WO2023126649A1 - Dispositif d'entrée physique pour une interface homme-machine, à monter sur un guidon de bicyclette ou de motocyclette - Google Patents

Dispositif d'entrée physique pour une interface homme-machine, à monter sur un guidon de bicyclette ou de motocyclette Download PDF

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WO2023126649A1
WO2023126649A1 PCT/IB2021/062394 IB2021062394W WO2023126649A1 WO 2023126649 A1 WO2023126649 A1 WO 2023126649A1 IB 2021062394 W IB2021062394 W IB 2021062394W WO 2023126649 A1 WO2023126649 A1 WO 2023126649A1
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Ricardo Jorge RAMOS PESSOA
Rui João PEIXOTO JOSÉ
Nuno Ricardo DE CASTRO PINTO
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Bosch Car Multimedia Portugal S.A
Universidade Do Minho
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    • 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
    • B62K23/00—Rider-operated controls specially adapted for cycles, i.e. means for initiating control operations, e.g. levers, grips
    • B62K23/02—Rider-operated controls specially adapted for cycles, i.e. means for initiating control operations, e.g. levers, grips hand actuated
    • 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
    • B62J50/00—Arrangements specially adapted for use on cycles not provided for in main groups B62J1/00 - B62J45/00
    • B62J50/20—Information-providing devices
    • B62J50/21—Information-providing devices intended to provide information to rider or passenger
    • B62J50/22—Information-providing devices intended to provide information to rider or passenger electronic, e.g. displays

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  • Document WO2017032836A discloses a remote control unit for a display unit of an electric bicycle being arranged in the region of the handlebar, away from the display unit, and comprises support selection keys for selecting the support step and at least one input unit for navigating the menu and selecting menu items represented on the display unit.
  • DE19537394C2 discloses a Bicycle brake device, in particular for children's and disabled bicycles, with at least one service brake which can be actuated by the bicycle user, characterized in that a receiving device is provided on the bicycle which receives a signal from a transmitting device which is actuated by a monitoring person, the receiving device cooperating with an actuator which releases a prestressed spring of a bicycle brake for a braking operation which is triggered remotely by means of the transmitter.
  • US2016221627 AA discloses a bicycle system, in particular bicycle systems suitable for use with smart phones, smart phones configured for use with bicycle systems, and methods for use with such bicycle systems or smartphones, Software, and a server configured to communicate with such a bicycle system or smartphone.
  • Document W02020011531 discloses a display device for a handlebar having a handlebar tube, in particular for a vehicle driven by muscle power and/or by motor power, a bicycle, an electric bicycle, an e-bike, comprising a projection unit, which is designed to produce and emit primary light representing a display image and is designed for mounting in the interior of the handlebar tube, and comprising a groundglass screen unit, which is designed to receive primary light emitted by the projection unit, as projected light for optically displaying a display image corresponding to the primary light, and is designed for mounting in a lateral surface region of the handlebar tube.
  • the present disclosure relates to a generic interface device composed of a number of interaction buttons with specific identifications, but which can be associated with any arbitrary interactive features in the target interactive devices.
  • the proposed device aims to be a complement to other interactive devices on the bicycle by offering them a properly designed solution to the complex problem of in-ride interaction.
  • the proposed device can be paired with one or more compatible devices, using some type of wireless technology, possibly, but not limited to, Bluetooth, and/or wire communication interfaces. After the initial pairing actions are executed by the cyclist, the pressing of the buttons is reported to the target devices.
  • the communication involves any type of suitable protocol, possibly a standard one, existing or to be invented, that manages the communication exchanges between the present disclosure and the interactive devices.
  • the target interactive devices will need to implement a mapping mechanism that translates those interaction events into concrete actions. While this may be limited to specific types of interactions and may not be enough to satisfy all of the possible types of interactive features, it easily supports the vast majority of the most common ones, strongly reducing the cases when cyclists have to actually resort to the direct interactions with the target interactive devices.
  • the present disclosure considers a device with a number of physical buttons that can easily be felt and uniquely identified, even without looking, allowing the interaction to be done without forcing the cyclist to deviate the eyes from the road.
  • buttons are not defined. The limit should be imposed by the maximum number of buttons that can meaningfully, efficiently and safely be used for a specific invention embodiment.
  • buttons should not be similar. They should follow a hierarchy of primary, secondary, tertiary, and subsequent order actions.
  • the primary button is bigger and takes the central position. Even though the concrete actions to which buttons will be associated are defined by the applications, a primary button should preferably be associated with the most common actions, so that the most frequent interactions are also the most convenient ones. The same logic should be followed for all the other buttons.
  • the device itself should preferably be designed to be simple, reliable and low- cost. This is partially achieved by a very simple operation that requires very few dependencies between the proposed devices and the target interactive devices. In particular, the proposed device makes no assumptions and needs no knowledge about the features, the purposes, the affordances or the technologies of the target devices.
  • the device can be developed under many different embodiments, depending on which design goals need to be optimized - Figure 1.
  • the device may be designed as an add-on ready to be attached to the handlebar at a location that is easily accessible from the normal hand position.
  • it can be produced as an augmented handlebar grip with the various buttons already embedded at various positions that are easy to press, possibly from different fingers and possibly using the lateral side of the grip. This later possibility offers an excellent opportunity to accommodate a larger number of controls by placing a control device on each side of the handlebar.
  • the present disclosure includes an awareness mechanism to inform the cyclists, when a button is pressed, that the expected action is no longer available. This may be provided in a number of ways, including, but not limited to, a sound or some form of haptic feedback.
  • An architecture of the solution can be seen below - Figure 2.
  • the proposed disclosure would be remotely controlling an independent external device and it would be possible to switch that controlled device by many others, very different between each other and produced by various brands, and the proposed product would still be able to control each of them.
  • the device is meant to support the remote invocation of contextual shortcuts commonly offered by mobile applications or cycling devices during a bicycle ride.
  • applications or devices will normally offer a more limited set of features specially design to be used during the ride itself.
  • Typical examples may include switching the current visualization from a map mode to a quantitative dashboard mode, increasing or decreasing the zoom on a map view, recenter a map, or display an incoming notification.
  • a physical input device for a human-machine interface to be mounted on a bicycle or motorcycle handlebar, for mapping button presses to actions of a host application or device, comprising: a casing comprising an electronic circuit; three or more buttons mounted on said casing; said electronic circuit comprising an electronic data processor configured for: detecting a button press; looking up the detected button press in a prearranged lookup table to retrieve a predetermined action corresponding to the received button press; sending the retrieved action to the host application or device.
  • An embodiment comprises a visual indicator, wherein the host application or device comprises a display, and the electronic data processor is further configured for: detecting a display element from a portion of said display; looking up the detected display element in a prearranged lookup table to retrieve a predetermined visual indicator corresponding to the detected display element; activating the visual indicator.
  • An embodiment comprises a light emitter, a liquid-crystal display - LCD, a lightemitting diode - LED, or combinations thereof; the haptic indicator comprises a vibration indicator; and the sound indicator comprises a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
  • buttons are 4 or 5 buttons, in particular 5 buttons.
  • An embodiment comprises a wireless connection means to the host application or device.
  • one of the buttons is arranged on a central position of the casing and is larger than any of the other buttons.
  • the casing comprises and a fixture for mounting to the handlebar.
  • the casing is for embedding in the handlebar.
  • a method for controlling a physical input device for a humanmachine interface, to be mounted on a bicycle or motorcycle handlebar, for mapping button presses to actions of a host application or device comprising: a casing comprising an electronic circuit; three or more buttons mounted on said casing; said electronic circuit comprising an electronic data processor; the method comprising the steps of: detecting a button press; looking up the detected button press in a prearranged lookup table to retrieve a predetermined action corresponding to the received button press; sending the retrieved action to the host application or device.
  • the physical input device comprises a visual indicator
  • the host application or device comprises a display
  • the method further comprises the steps of: detecting a display element from a portion of said display; looking up the detected display element in a prearranged lookup table to retrieve a predetermined visual indicator corresponding to the detected display element; activating the visual indicator.
  • the casing comprises a fixture for mounting to the handlebar or the casing is for embedding in the handlebar.
  • Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the physical input device to be used as a remote-control unit.
  • Figure 2 shows an embodiment of the physical input device architecture.
  • Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the physical input device or remote-control unit and Figure 2 an embodiment of the remote-control system architecture.
  • a remote-control unit system architecture of a possible instance of the present disclosure includes external device 1 wherein a execute action by a received commands (main digital interactive devices with wireless capabilities mounted on different places on the bike) and to send connectivity info (device ID, desired programable actions, etc..).
  • the present disclosure further comprises a wireless like interface 2 for receiving connectivity info A and if paired, for sending commands B; a registry of paired devices 3 for pairing new device; a processing unit 5; a physical interface buttons pressed by the user 4 for sending commands to the processing unit; a haptic, sound or visual interface 6 and if feedback needed (e.g. no paired device), activate notification.
  • Figure 3 shows an example of an instance of a remote control with 5 buttons, all of which with broad but predefined semantics.
  • Figure 4 shows an embodiment of the physical input device to be used as remote-control unit.
  • the remote control is primarily conceived to be used with devices that include a display and the expectation is that the display itself will somehow represent the result of that action. Consequently, some instances of the remote control may be designed without any direct feedback to interactions. Other instances, however, may include at least some type of basic feedback just to signal the reception or the correct execution of the requested action. This direct feedback may be provided through multiple means, such as vibrations, a blinking light or even a small status display.
  • the device is a small artefact that can easily be attached to the right or left position in the bicycle handlebar, just near the cyclist's hand.
  • the device is embedded in the bike itself, probably at the end-left and the end-right of the handlebar.
  • the concrete number of interactive buttons may vary across multiple instances, most likely ranging from 3 to 7.
  • Each remote controller is equipped with its own rechargeable power source and does not rely on any assumptions about the availability of electric power on the bicycle. This can be recharged through any common means, such as connecting a USB- C cable to the device. This can be done when the device is in operation or not. It can be done with the device attached to the bicycle or when it is temporarily removed for charging or safe storage.
  • connection between the remote controller and the target devices can be made using multiple short-range wireless technologies, with those more commonly available on those devices, e.g. Bluetooth, being the primary option.

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Dispositif d'entrée physique pour une interface homme-machine, à monter sur un guidon de bicyclette ou de motocyclette, pour mapper des pressions de bouton à des actions d'une application ou d'un dispositif hôte, comprenant : un boîtier comprenant un circuit électronique ; au moins trois boutons montés sur ledit boîtier ; ledit circuit électronique comprenant un processeur de données électroniques conçu pour : détecter une pression de bouton ; rechercher la pression de bouton détectée dans une table de recherche prédéfinie pour récupérer une action prédéterminée correspondant à la pression de bouton reçue ; envoyer l'action récupérée à l'application ou au dispositif hôte. Procédé de fonctionnement correspondant.
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