KR20170096306A - Location tracking device for bicycle - Google Patents

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KR20170096306A
KR20170096306A KR1020160017524A KR20160017524A KR20170096306A KR 20170096306 A KR20170096306 A KR 20170096306A KR 1020160017524 A KR1020160017524 A KR 1020160017524A KR 20160017524 A KR20160017524 A KR 20160017524A KR 20170096306 A KR20170096306 A KR 20170096306A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
    • B62J99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62K—CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE
    • B62K19/00—Cycle frames
    • B62K19/30—Frame parts shaped to receive other cycle parts or accessories
    • B62K19/40—Frame parts shaped to receive other cycle parts or accessories for attaching accessories, e.g. article carriers, lamps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • F16B5/02—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of fastening members using screw-thread
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The present invention relates to a location tracking device for a bicycle, which is located at one side of a bicycle frame, receives current location information of the bicycle from GPS satellites, and transmits the received current location information of the bicycle to a terminal so as to track a current location of the bicycle. The location tracking device for a bicycle comprises: a body unit disposed at one side of the inside of the frame; and an antenna unit electrically connected to the body unit as a plate-shaped member having a predetermined length, and having one surface fixed and coupled to one side of an outer surface of the frame corresponding to the body unit. According to the present invention, the antenna unit of the location tracking device is exposed to the outside of the frame and formed as a plate-shaped member at the same time so as to sufficiently secure a receiving area, thereby improving a receiving function of receiving current location information of a bicycle from GPS satellites. Also, one surface of the antenna unit formed as a plate-shaped member is installed to be in close contact with the outer surface of the frame of the bicycle, thereby minimizing damage to appearance of the bicycle. In addition, the body unit of the location tracking device is disposed on the inside of the frame to minimize external exposure of the location tracking device, and thus it is difficult to apparently confirm whether the location tracking device is installed such that it is possible to prevent the location tracking device from being stolen. Further, a part of the antenna unit is concealed by an additional mounting means installed on the other surface of the antenna unit, thereby minimizing damage to appearance of the bicycle due to the antenna unit, and accordingly, external exposure of the location tracking device is minimized so as to more reliably prevent the location tracking device from being stolen.

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A location tracking device for bicycle

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a position tracking device for a bicycle, and more particularly, to a position tracking device for a bicycle that provides improved reception while minimizing aesthetic damage of the bicycle.

Generally, bicycle is widely used as a sports equipment used for living sports, and it is a vehicle that is very advantageously used for near-distance traffic in the urban area.

In particular, the use of bicycles reduces the traffic congestion and is effective in preventing pollution. Therefore, in developed countries, the use of bicycles is actively promoted. In urban areas, bicycles are created to provide environment protection, traffic congestion, It is true.

However, since such a bicycle is exposed to the outside in many situations, there is a problem that theft is easy and prevention of theft is difficult due to the breakage of the locking device or the light weight of the bicycle even when a locking device for preventing theft of the bicycle is used .

For this reason, Korean Patent Registration No. 1091902 discloses a remote real-time monitoring and anti-theft device and method using a RFID and a portable communication device, which monitors and prevents the RFID tag-attached monitored item from being remotely monitored. It is disadvantageous that real-time monitoring is possible if the monitoring items are stored in the storage place.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2008-0026447 discloses a bicycle in which a position tracker is embedded. In order to prevent the identification and removal of the position tracker, a position tracker is installed inside the frame of the bicycle.

Accordingly, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2008-0026447 receives the positional information of the bicycle from the GPS satellite and transmits / receives the position information of the received bicycle to the terminal. Since the transmitting / receiving antenna of the position tracker is also installed inside the bicycle frame, There is a problem that transmission / reception of the bicycle position information is not performed smoothly.

Korean Patent No. 1091902 " Real-time remote monitoring and theft prevention device and method thereof " Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2008-0026447 entitled "

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an antenna unit of a position tracking apparatus for receiving current position information of a bicycle from GPS satellites as a plate member, Wherein the one surface of the part is closely attached to the outer surface of the frame made of a metal material.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a position tracking device for a bicycle in which a body part of a position tracking device is disposed inside a frame to minimize external exposure of the position tracking device.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a position tracking device for a bicycle, which can provide additional mounting means such as a water bottle cage by forming a fastening groove for fastening the fastening means on one side of the antenna.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for tracking a current position of a bicycle, the bicycle being provided at one side of the bicycle frame, receiving current position information of the bicycle from GPS satellites, A body portion disposed on one side of the frame and a plate-shaped member having a predetermined length, the antenna portion being electrically connected to the body portion and having one surface fixedly coupled to one side of the frame outer surface corresponding to the body portion The position of the bicycle is detected.

In this case, a fastening hole is formed at one end of the body portion, a fastening hole is formed at one end of the antenna portion corresponding to the fastening hole, one end portion is fastened to the fastening hole through the fastening hole and the frame, And a first fastening means which is supported on one side of the outer surface of the antenna portion and fixes one end of the antenna portion to one side of the outer surface of the frame.

A rod-like connector is protrudingly formed on one surface of the other end of the antenna portion corresponding to the connection groove, and the rod-shaped connector passes through the frame and is inserted into the connection groove It is preferable that the body portion and the antenna portion are electrically connected and the other end portion of the antenna portion is fixedly connected to one side of the outer surface of the frame.

It is further preferred that the antenna unit further includes a coupling groove to which a second coupling unit for coupling an additional component is coupled to one side of the other end of the antenna unit.

According to the present invention, since the antenna unit of the position tracking device is exposed to the outside of the frame and formed as a plate-like member, the receiving area is sufficiently secured, and the receiving function of receiving the current position information of the bicycle from the GPS satellite is improved .

In addition, since one side of the antenna portion formed of the plate-like member is installed to be in close contact with the outer surface of the frame of the bicycle, the damage to the beauty of the bicycle can be minimized.

Since the body portion of the position tracking device is disposed inside the frame, the external exposure of the position tracking device is minimized, making it difficult to visually confirm whether or not the position tracking device is installed, thereby preventing the position tracking device from being stolen.

In addition, since a part of the antenna unit is hidden by the additional mounting means installed on the other surface of the antenna unit, it is possible to minimize the damage of the beauty of the bicycle due to the antenna unit, It is possible to more reliably prevent the tracking device from being stolen.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a position tracking device for a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed.
2 is a perspective view of an antenna unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 shows another example of the installation of a position tracking device for a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a view of the antenna unit of FIG. 2 viewed from direction A. FIG.
FIG. 5 shows a state in which an additional mount is installed in a position tracking device for a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It is to be noted that like elements in the drawings are represented by the same reference numerals as possible. Further, detailed description of known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the invention will be omitted.

2 is a perspective view of an antenna unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, Fig. 5 shows another example of the installation of the position tracking device for bicycle according to the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the position tracking device 1 for a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed at one side of a bicycle frame, receives current position information from a GPS satellite, And includes a body 10, an antenna 20, and a first fastening means 30. The body 10, the antenna 20,

Here, the terminal may be a mobile terminal of a bicycle owner, a bike rental company, or an administrative terminal such as a government agency.

The body 10 has a cylindrical shape and is arranged inside a seat frame S to which a seat part is connected. A fastening hole 11 is formed at one end to fasten the first fastening means described later, The connection groove 12 to which the connector 22 of the antenna section 20 is connected is formed.

Although not shown in detail in the drawing, the body 10 may include control means for controlling the transmission and reception of the antenna unit 20, which will be described later, and power supply means for supplying power to the control means, It may be provided in the form of a rechargeable battery which can be charged by electricity generated by the rotational force of the pedal or the vibration of the bicycle.

The antenna unit 20 is a plate-like member having a predetermined length and is formed by fastening the antenna unit 20 to the seat frame S and the body unit 10 at one end portion corresponding to the fastening hole 11 of the body unit 10 A connector 22 in the form of a stick is formed to protrude to the outside at the other end of one surface corresponding to the connection groove 12 of the body 10, do.

The connector 22 penetrates the seat frame S and is inserted into the connection groove 12 of the body portion 10 so that the antenna portion 20 and the body portion 10 are electrically connected to each other, So that the other end portion of the seat portion (S) 20 is firmly fixed to the outer surface of the seat frame (S).

The connector 22 of the antenna unit 20 is simply inserted into the connection groove 12 of the body 10 and the other end of the antenna unit 20 is connected to the outer surface of the seat frame S A separate fastening means for fixing the other end of the antenna unit 20 to the outer surface of the seat frame S can be omitted, The time required for fastening the fastening means can be saved.

Although not shown in the drawing, a connecting terminal (not shown) for electrically connecting the body 10 and the antenna 20 is formed on one side of the outer surface of the connector 22 and on the inner surface of the body 10, May be provided.

It is preferable that the antenna unit 20 is rounded to have a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the seat frame S so that one side of the antenna unit 20 can be closely attached to one side of the outer surface of the seat frame S. [

One end of the first fastening means 30 penetrates the fastening hole 21 of the antenna unit 20 and the seat frame S and is fastened to the fastening hole 11 of the body portion 10, 20 are fixed to the outer surface of the seat frame S, and a known bolt can be used.

As described above, in the position tracking device 1 for a bicycle according to the embodiment of the present invention, the antenna unit 20 is installed to be exposed on the outer surface of the seat frame S, It is possible to prevent the problem that the reception of the antenna unit 20 due to the seat frame S occurs in the prior art structure in which the antenna unit 20 is disposed inside the antenna unit 20, The reception area is sufficiently secured and the reception function of receiving the current position information of the bicycle from the GPS satellite is improved.

Further, since one side of the antenna unit 20 formed of a plate-like member is installed in close contact with one side of the outer surface of the seat frame S, damage to the beauty of the bicycle can be minimized.

In addition, since the body portion 10 including the control means and the power supply means is disposed inside the seat frame S to minimize external exposure of the position tracking device, it is difficult to visually confirm whether or not the position tracking device is installed. The tracing device can be prevented from being stolen.

Although the above-described embodiment of the present invention has been described in connection with the case where the bicycle position tracking device 1 is installed in the seat frame S to which the saddle portion of the bicycle is connected, the present invention is not limited thereto, It may be installed on one side of the down frame D which is installed to be inclined downward in the rearward direction of the steering device of the bicycle.

FIG. 4 is a view of the antenna unit of FIG. 2 viewed from the direction A, and FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a state where an additional mount is installed in the position tracking device for a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The antenna unit 20 of the position tracking device 1 for a bicycle according to the embodiment of the present invention includes additional mounting means 50 such as a water bottle cage on the other surface corresponding to the connector 22, The second fastening means 40 for fastening the antenna unit 20 to the other surface of the antenna unit 20 is fastened.

Here, as with the first fastening means 30, a known bolt may be used for the second fastening means 40.

As described above, the antenna unit 20 of the present invention has the coupling groove 23 to which the second coupling means 40 for fixing the additional attachment means 50 to the other surface of the antenna unit 20 is fastened The additional mounting means 50 can be easily installed on the other surface of the antenna unit 20 by using the first fastening means 30 and the second fastening means 40 as shown in FIG.

Therefore, the present invention can minimize the damage to the aesthetics of the bicycle due to the antenna unit 20 because a part of the antenna unit 20 is hidden by the additional mounting means 50 installed on the other surface of the antenna unit 20 In addition, since the external exposure of the position tracking device is minimized, it becomes more difficult to visually confirm whether or not the position tracking device is installed, thereby making it possible to more reliably prevent the position tracking device from being stolen.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments, it is possible to make various modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is, therefore, to be understood that the appended claims will include all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit of the invention.

1: position tracking device for bicycle 10:
11: fastening hole 12: connecting groove
20: antenna part 21: fastening hole
22: connector 23: fastening groove
30: first fastening means 40: second fastening means
50: Additional mounting means S: Seat frame
D: Down frame

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An apparatus for receiving current position information of a bicycle from a GPS satellite and transmitting current position information of the received bicycle to a terminal, the apparatus being installed at a side of a bicycle frame,
A body disposed on one side of the frame;
And an antenna portion electrically connected to the body portion and having one surface fixedly coupled to one side of the frame outer surface corresponding to the body portion. The method according to claim 1,
A fastening hole is formed at one end of the body portion,
A fastening hole is formed at one end of the antenna unit corresponding to the fastening hole,
And a first fastening means for fastening one end of the antenna unit to one side of the outer surface of the frame, the one end of the antenna unit being fastened to the fastening hole and the frame through the fastening hole and the frame, Featured position tracking device for bicycles. The method according to claim 1,
A connection groove is formed at the other end of the body portion,
A rod-shaped connector protrudes from one surface of the other end of the antenna portion corresponding to the connection groove,
Wherein the rod-shaped connector passes through the frame and is inserted into the connection groove, thereby electrically connecting the body portion and the antenna portion, and fixing the other end portion of the antenna portion to one side of the outer surface of the frame. Position tracking device. Wherein the antenna unit further comprises a coupling groove to which a second coupling unit for coupling an additional component is coupled to one side of the other end of the antenna unit.
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