WO2017023293A1 - Système d'éclairage de bicyclette intelligent pour une visibilité optimale de la route - Google Patents

Système d'éclairage de bicyclette intelligent pour une visibilité optimale de la route Download PDF

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WO2017023293A1
WO2017023293A1 PCT/US2015/043422 US2015043422W WO2017023293A1 WO 2017023293 A1 WO2017023293 A1 WO 2017023293A1 US 2015043422 W US2015043422 W US 2015043422W WO 2017023293 A1 WO2017023293 A1 WO 2017023293A1
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Chih-Wei Tang
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  • the disclosure relates generally to intelligent lighting methods, systems, and apparatuses for cycling and improved cycling illumination for optimal road visibility.
  • the disclosed methods and systems herein provide efficient and effective bicycle lighting.
  • the disclosed methods, features, and systems that improves the safety of cycling as a growing mainstream mode of transportation.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an overhead view of how an optimized bicycle headlight illuminates a cyclist's path while riding on a road
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic of a bicycle headlight comprising a light element driven by a drive circuit that is responsive to operational signals generated by a controller;
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a computing hardware schematic 300 of an implementation of the headlight system 200 in accordance to the present disclosure
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a method for controlling a bicycle headlight for providing improved illumination in dynamic environments.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an overhead view of how an optimized bicycle headlight illuminates a cyclist's path while riding on a road.
  • a bicycle headlight 100 may be mounted to a bicycle 105 that is being ridden by a cyclist 110 along a curved road 115 (or cycling path). As can be seen in the figure, an obstacle 120 is on the road 115 in the path of the cyclist 110.
  • the original illumination area of the light beam produced by the bicycle headlight 100 is illustrated as an oval labeled "A” and adjusted illumination areas are shown as dashed line oval labeled A+Yaw, A+Pitch, and
  • the bicycle headlight 100 may be adjusted and driven to move physically by two motors.
  • the first motor 130 may be configured to move the bicycle headlight 100 horizontally to adjust the yaw
  • a second motor 140 may be configured to move the bicycle headlight 100 vertically to adjust pitch.
  • the first and second motors may be driven in a manner that is responsive to sensors that are electronically connected to a controller 155 within the headlight 100.
  • the pitch of the headlight 100 may be adjusted to produce the illumination pattern labeled A+Pitch, which would be better as speed changes.
  • the pitch adjusted illumination area A+Pitch produces an illumination pattern that is further out from the cyclist 110 thereby providing increased awareness, it does not fall upon the obstacle 120. Accordingly, it would be advantageous to also adjust the yaw of the headlight 100 so that the illumination area may be moved side to side horizontally.
  • the pitch of the headlight 100 may be adjusted to produce the illumination pattern labeled A+Yaw, which would be advantageous when turning.
  • the yaw adjusted illumination area A+Yaw produces an illumination area that illuminates more peripheral areas relative to the cyclist 110, thereby providing increased awareness while turning.
  • the A+Yaw illumination alone would also fail to fall upon the obstacle 120. Accordingly, it would be advantageous to adjust both the yaw and pitch of the headlight 100 so that the illumination area may be moved both horizontally and vertically at the same time.
  • the disclosed system may dynamically adjust the horizontal yaw angle as the cyclist 110 starts to turn, so that the road leading into the upcoming turn may be well-lit and safely anticipated by the cyclist.
  • an improved illumination area may be created by adjusting the yaw and pitch of the headlight 100 simultaneously. Such an illumination area is show by the oval labeled A+Pitch+Yaw, which does fall on the obstacle, thereby providing increased awareness of the upcoming obstacle for the cyclist 110.
  • an implementation of the headlight 100 may comprise an ambient light sensor 150 that is configured to sense the ambient light.
  • the output of the light element may be adjusted by a control unit 155 in response to the data received from the ambient light sensor 150. Accordingly, the light element may be adjusted such that the headlight 100 illuminates more brightly or less brightly depending upon the data received from the ambient light sensor 150.
  • the disclosed system may also dynamically adjust the pitch angle of the bicycle headlight 100 when the cyclist 110 is riding on very dark roads 115 to provide sufficient lighting to clearly see potential obstructions on the road 115 that are close in front of the cyclist 110 as well as a broader view of the upcoming road ahead.
  • the disclosed system may automatically adjust the brightness, and intensity of the bicycle light responsive to the sensed environmental conditions.
  • the road 115 may be lit by street lamps 160 and 170, each producing an illuminated area 161 and 171, respectively.
  • the headlight 100 may automatically adjust its output to compensate for the dynamic lighting conditions. These adjustments may occur at any frequency such that the cyclist 110 is provided with more consistent light.
  • the sensing of ambient light and adjustments in illumination may be made in the range of 1 hertz to 100 hertz.
  • the system is also capable of flashing the bicycle light 100 at different frequencies, based on environmental conditions, to make the cyclist more visible to differing levels of surrounding traffic.
  • an embodiment of the disclosed system may also be set to flash at some frequency to provide more visibility for surrounding car drivers and pedestrians.
  • the determination of the frequency of the flashing of the bicycle light 100 may be based on a combination of the ambient lighting conditions and the bicycle speed by integrating a value from an accelerometer as discussed more fully herein.
  • the ambient lighting conditions may be obtained from a value from the ambient light sensor 150.
  • the controller 155 may increase the flashing frequency to raise the awareness of the presence of the bicycle, while reducing the brightness of the bicycle light 100. At the same time, the system may also increase the flashing frequency of the bicycle light 100 as the bicycle speed increases to further raise the awareness of the bicycle.
  • the bicycle headlight 100 may comprise individual LEDs, such that the brightness of each LED contained in the headlight 100 may be individually adjusted by the controller 155.
  • the system may reduce the bicycle light element brightness and/or intensity to minimize the power consumption and maximize battery life.
  • the ambient light sensor 150 may be used for automatically reducing the light element brightness and/or intensity.
  • the ambient light sensor 150 may be used to provide a percentage brightness value. That percentage could be used to set the brightness of the light element. For example, if the ambient light sensor 150 returns a 20% brightness level, then the light element should be set to 80% of its brightness capacity to account for the reduced ambient lighting.
  • the adjustment to the pulsing frequency and brightness may be made by operational signals generated by the controller 155, and may also be based on the other various sensors, such as an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a
  • handlebar/steering sensor 180 in addition to the ambient light sensor 150.
  • bicycle headlights 100 may allow users to manually change the bicycle light brightness/intensity through a user interface that would override or influence the operational signals generated by the controller 155.
  • One advantage of the disclosed system is that it may automatically find the optimal pitch and yaw of the headlight 100 to produce the most efficient lighting angles of the light, and it may also adjust the light brightness/intensity to optimize lighting the road ahead and power consumption, while being customizable with user inputs.
  • a gyroscope may be used. The automatic adjustment can be determined by the change in pitch (deltaP) and yaw (delta Y) angle values from the gyroscope.
  • the yaw position of the headlight 100 can be determined by some factor of the acceleration in the x-direction. For example, k * acx, where k is some constant to translate the acceleration into an angle (delta) for the headlight 100 to move.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic of a bicycle headlight system 200 comprising a light element 202 made of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) 217 disposed in an array, which are being digitally driven by an LED drive circuit 215 responsive to operational signals generated by a controller 220.
  • the system may further comprise a plurality of sensors that are electrically connected to the controller 220.
  • the system sensors may be: a gyroscopic sensor 230, an accelerometer 240, an ambient light sensor 250, etc.
  • the gyroscopic sensor 230 and the accelerometer 240 may be used to determine the position of the handlebars, and inputs made to the handlebars by a cyclist. Data generated by the sensors may be received by the controller 220, which then generates operational signals that are transmitted to the electrically connected LED drive circuit 215 and to a plurality of motors that are configured to physically move the headlight 200.
  • the plurality of motors may comprise a pitch motor 205 that adjusts the pitch of the headlight 200, and a yaw motor 210 that adjusts the yaw of the headlight 200. As can be seen in the figure, the motors are shown over arrows that are intended to disclose their direction of adjustment for the headlight 200.
  • the LED drive circuit 215 may drive the plurality of LEDs 217 in a flashing pattern that is both attention getting and battery preserving.
  • the flashing pattern may vary in frequency and duration. For example, the duration at which the LEDs 217 are on may be varied, as well as the duration at which the LEDs 217 are off. Additionally, flashing patterns may be varied responsive to changing environmental conditions.
  • each of the LEDs 217 in the LED array may be controlled independently or may be controlled in concert by the controller 220 and the LED drive circuit 215. It will be appreciated that the individual LED lights 217 should be sufficient in providing visibility of the road for a bicycle rider.
  • the light element 202 comprising the plurality of LEDs 217 is shown in FIG.
  • the LED lighting pattern may include turning on only one of the LEDs (e.g., LED#1) at a time, and then within 300
  • the intensity of the LEDs 217 may be changed, or modulated, along with the flashing pattern in order to provide safety and extend battery life.
  • an implementation may comprise a battery power sensor 260 for sensing the condition of the battery.
  • the battery data generated by the battery power sensor 260 may be used by the controller 220 in generating operational signals and flashing (modulation) patterns. It will be appreciated that during periods of low lighting conditions, the LEDs 217 may be flashing in a particular pattern with a low frequency, but high brightness. Whereas, during periods of high ambient light conditions, the LEDs 217 may be flashing with a high frequency, but low brightness for power saving.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a computing hardware schematic 300 of an implementation of the headlight system 200 in accordance to the present disclosure.
  • the headlight system 200 may comprise or utilize special purpose or general-purpose computer hardware, such as, for example, one or more processors 305 and system memory 310. Implementations within the scope of the present disclosure may also include physical and other computer-readable media for carrying or storing computer-executable instructions 315 and/or data structures 320.
  • Such computer- readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer system.
  • Computer storage media includes RAM, ROM, EEPROM, or any other medium which can be used to store desired program code in the form of computer- executable instructions 315 or data structures 320 and which can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.
  • Computer-executable instructions 315 may comprise, for example, instructions and data which, when executed by processor 305, cause a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or special purpose processing device to perform a certain function or group of functions.
  • the computer-executable instructions 315 may be, for example, binaries, intermediate format instructions such as assembly language, or even source code.
  • one or more application specific integrated circuits such as an LED drive circuit 325
  • ASICs application specific integrated circuits
  • an LED drive circuit 325 can be programmed to carry out one or more of the systems and procedures described herein, such has driving the LEDs.
  • Certain terms are used throughout the following description and claims to refer to particular system components. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, components may be referred to by different names. This document does not intend to distinguish between components that differ in name, but not function.
  • the systems and procedures described herein can be implemented in hardware, or a combination of hardware, software, and/or firmware.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a method for controlling a bicycle headlight for providing improved illumination in dynamic environments.
  • a system and method 400 for controlling a bicycle headlight having a light element is illustrated.
  • the system and method may receive handlebar position data from an accelerometer and gyroscopic sensor that are configured to sense handlebar position.
  • the accelerometer produces handlebar position data by measuring the amount of static acceleration due to gravity, such that the angle that the handlebar is tilted at with respect to the earth may be determined and calculated. Further, by sensing the amount of dynamic acceleration, the accelerometer can analyze the way the handlebar is moving. It will be appreciated that there are various accelerometers that may be implemented in the system and method of the present disclosure, and any type of accelerometer may be utilized without departing from the scope of the disclosure. For example, some accelerometers use the piezoelectric effect. In such an implementation, the accelerometer may contain microscopic crystal structures that may be stressed by accelerative forces, thereby causing a voltage to be generated. Another example of an accelerometer senses changes in capacitance between two microstructures next to each other. When an accelerative force moves one of the
  • the gyroscopic sensor produces handlebar position data by sensing the rotational motion and changes in handlebar orientation.
  • the gyroscopic sensor may sense the angular velocity produced by the sensor's own movement. The angle is detected, for example, via integration operations by a controller.
  • the gyroscopic sensor may also sense vibration produced by the change in the handlebar's orientation and may transmit that data as electrical signals to the controller. In either case, the handlebar position data reflects the angle or orientation that the handlebar has moved, which data may be fed to the controller and processed into operational signals.
  • the system and method may generate the operational signals that are responsive to the received handlebar position data via the controller that is in electronic communication with the accelerometer, the gyroscopic sensor, a drive circuit configured to drive a light element, a first motor for adjusting pitch of the light element, and a second motor for adjusting yaw of the light element.
  • the operational signals may be generated by the controller using various algorithms, formulas, look-up tables or otherwise to determine the amount of headlight adjustment necessary for a given condition or circumstance.
  • the system and method may drive the first and second motors in accordance with the operational signals in order to change the pitch and yaw of the headlight.
  • the system and method may further drive the light element to illuminate in accordance with the operational signals.
  • the system and method may receive ambient light data from an ambient light sensor.
  • the ambient light data may be sent to the controller where it is processed and used to automatically adjust the brightness and intensity of the bicycle light responsive to the sensed ambient light data. For example, if a large amount of ambient light is sensed, then the brightness and intensity of the bicycle light may be reduced or even turned off, depending upon the amount of the ambient light present. Further, if a small amount of ambient light is sensed, then the brightness and intensity of the bicycle light may be increased depending upon the amount of the ambient light present.
  • the system and method may drive a light emitting diode (LED) as the light element or a plurality of LEDs disposed in an LED array.
  • the controller of the system and method may generate a flash pattern comprising a flash rate and flash duration.
  • the system and method may generate a light intensity control for the operational signals for varying the intensity of the light element.
  • the method may include the generation of operational signals for controlling each of the plurality of LEDs independently.
  • the system may further comprise sensing a power level for a battery, and may generate adjustments responsive to the sensed battery power level at 490.

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La présente invention concerne des procédés, des systèmes et des appareils pour un meilleur éclairage de bicyclette qui comprend un élément d'éclairage, une pluralité de moteurs pour régler le tangage et le lacet de l'élément d'éclairage, un circuit d'entraînement destiné à entraîner l'élément d'éclairage pour produire un motif et une intensité de clignotement variés.
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