Patent ID: 8219263
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: B62J,G01C,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A bicycle computer comprising: a control unit structured to be mounted to a bicycle; a location information detecting unit that detects information corresponding to a current location of the bicycle computer; a search signal receiver that receives a search signal from another bicycle computer; a location information transmitter that directly wirelessly transmits information corresponding to the current location of the bicycle computer, upon request of an operator of the bicycle computer in response to receipt of the search signal by the search signal receiver, for locating another bicycle computer within wireless transmission range of the bicycle computer; a location information receiver that directly wirelessly receives information corresponding to a current location of the other bicycle computer from a location information transmitter of the other bicycle computer; and a search signal transmitter that transmits a search signal adapted to search for another bicycle computer; wherein the location information transmitter transmits information corresponding to the current location of the bicycle computer when the search signal transmitter transmits the search signal.