Patent Publication Number: US-2023139851-A1

Title: Batteryless electric bicycle based operation method, computer program, and system

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates generally to the technical field of management of operation of an electric bicycle, specifically a batteryless electric bicycle based operation method, computer program, and system, and more particularly to a system that controls activation and operation of an electric bicycle, electricity trading, and carbon credit computation by means of a computer program, for resolving issues of high costs and energy waste of built-in batteries, so as to fulfill effects of easiness and universality of use and also to encourage and respond to environmental protection. 
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART 
     For small-sized electric bicycles for mobility-assisting purposes, such as electric scooter, a power bike, a power-assisting bicycle, or an electric scooter board, such a kind of small-sized electric bicycles is equipped with a built-in battery to supply electric power for driving a motor. 
     However, for an electric bicycle equipped with a battery built in a vehicle body thereof, in addition to adding battery cost and vehicle loading, it is even worse that the time that people spend in riding an electric bicycle is often short, leaving the battery long idling, and this results in an issue of loss caused by draining of power, leading to unattended wastage of energy. 
     Contemporary electric bicycles are equipped with a battery or batteries of 300-500 watts. Taking the tens of millions of electric bicycles currently used in the Europe as an example, they involve an amount of electric power that is around 5 thousand million watts, and this corresponds to the power of a fired power plant. The battery of each bicycle, once fully charged, allows for riding for 70 kilometers or so, yet more than 85% of the users ride for a distance shorter than 15 kilometers every day. This means, for each day, around 3.4 thousand million watts of electric power are idling and potentially losing, leading to loss and wastage of energy. It is an important issue today to make a change to the battery idling problem for non-operating conditions in order to resolve the issue of high expenditure of batteries and waste of energy, and this is also the issue that the present invention aims to explore. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The primary objective of the present invention is to reduce loading and battery cost for an electric bicycle by enabling a user to activate operation of the electric bicycle with a mobile electric power computation device, and also to avoid long idling of the battery in order to reduce wastage of energy. 
     A second primary objective of the present invention is to unlock and activate an electric bicycle by means of remote pairing, in order to enhance shareability and easiness of the use thereof, and also to fulfill an effect of being burglarproof. 
     A further primary objective of the present invention is to implement calculation and trading of carbon credit of an electric bicycle by means of a server device or a mobile electric power computation device, so as to build up carbon-reduced economy and to enhance the consciousness of environmental protection. 
     A further primary objective of the present invention is to create common-sharing economy by allowing the mobile electric power computation device to implement conversion of digital currency necessary for trading by means of the server device. 
     A further primary objective of the present invention is to allow the mobile electric power computation device to implement trading for sharing an electric bicycle in order to create an economic effect therefor. 
     A further primary objective of the present invention is to allow the mobile electric power computation device to be completely detached from an electric bicycle for easy carrying and for subsequent use in other electricity-driving equipment, making it not idling and achieving full exploitation of the stored electricity thereof, so as to ensure full use of the energy asset. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is a schematic view showing an arrangement of a system according to the present invention. 
         FIG.  2    is a schematic view showing a condition of a practical use of the system according to the present invention. 
         FIG.  3    is a schematic view illustrating a flow chart of a method according to the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     The present invention provides a batteryless electric bicycle based operation system, of which a primary arrangement is shown in  FIGS.  1  and  2   . The system comprises a server device  10 , at least one electricity-connecting detection device  20  mountable on an electric bicycle, and at least one mobile electric power computation device  30  carriable by a user, wherein the server device  10  includes functions of registration and authentication, receipt/transmission of data and instructions, operation trading, carbon footprint recording, carbon credit calculation, memory, and communication; the electricity-connecting detection device  20  includes functions of detecting an operation parameter (such as a parameter of rotational speed, location, mileage, loading, energy consumption, speed, or operation time that can be used to accomplish an operation task, such as calculation of carbon credit) of the electric bicycle in connection therewith, receiving/transmitting data and instructions, receiving electric power to the electric bicycle, and communication; the electric bicycle is an electric bicycle that does not include a battery or is not equipped with a battery; the mobile electric power computation device  30  includes functions of electric power storage, conversion between electric power and digital currency, optional charging/discharging of electric power, operation trading, carbon footprint recording, carbon credit calculation, memory, and communication, so that the mobile electric power computation devices  30  are optionally operable to electrically connect with the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle, in order to allow electric power stored in the mobile electric power computation device  30  to supply operation power required for the electric bicycle corresponding thereto, and the mobile electric power computation devices  30  and the electricity-connecting detection devices  20  optionally set in communication connection with the server device  10  to transmit data and issue instructions. 
     A method provided according to present invention for application to the above-described system comprises the following steps: 
     (a) the electricity-connecting detection device of the electric bicycle detecting that the mobile electric power computation device is set to form electric connection therewith: a user disposes a mobile electric power computation device  30  owned thereby and having electric energy stored therein into an electric bicycle to be used thereby for electrically connecting to the electricity-connecting detection device  20 , so that the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle detects and forms electric connection with the mobile electric power computation device  30  to make the mobile electric power computation device  30  enter a state of being ready to transmit electric power to the electric bicycle; 
     (b) registration data of the mobile electric power computation device and the electricity-connecting detection device being uploaded to the server device for authentication: when the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle confirms that the electric connection thereof with the mobile electric power computation device  30  is formed, the mobile electric power computation device  30  and the electricity-connecting detection device  20  are simultaneously activated to upload registration data thereof to the server device  10  to carry out authentication of the electricity-connecting detection device  20  and the mobile electric power computation device  30 ; 
     (c) the mobile electric power computation device being notified upon successful authentication to supply electricity to the electric bicycle to be used thereby: when the server device  10  confirms that the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle and the mobile electric power computation device  30  are a legally registered user, the server device  10  notifies the mobile electric power computation device  30  to supply electricity to the electric bicycle connected with the electricity-connecting detection device  20  to be used thereby. According to some embodiments, which are used for personal measures of burglarproofness, wherein the server device  10 , when confirming that the mobile electric power computation device  30  is bonded with the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle, implements an operation of unlocking the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle, otherwise in case that the mobile electric power computation device  30  is not bonded with the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle, the user may not activate the electric bicycle for operation, this fulfilling a burglarproof effect. Further, according to some embodiments, which are used for rental of sharing electric bicycle, wherein the server device  10 , when confirming that the mobile electric power computation device  30  and the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle are a legally registered user, starts up rental service and trading of the mobile electric power computation device  30 , otherwise one of the electricity-connecting detection device  20  and the mobile electric power computation device  30  is not a legally registered user, and the rental service of the electric bicycle is terminated; 
     (d) the electricity-connecting detection device detecting at least one operation parameter of the electric bicycle: when the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle is legally activated, the electricity-connecting detection device  20  is operable to detect an operation parameter of the electric bicycle, wherein the operation parameter includes, but not limited thereto, an operation parameter, such as rotational speed, location, mileage, loading, energy consumption, speed, or operation time of the electric bicycle, which can be used to accomplish an operation task, such as calculation of carbon credit; 
     (e) transmitting the operation parameter to the server device and the mobile electric power computation device: when the electric bicycle finishes the operation of a current round, after the electricity-connecting detection device  20  detects the operation parameters, the electricity-connecting detection device  20  transmits the operation parameter that includes the carbon credit calculation or trading to the server device  10  and the mobile electric power computation device  30 ; and 
     (f) applying the operation parameter to accomplish an operation task: after the operation parameter is received by the server device  10  and the mobile electric power computation device  30 , the operation parameter is used to accomplish an operation task, wherein the operation task can be calculation of carbon emission and carbon credit for carbon reduction, transaction with digital currency, or trading calculation for rental-sharing. 
     Moreover, the present invention further comprises a computer program product. The computer program product includes a program code instruction. The program code instruction, when executed in the server device  10 , the electricity-connecting detection device  20 , and the mobile electric power computation device  30 , may perform the above method to accomplish an operation task of at least one electric bicycle. 
     A practical way of implementing the present invention can be better realized with the following embodiments, such as: 
     Embodiment 1: Activating Operation of Batteryless Electric Bicycle 
     As shown in  FIGS.  1  and  2   , a batteryless electric bicycle is provided with an electricity-connecting detection device  20 , and a user holds at least one mobile electric power computation device  30 . Each mobile electric power computation device  30  memorizes electricity capacity and digital currency for conducting electricity trading and stored electricity for charging/discharging. The user may connect the mobile electric power computation device  30  owned thereto to the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle to be ridden thereby, so that after the electricity-connecting detection device  20  detects completion of electric connection with the mobile electric power computation device  30 , the electricity-connecting detection device  20  uses and supplies the electricity stored in the mobile electric power computation device  30  to a drive motor of the electric bicycle, so that with such an arrangement associated with the batteryless electric bicycle, after finishing riding, the user may take away the mobile electric power computation device  30 , and the electric bicycle, during the idle time, does not have electricity stored therein and losing therefrom, and thus, the electric power of the mobile electric power computation device  30  can be then subsequently used in other electricity-driving equipment, this not only lowering down the battery cost and the electric bicycle loading, and also fulfilling an effect of environmental protection. 
     Embodiment 2: Implementing Unlocking of Batteryless Electric Bicycle 
     The batteryless electric bicycle that is equipped with the electricity-connecting detection device  20  can be an electric bicycle owned by a user or a family, and the electricity-connecting detection device  20  can be bonded with at least one mobile electric power computation device  30 . As shown in  FIGS.  1 ,  2 , and  3   , when the user uses a personally owned mobile electric power computation device  30  to connect with the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the electric bicycle to be ridden thereby, the electricity-connecting detection device  20  detects the mobile electric power computation device  30  and completes electric connection therewith and the registration data of the electricity-connecting detection device  20  and the mobile electric power computation device  30  are uploaded to the server device  10 , so that after the server device  10  authenticates the electricity-connecting detection device  20  being legally bondable to the mobile electric power computation device  30 , the electricity stored in the mobile electric power computation device  30  is supplied by the electricity-connecting detection device  20  to the drive motor of the electric bicycle in order to proceed with riding of the batteryless electric bicycle, otherwise, the server device  10 , upon identifying the mobile electric power computation device  30  is not a mobile electric power computation device  30  legally bondable to the electricity-connecting detection device  20 , cut off the electric connection between the mobile electric power computation device  30  and the electricity-connecting detection device  20 , so that the user of the mobile electric power computation device  30  is not allowed to ride, and thus, an effect of burglarproofness is achieved. 
     Embodiment 3: Implementing Rental-Sharing Service of Batteryless Electric Bicycle 
     The batteryless electric bicycle that is equipped with the electricity-connecting detection device  20  is a sharable electric bicycle. A user, in an attempt of using a mobile electric power computation device  30  owned thereby to rent a batteryless electric bicycle, may connect the mobile electric power computation device  30  owned thereby to an electricity-connecting detection device  20  of a sharable batteryless electric bicycle to be ridden thereby, and the electricity-connecting detection device  20  detects completion of electric connection by the mobile electric power computation device  30 , and transmits registration data of the electricity-connecting detection device  20  and the mobile electric power computation device  30  to the server device  10 , so that after the server device  10  authenticates the mobile electric power computation device  30  being eligible for the electricity-connecting detection device  20 , the user may use the electricity stored in the mobile electric power computation device  30  to be supplied by the electricity-connecting detection device  20  to a drive motor of the batteryless electric bicycle to proceed with riding of the batteryless electric bicycle, and may use, after the completion of riding, the server device  10  and the mobile electric power computation device  30  to perform conversion for the digital currency required for the rental so as to complete rental transaction of the shareable batteryless electric bicycle. 
     Embodiment 4: Trading of Carbon Credit 
     As shown in  FIGS.  1 ,  2 , and  3   , when a user rides a batteryless electric bicycle that is equipped with an electricity-connecting detection device  20 , including but not limited to an individual owned or sharable batteryless electric bicycle, the user, when connecting an individual owned (including private or sharable) mobile electric power computation device  30  to the electricity-connecting detection device  20  of the batteryless electric bicycle, may use the electricity-connecting detection device  20  to detect completion of electric connection with the mobile electric power computation device  30 , and transmit registration data of the electricity-connecting detection device  20  and the mobile electric power computation device  30  to the server device  10  for authentication, allowing the user to use the electricity stored in the mobile electric power computation device  30  to supply to a drive motor of the batteryless electric bicycle by the electricity-connecting detection device  20  in order to proceed with riding of the batteryless electric bicycle, and when the batteryless electric bicycle is activated and running, the electricity-connecting detection device  20  detects an operation parameter of the batteryless electric bicycle, which includes, but not limited to,   rotational speed, location, mileage, loading, energy consumption, speed, or operation time, and transmits the operation parameter to the server device  10  and the mobile electric power computation device  30 , so that when the server device  10  and the mobile electric power computation device  30 , upon receiving the operation parameter, may proceed with calculation of carbon credit trading based on accumulation of carbon footprint, and the server device  10  converts the carbon credit that is granted to the user into digital currency to be deposited in an account owned thereby and the mobile electric power computation device  30 , thereby completing the entire trading of carbon credit. 
     It is appreciated from the above that the system, the method, and the computer program product according to the present invention are applicable to a batteryless electric bicycle to allow the batteryless electric bicycle to use an arrangement of an electricity-connecting detection device  20  thereon to allow the user who owns a mobile electric power computation device  30  to proceed with optional electric connection, so as to use the electricity stored in the mobile electric power computation device  30  to supply, by means of the electricity-connecting detection device  20 , electricity to the batteryless electric bicycle, and to further use communication connection of the electricity-connecting detection device  20  and the mobile electric power computation device  30  with the server device  10  to fulfill transaction of carbon credit and rental, so as to allow the user to remove the mobile electric power computation device  30  after riding, making the batteryless electric bicycle not inducing losing of unused electricity during idling to thereby allow the electricity of the mobile electric power computation device  30  to be subsequently used in other electricity-driving equipment. This helps reduces waste of battery electricity and also lowering battery cost and loading of the electric bicycle, and being effective in reducing the total amount of carbon emission by means of the operation of a market mechanism, thereby achieving an effect of environmental protection and further creating an economic effect to thereby enhance the added value of the product.