navigation device, a digital camera, an MPEG layer 3 Player), and the like. It goes without saying that the terminal to which the present invention is applicable is not limited to the above-described type, but may include all portable mobile terminals.

2, the bicycle 100 according to the present invention includes a locking module 130, a short-range wireless communication unit 130, A module 120, a control board module 110, and a solar cell module 140. [ In addition, a vibration sensor 150, a speaker 160, and a tack pin member 170 may be further provided.

The locking module 130 is a locking means for locking the bicycle 100, and various locking means can be used. For example, when locking, the locking module 130 is provided in the bicycle fork frame 10 supporting the bicycle wheel 20 as shown in Fig. 3 (a) 10 so that the locking module 130 is inserted between the spokes of the bicycle wheel 20 and the sprocket so that the bicycle 100 can be locked. The locking module 130 may be inclined in the fork frame 10 and may be inclined forward or backward by a small motor.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the locking module 130 inserted between the spokes of the bicycle wheel 20 and the spokes of the bicycle wheel 20 moves backward to unlock the unlocking unlocking. When the lock is released, the locking module 130 is positioned inside the bicycle fork frame 10 so that it is not exposed to the outside.

The short-range wireless communication module 120 is a module that performs short-range wireless communication with the smartphone 200 as a bicycle owner and includes various modules such as a Bluetooth module, a radio frequency (RF) module, and a wireless LAN The short-range wireless communication module 120 may be adopted.

The control board module 110 controls the locking module 130 in a locking or unlocking state and transmits the locking state information of the bicycle 100 to the bike owner smart phone 200 through short distance wireless communication. Such a control board can be manufactured as a PCB substrate on which a CPU and a memory can be mounted and can be embedded in the frame of the bicycle 100. In this case, temporary data and various other data necessary for the arithmetic processing can be input and output and stored in the memory. The memory may be a flash memory, a CF card, an SD card (Secure Digital card), a SM card Card, an MMC card (Multi-Media Card), a memory stick, and the like.

The control board module 110 transmits to the smartphone 200 as a bicycle owner whether the bicycle 100 is in the locked state or the unlocked state so that whether the bicycle 100 is in the locked state or not, And may be displayed on the owner smart phone 200. [ Therefore, the owner of the bicycle can know whether the bicycle is in the locked state or in the unlocked state only by checking the smart phone.

The vibration detection sensor 150 is mounted on the frame of the bicycle 100 to sense the vibration of the bicycle 100. This is to detect such a vibration when an illegal third person dragged the bicycle 100 in a locked state to steal the bicycle 100. [

The control board module 110 generates a warning sound through the speaker 160 provided on the bicycle 100 frame when the magnitude of the vibration sensed through the vibration sensing sensor 150 is greater than a predetermined warning vibration magnitude. Theft warning via the speaker 160 not only allows the illegal third party to be alerted to theft, but also allows the surrounding bicycle owner or other persons to easily recognize an illegal third party theft attempt.

Further, when the magnitude of the vibration sensed through the vibration sensor 150 is larger than the preset first vibration magnitude in the locked state, the control board module 110 transmits a burglar alarm message to the bike owner smart Phone 200 as shown in FIG. Thus, the owner of the bicycle can immediately check that his / her bike (100) is undergoing a theft attempt through his smartphone.

For example, when a bicycle owner rides a bicycle (100) to meet a friend, mounts a bicycle (100) on a bicycle (100) cradle in India, and then enters a cafe to meet a friend, Vibration occurs when the bicycle 100 attempts to drag the bicycle 100 to steal the bicycle 100. The bicycle 100 that senses the vibration transmits a burglar alarm message to the bicycle owner's mobile phone. Therefore, the owner of the bicycle can immediately recognize and cope with the risk of the bicycle being stolen in the cafe.

The solar cell module 140 provides driving power to the locking module 130, the short range wireless communication module 120, the control board module 110, the vibration sensor 150, and the speaker 160. There is an inconvenience that the battery needs to be charged one by one when the driving power is supplied using the battery. Accordingly, the present invention uses the photovoltaic battery module 140 as the driving power by providing electricity to the bicycle 100 using external sunlight. For this purpose, the solar cell module 140 is installed on the upper surface of the bicycle 100 frame so as to be exposed to the frame position of the bicycle 100 in which the sunlight reaches well.

Also, a power line for transmitting the driving power provided from the solar cell module 140 is installed along the inner space of the frame of the bicycle 100, so that the power line for transmitting the driving power is not exposed to the outside.

For reference, the photovoltaic cell module 140 includes a plurality of unit cells. These unit cells generally generate (or produce) a voltage of 0.5 V to 0.6 V, that is, about 3 W to 4 W of electric power. The solar cell module 100 including a plurality of unit cells has an output of about 16V to 26V and 120W to 200W, although the number varies depending on the number of unit cells constituting the solar cell module. For example, a solar cell module is composed of 54 unit cells, in which 18 cells are connected in series to form one group, and three groups are connected in parallel to form one solar cell module have.

On the other hand, the illegal third party locks the locking module 130 to the unlocked state by a physical force or a tool, and then rides on the bicycle 100. The bicycle 100 may be provided on the inner side surface of the bicycle fork frame 10 facing the bicycle 100 tire among the inner side surfaces of the bicycle fork frame 10 supporting the bicycle wheel 20, And a pushing pin member 170 which can be retracted and projected on the push pin member 170. [

The control board module 110 is controlled to project the tack pin member 170 to puncture the bicycle 100 tire when the locked state is released by a physical force without unlocking control. Therefore, by controlling the push pin member 170 to protrude so as to puncture the bicycle 100 tire when the unlocking occurs, which is not the normal unlocking control, the bicycle 100 is punctured so that the bicycle 100 Illegal third person trying to steal the bicycle 100 is prevented from escaping.

1 to 4, the bicycle 100 and the host are nearby, and it is intended to grasp the theft attempt of the bicycle 100 through the short-range wireless communication. However, after the bicycle 100 is stolen, the distance between the bicycle 100 and the owner is far away, and short-range wireless communication is impossible. Mobile communication is utilized in preparation for this. 5 to 7 will be described in detail below.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a bicycle opening / closing system for transmitting burglary location information to a smartphone of a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a bicycle stolen location on a bicycle owner's smartphone according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, the bicycle 100 and the bike owner smart phone 200 can perform mobile communication through the mobile communication network 300.

The mobile communication network 300 is connected to the mobile communication network 300 using a wireless mobile communication network 300 including a base transceiver station (BTS), a mobile switching center (MSC), and a home location register (HLR) can do.

The bicycle 100 further includes a mobile communication module 180 and a GPS position calculation module 190 as shown in FIG.

The mobile communication module 180 is a module for performing a function of communicating with the smartphone 200 as an external bicycle owner through the mobile communication network 300. When performing mobile communication such as 3G and 4G, An RF transmitter (not shown) for up-converting and amplifying the frequency of the signal, an RF receiver (not shown) for low-noise amplifying the received radio signal and down-converting the frequency.

The GPS position calculation module 190 receives the GPS information from the GPS satellites and calculates the GPS position information. And GPS position information, which is the current position of the bicycle 100, is calculated using GPS information received from at least three GPS satellites.

The mobile communication module 180 and the GPS position calculation module 190 are similarly supplied with driving power from the solar cell module 140.

The control board module 110 determines that the bicycle 100 is stolen and transmits the GPS position information of the bicycle 100 to the bicycle host 200 through the mobile communication network 300 And transmitted to the smartphone 200. Therefore, the bicycle owner smart phone 200 displays the current position of the bicycle 100 on the map, as shown in Fig. 7, so that the bicycle owner confirms the position of the stolen bicycle 100 and visits the corresponding position The bicycle 100 can be recovered.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are selected and presented in order to assist those of ordinary skill in the art from among various possible examples. The technical idea of the present invention is not necessarily limited to or limited to these embodiments Various changes, modifications, and other equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

100: Bicycle
110: Control board module
120: short-range wireless communication module
130: Locking module
140: Photovoltaic module
200: Bicycle owner smart phone

Claims (7)

A locking module to lock the bicycle; A short range wireless communication module for short distance wireless communication with a bicycle owner smart phone; A control board module for controlling the locking module in a locking or unlocking state and transmitting the locking state information of the bicycle to a smartphone as a bicycle owner through a local wireless communication; And a photovoltaic module for providing driving power to the locking module, the short-range wireless communication module, and the control board module. And a bike owner smart phone for receiving and displaying the locking status information of the bicycle through a local wireless communication network, the system comprising:
The bicycle includes:
A push pin pin member retractable and projectable on an inner surface of the bicycle fork frame opposite to the bicycle wheel tire,
Wherein the control board module projects the tack pin member to puncture the bicycle tire when the locked state is released by physical force without unlocking control.
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