TW201900476A - Handlebar and image capturing device and driving recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

A handlebar includes a handlebar body and an image capturing device. The handlebar body includes two handles located on left and right sides respectively and extending rearward. Each handle has a free end. The image capturing device disposed on the free end of one of the handles, to capturing the image behind the handle. Thus, the rights of the rider in the event of an accident can be guaranteed, and the safety of the rider in the process of riding a bicycle can be enhanced.

Description

Handlebar and its image capturing device and driving recorder

The invention relates to a handlebar, in particular to a bicycle handlebar having an image capturing device, an image capturing device and a driving recorder.

Existing bicycles are generally not equipped with an image capture device that can record the image of the rear of the vehicle. Therefore, when a bicycle is chased by a vehicle coming behind, the rider cannot protect his rights by capturing and recording the image of the accident. .

In addition, during the riding of the bicycle team on the road, the leading rider at the forefront, in order to confirm whether other teammates are keeping up with the team, will turn their heads from time to time to watch the situation of the teammates. Such behavior will Has the following effects:

1. It is easy to cause the rider to change the pedaling frequency and change the vehicle speed.

2. Easily distracted and unable to see the road conditions immediately.

3. When turning the head, the body and hand will be tilted at the same time, which will cause the handlebar to steer the steering wheel and cause the bicycle to deviate from the original driving direction.

All of the above points will affect the safety of the rider during riding the bicycle.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a handlebar, which can capture the image of the rear of the vehicle by an image capturing device, so as to protect the rights and interests of the rider when an accident occurs.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handlebar that can improve the safety of a rider during riding a bicycle.

Therefore, the handlebar of the present invention includes a handlebar body and at least one image capturing device.

The handlebar body includes two handles located on the left and right sides and extending rearwardly, each of which has a free end. The image capturing device is disposed at the free end of one of the two handles, and is used for capturing an image behind the handle.

Therefore, the handlebar of the present invention includes a handlebar body and at least one image capturing device.

The handlebar body includes two handlebars which are respectively located on the left and right sides and extend in a curved manner to the rear. An image capturing device is disposed at a free end of one of the two handles. The image capturing device has a rear-facing lens for capturing an image behind the handle.

Therefore, the handlebar of the present invention includes a handlebar body and a row of vehicle recorders.

The handlebar body includes two handles located on the left and right sides, respectively. The driving recorder includes two image capturing devices, an image processing module and a display screen. The two image capturing devices are respectively disposed at a free end of the two handles for capturing images behind the two handles. The image processing module is used to process the images captured by the two image capturing devices, and the display screen is used to display the images processed by the image processing module.

Therefore, the image capturing device of the present invention is provided for being disposed on a handlebar body, the handlebar body includes two handles respectively located on the left and right sides and extending backward, and each of the handle ends has a rearwardly extending tube body, each The tube body defines a through hole, and each of the tube bodies has an inner tube surface defining the through hole. The image capturing device includes a housing and a lens.

The shell is used to pass through the through hole of the pipe body provided with one of the handles of the handlebar body, and is fixedly coupled to the inner pipe surface of the pipe body. The lens is disposed on the casing and faces rearward to capture an image behind the handle.

Therefore, the driving recorder of the present invention is configured to be disposed on a handlebar body, the handlebar body includes two handles respectively located on the left and right sides and extending backwards. The driving recorder includes at least an image capturing device and an image processing Module, and a display screen.

The image capturing device is used for being disposed on a free end of one of the two handles of the handlebar body, and used for capturing an image behind the handle. The image processing module is configured to process an image captured by the image capturing device. The display screen is used to display the image processed by the image processing module.

The effect of the present invention is that the image capturing device is arranged on the free end of the handle, so that the image capturing device can capture the image behind the handle, and the image processed by the image processing module is stored through the storage module, which can ensure riding Rights of passengers in the event of an accident. Furthermore, the rider can clearly and directly know the state behind the handlebar by watching the image displayed on the display screen, thereby improving the safety of the rider during riding the bicycle.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are represented by the same numbers.

Referring to FIG. 1, a first embodiment of the handlebar of the present invention is shown. The handlebar 100 is a bicycle handlebar applied to a bicycle. In this embodiment, the handlebar 100 is a road handlebar as an example. The handlebar 100 includes a handlebar body 1, a row of vehicle recorders 2, and a power supply 3.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the handlebar body 1 includes a connecting frame 11 and two handles 12. The connecting frame 11 is hollow, and the power supply 3 is disposed in the connecting frame 11. The two handles 12 are respectively disposed on the left and right sides of the connecting frame 11 and extend rearwardly. Each handle 12 has a frame 121 extending laterally and connected to one side of the connecting frame 11, and a front end of the frame 121 is bent downward and backward. The extended tube body 122. The frame body 121 is hollow and communicates with the connecting frame 11. The tube body 122 has a free end 123 which faces toward the rear and is located at the bottom end. The tube body 122 defines a through hole 124 communicating with the frame body 121. The through hole 124 has a rear opening 125 formed at the free end 123. The pipe body 122 has an inner pipe surface 126 defining a through hole 124.

3, 4 and 5, the driving recorder 2 includes two image capturing devices 21, an image processing module 23, a display screen 24, a storage module 25, two signal transmission lines 26, and two Power transmission line 27. The two image capturing devices 21 are respectively disposed on the free ends 124 of the two handles 12 for capturing images behind the two handles 12. Each image capturing device 21 includes a casing 211 and a lens 212. The housing 211 is inserted into the through hole 124 corresponding to the handle 12 and is fixedly coupled to the inner tube surface 126. The lens 212 is disposed on the casing 211 for capturing images.

Specifically, the casing 211 of this embodiment has a hollow tube shape and has a surrounding wall 213 and an end cover 214 formed at a rear end of the surrounding wall 213 to shield the rear opening 125. The surrounding wall 213 and the end cover 214 together define a mounting hole 215. The housing 211 further has a plurality of convex rings 216 protruding radially outward from the outer wall surface of the surrounding wall 213. The convex rings 216 are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the surrounding wall 213. The 124 aperture is used to tightly contact the inner tube surface 126.

When assembling the housing 211 of each image capturing device 21 to the corresponding pipe body 122, the surrounding wall 213 and the convex ring 216 of the housing 211 are inserted into the through hole 124 through the rear opening 125 of the corresponding pipe body 122. The outer diameter of each convex ring 216 is slightly larger than the diameter of the through hole 124. Therefore, when each convex ring 216 is pressed by the inner tube surface 126 of the pipe body 122, deformation will occur, so that each convex ring 216 can be tightly contacted to the inner tube surface 126. . When the end cover 214 of the casing 211 touches the free end 123 of the tube body 122, the casing 211 cannot continue to move. At this time, the assembly of the casing 211 is completed. Each convex ring 216 is tightly contacted to the inner pipe surface 126 of the pipe body 122, so that the casing 211 can be stably fixed in the pipe body 122.

The lens 212 is installed in the mounting hole 215 and is exposed on a rear end surface 217 of the end cover 214 that faces toward the rear. As a result, the lens 212 can be directed toward the rear of the handle 12 and can smoothly capture the image behind the handle 12. The lens 212 and the end cover 214 in this embodiment may be fixedly combined by a screw-locking manner or a clamping manner in which a clamping block and a slot are matched. In addition, in this example, the shooting angle A (as shown in FIG. 1) of the lens 212 is between 150 degrees and 170 degrees. As a result, the lens 212 can shoot a wide range of angles, and can capture the large rear of the handle 12 Part of the image.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4, the image processing module 23 is disposed in the connecting frame 11 and is electrically connected to the power supply 3. Each signal transmission line 26 is disposed in the frame 121 and the through hole 124 corresponding to the handle 12, and each signal transmission line 26 is electrically connected between the image processing module 23 and the lens 212 of the corresponding image capture device 21. Thereby, the image processing module 23 can receive the images captured by the two lenses 212 through the signal transmission line 26 to process the two images. Each power transmission line 27 passes through the frame 121 and the through hole 124 corresponding to the handle 12, and each power transmission line 27 is electrically connected between the power supply 3 and the lens 212 of the corresponding image capture device 21. Thereby, the power supply 3 can transmit power to the lens 212 through the power transmission line 27 to supply power required for its operation.

The display screen 24 is disposed on the top surface of the connecting frame 11. The display screen 24 is electrically connected to the image processing module 23 through a signal transmission line (not shown) to receive the two images processed by the image processing module 23. Thereby, the rider can know the state behind the handlebar 12 by watching the image displayed on the display screen 24. In this embodiment, the display screen 24 is a touch display screen, and the rider can display different display modes through the touch display screen 24, which will be described in detail later.

The storage module 25 includes an electrical connector 251 and a memory card 252. The electrical connector 251 is disposed in the connecting frame 11 and partially exposed at the bottom end of the connecting frame 11. The electrical connector 251 is electrically connected to the image processing module 23 through a signal transmission line (not shown). The memory card 252 is detachably inserted into the electrical connector 251 to store an image processed by the image processing module 23.

In this embodiment, the image signal captured by the lens 212 is processed by the image processing module 23, so that the display screen 24 can display the following display modes:

As shown in FIG. 6, in the first display mode, the display screen 24 simultaneously displays the images I1 and I2 captured by the two lenses 212 processed by the image processing module 23 and the arrangement of the two images I1 and I2. It can be arranged left and right, or up and down, or diagonally as shown in FIG. 6. Thereby, the rider can watch the two images I1 and I2 on the display screen 24 at the same time.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the second display mode, the display screen 24 displays the images I1 and I2 captured by the two lenses 212 processed by the image processing module 23 in a time-sharing manner. That is, the display screen 24 first displays the image I1 (or image I2) captured by one of the lenses 212, and then after a preset time interval, the display screen 24 displays the image captured by the other lens 212 I2 (or image I1). Thereby, the rider can sequentially view the two images I1 and I2 on the display screen 24. In addition, the image I1 (or image I2) can also be displayed by the user's preset display screen 24, and another image I2 (or image I1) can be switched and displayed by the user as needed.

As shown in FIG. 8, in the third display mode, the image processing module 23 synthesizes the images I1 and I2 captured by the two lenses 212 into a single image I3 through the processing of the internal image composition program, so that the display screen 24 is displayed. The synthesized single image I3 is displayed directly. Thereby, the rider can simultaneously obtain the content to be displayed on the images I1 and I2 after viewing the single image I3 on the display screen 24.

The rider can switch between the three different display modes through the touch display screen 24, thereby improving the convenience of operation and enabling the rider to conveniently and quickly select the required according to his needs. Display mode. Furthermore, when the rider acts as the leading rider in the forefront of the cycling team, the rider can clearly know whether other teammates in the rear are keeping up by watching the image displayed on the display screen 24 Instead of turning your head and looking back at your teammates, the team can improve the safety of the rider while riding the bicycle.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, by designing the two image capturing devices 21 on the free ends 123 of the two handles 12 facing rearward, most of the images on the left and right sides of the rear of the rider can be captured. , Which can increase the range of image capture. Furthermore, it can also greatly reduce the direct impact of wind and sand or rain on the bicycle during travel, or contaminate the lenses 212 of each image capturing device 21, so as to reduce the chance of the lenses 212 being damaged. Of course, in other embodiments, the number of the image capturing devices 21 may also be one, which is not limited to the number disclosed in this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, it is a second embodiment of the handlebar of the present invention. The overall structure is substantially the same as the first embodiment, except that the structure and the assembly method of each image capturing device 21 are different.

In this embodiment, each casing 211 has a plurality of latching elastic pieces 218 protruding from the front end of the surrounding wall 213, and the latching elastic pieces 218 are arranged in a ring shape at intervals. Each latching spring piece 218 has a spring body 219 protruding from the front end of the surrounding wall 213, and a latch block 220 protruding from the outer surface of the spring body 219. When assembling each casing 211 to the corresponding tube body 122, the surrounding wall 213 of the casing 211 and the latching spring 218 are inserted into the through hole 124 through the rear opening 125 of the corresponding tube body 122. When the latching block 220 of each latching spring 218 touches the inner tube surface 126 of the tube body 122, the latching block 220 will be pressed by the inner tube surface 126 to drive the elastic sheet body 219 to deform relative to the surrounding wall 213. With the reset elastic force accumulated when the elastic piece body 219 is deformed relative to the surrounding wall 213, the clamping pieces 220 of each of the elastic pieces 218 can be tightly contacted with the inner tube surface 126, so that the casing 211 can be firmly fixed to the tube body. 122.

Referring to FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG. 13, a third embodiment of the handlebar of the present invention is shown. The overall structure is substantially the same as the first embodiment, except that the structure and assembly method of each image capturing device 21 are different.

In this embodiment, each housing 211 further has a plurality of pressing blocks 221 formed at the front end of the end cover 214. The pressing blocks 221 surround the outer periphery of the surrounding wall 213 and are spaced apart from the surrounding wall 213. An arc-shaped gap 222 is defined between the inner sides of the pressing blocks 221 and the surrounding wall 213. The end cover 214 is formed with a plurality of screw holes 223, each screw hole 223 is in communication with the corresponding gap 222, and the diameter of each screw hole 223 is slightly larger than the width of the corresponding gap 222. Each image capturing device 21 further includes a plurality of screws 224, and an outer diameter of each screw 224 is slightly larger than a width of the gap 222. Each screw 224 is used to be screwed into the corresponding screw hole 223 and penetrates into the corresponding space 222, thereby supporting the corresponding pressing block 221 outward.

Referring to FIG. 11, FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, when assembling each case 211 to the corresponding pipe body 122, first pass the surrounding wall 213 and the pressing block 221 of the case 211 through the rear opening 125 of the corresponding pipe body 122. Inside the through hole 124. Next, each screw 224 is screwed into the corresponding screw hole 223 and penetrates into the corresponding space 222. During the movement of the screw 224 in the corresponding gap 222, the corresponding pressing block 221 will be pushed outwards. When the pressing block 221 is pushed up, it will expand outward and contact the inner pipe surface 126 of the pipe body 122, so that The casing 211 can be firmly fixed to the pipe body 122.

Referring to FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, there is shown a fourth embodiment of the handlebar of the present invention. The overall structure of the handlebar is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, except for the structure and assembly method of each image capturing device 21.

In this embodiment, an internal thread 127 adjacent to the free end 123 is formed on the inner tube surface 126 of each handle 12, and a section for screwing the internal thread 127 on the outer peripheral surface of the housing 211 of each image capturing device 21 is formed. External thread 225. The external thread 225 of the casing 211 is screwed to the internal thread 127 of the tube body 122, so that the casing 211 can be stably fixed in the tube body 122, and the lens 212 is exposed at the free end 123 of the tube body 122.

In summary, the handlebar 100 of each embodiment is provided on the free end 123 of the handle 12 by the image capturing device 21, so that the image capturing device 21 can capture the image behind the handle 12 and pass the storage module 25 The stored images processed by the image processing module 23 can protect the rider's rights and interests in the event of an accident. In addition, the rider can clearly and directly know the state behind the handlebar 12 by watching the image displayed on the display screen 24, thereby improving the safety of the rider during the riding of the bicycle, so it can indeed To achieve the purpose of the invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention. When the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited in this way, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application and the content of the patent specification of the present invention are still Within the scope of the invention patent.

100‧‧‧ handlebar

1‧‧‧ handlebar body

11‧‧‧Connector

12‧‧‧handle

121‧‧‧Frame

122‧‧‧ tube body

123‧‧‧Free End

124‧‧‧through hole

125‧‧‧ rear opening

126‧‧‧Inner tube surface

127‧‧‧Screw hole

2‧‧‧ driving recorder

21‧‧‧Image capture device

211‧‧‧shell

212‧‧‧Lens

213‧‧‧ around the wall

214‧‧‧End cap

215‧‧‧Mounting hole

216‧‧‧ convex ring

217‧‧‧ rear face

218‧‧‧Snap Shrapnel

219‧‧‧ shrapnel body

220‧‧‧ card block

221‧‧‧ Urgent Block

222‧‧‧Gap

223‧‧‧Screw hole

225‧‧‧Screw

225‧‧‧external thread

23‧‧‧Image Processing Module

24‧‧‧display

25‧‧‧Storage Module

251‧‧‧electrical connector

252‧‧‧Memory Card

26‧‧‧Signal transmission line

27‧‧‧ Power Transmission Line

3‧‧‧ Power Supply

I1‧‧‧Image

I2‧‧‧Image

I3‧‧‧ single image

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiment with reference to the drawings, wherein: FIG. 1 is a top view of a first embodiment of the handlebar of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the first embodiment; FIG. 3 is a partially exploded perspective view of the first embodiment, illustrating the assembly relationship between the tube body of the handle and the image capture device; FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the first embodiment, illustrating the image capture device and image processing The connection relationship between the module, the display screen, the electrical connector, the memory card, and the power supply; Figure 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the first embodiment, illustrating that the convex ring surrounding the wall is in tight contact with the inner tube of the tube body FIG. 6 is a top view of the first embodiment, illustrating the display screen in the first display mode; FIG. 7 is a top view of the first embodiment, illustrating the display screen in the second display mode; FIG. 8 is the first embodiment The top view of the embodiment illustrates the third display mode of the display screen; FIG. 9 is a partially exploded perspective view of the second embodiment of the handlebar of the present invention, illustrating the assembly relationship between the pipe body and the image capturing device; FIG. 10 is The second real Partial cross-sectional view of the example, illustrating that the clamping block of the latching spring piece is tightly contacted with the inner tube surface of the pipe body; FIG. 11 is a partially exploded perspective view of the third embodiment of the handlebar of the present invention, illustrating the pipe body and the image capturing device Fig. 12 is a rear view of the image capturing device of the third embodiment, illustrating that the end cap is formed with a screw hole; Fig. 13 is a partial sectional view of the third embodiment, illustrating the surrounding wall of the casing Penetrate into the through hole; FIG. 14 is a partial cross-sectional view of the third embodiment, explaining that the screw penetrates into the gap and pushes the pressing block outward to expand outward and press against the inner tube surface; FIG. 15 FIG. 16 is a partial perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the handlebar of the present invention; and FIG. 16 is a partial perspective exploded view of the fourth embodiment, illustrating the assembly relationship between the pipe body and the image capturing device.

Claims (13)

A handlebar comprises: a handlebar body, comprising two handles respectively located on the left and right sides and extending rearwardly, each handle having a free end; and at least one image capturing device provided on one of the two handles The free end is used to capture an image behind the handle. The handlebar according to claim 1, wherein each of the handle ends has a pipe body bent and extending backward, the pipe body has the free end facing backward, the pipe body defines a through hole, and the pipe body has a definition Out of the inner tube surface of the through hole, the image capture device is disposed in the tube body and includes a lens facing rearward and exposed at the free end. The image capture device further includes a casing, and the lens is disposed in the casing. On the other hand, the casing is penetrated in the through hole and fixedly coupled to the inner tube surface. The handlebar according to claim 2, wherein the housing has a surrounding wall and a plurality of convex rings protruding radially outward from the outer wall surface of the surrounding wall, and the convex rings axially extend along the surrounding wall. Spaced and tightly contact the inner tube surface. The handlebar according to claim 2, wherein the housing has a surrounding wall, and a plurality of latching springs protruding from the front end of the surrounding wall, and the latching springs are arranged in an annular space and are in tight contact. On the inner tube surface. The handlebar according to claim 2, wherein the housing has an end cap for the lens, a surrounding wall formed at the front end of the end cap, and a plurality of pressing blocks formed at the front end of the end cap, The pressing blocks surround the space around the surrounding wall and are spaced from the surrounding wall. The image capturing device further includes a plurality of screws screwed to the end cover, and each of the screws outwards the corresponding pressing block. The top support swells it outwards and tightly contacts the inner tube surface. The handlebar according to claim 2, wherein the inner tube surface is formed with a section of internal thread, and the housing is formed with a section of external thread screwed to the internal thread. The handlebar according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a display screen provided on the handlebar body, and the display screen is used to display an image captured by the image capture device. The handlebar according to claim 7, comprising two image capturing devices of the free end respectively disposed on the two handles, and an image processing module, the two image capturing devices respectively for capturing the two handles For the rear image, the image processing module is electrically connected to the two image capturing devices for processing the images captured by the two image capturing devices, and the display screen is electrically connected to the image processing module for Simultaneously display or time-divisionally display the images captured by the two image capturing devices processed by the image processing module. The handlebar according to claim 7, comprising two image capturing devices respectively disposed at the free ends of the two handles, and an image processing module, the two image capturing devices are respectively used to capture the rear of the two handles The image processing module is electrically connected to the two image capturing devices, and is used to synthesize the images captured by the two image capturing devices into a single image. The display screen is electrically connected to the image processing module. A group for displaying the single image synthesized by the image processing module. A handlebar includes: a handlebar body, which includes two handles which are respectively located on the left and right sides and extend backward in a curved manner; and at least one image capturing device, which is disposed on a free end of one of the two handles, the The image capturing device has a rear-facing lens for capturing an image behind the handle. A handlebar includes: a handlebar body including two handles located on the left and right sides; and a row of vehicle recorders including two image capturing devices, an image processing module and a display screen, the two image capturing The devices are respectively arranged at a free end of the two handles, for capturing images behind the two handles, the image processing module is used for processing images captured by the two image capturing devices, and the display screen is used for displaying the The image processed by the image processing module. An image capturing device is provided for being disposed on a handlebar body. The handlebar body includes two handles which are respectively located on the left and right sides and extend rearwardly. There is a through hole, and each of the pipe bodies has an inner pipe surface defining the through hole. The image capturing device includes: a casing for passing through the pipe body of one of the handles of the handlebar body. The through hole is fixedly coupled to the inner pipe surface of the pipe body; and a lens is disposed on the housing and faces rearward to capture an image behind the handle. A driving recorder is provided for being disposed on a handlebar body. The handlebar body includes two handles respectively located on the left and right sides and extending backward. The driving recorder includes: at least one image capturing device for setting on A free end of one of the two handles of the handlebar body is used to capture an image behind the handle; an image processing module is used to process an image captured by the image capture device; and a display screen To display the image processed by the image processing module.