Bicycle and information-producing assembly carried thereby
First Claim
1. The combination of a bicycle and an information-producing assembly carried thereby, comprising a pair of means cooperating with each other for producing electrical revolution signals, said bicycle including a wheel carrying one of said pair of means for rotation with said wheel and a part carrying the other of said pair of means at a location for responding to turning of said one of said pair of means past the other of said pair of means for providing a revolution signal at each revolution of said wheel which carries said one of said pair of means, computer means carried by another part of the bicycle and electrically connected with the other of said pair of means for receiving said revolution signals therefrom, timed signal-producing means for producing timed electrical signals at a given frequency, said timed signal-producing means being electrically connected with said computer means for transmitting said timed signals thereto, said computer means having logic and arithmetic circuits for carrying out operations such as conditioning, calculating, treating, and memorizing, to produce from said revolution signals and timed signals a lasting value of distance traveled and ultimately of time elapsed during travel of the bicycle along a given course, and for also producing at the option of the operator values in connection with part of a course which is traveled by the bicycle, such as distance or time, average speed, maximum speed, and instantaneous speed attained at any given instant, indicating means operatively connected with said computer means for indicating at the selection of the operator time or distance in connection with part of the traveled course, and in a temporary illuminated display any of the above other values, and a source of electrical energy operatively connected with said pair of means, said computer means, and said indicating means for operating the same at least during use of the bicycle.
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The combination of a bicycle with an information-producing assembly carried thereby. A structure which is carried by one of the bicycle wheels for rotation therewith turns at each wheel revolution past a second structure which responds to provide a revolution signal, this second structure being connected with a computer which receives the revolution signals as well as timed signals at a given constant frequency. The computer includes logic and arithmetic circuits for carrying out operations such as conditioning, calculating, treating, and memorizing operations, so as to produce from the revolution signals and timed signals measurements such as a lasting measurement of the total distance traveled during operation of the bicycle and ultimately of the time which has elapsed, as well as selectively producing in connection with travel over part of a given course values such as the distance traveled or time elapsed, average or maximum speed during travel along part of the course, and also instantaneous speed at any given moment. An indicating structure is accessible to the operator for selectively indicating from the computer values such as the distance or elapsed time in connection with part of the course which is to be traveled, and also for producing a temporary display, which may be illuminated, of any one of the latter values. A source of electrical energy is connected with the above structure for assuring operation thereof at least while the bicycle is used.
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- 1. The combination of a bicycle and an information-producing assembly carried thereby, comprising a pair of means cooperating with each other for producing electrical revolution signals, said bicycle including a wheel carrying one of said pair of means for rotation with said wheel and a part carrying the other of said pair of means at a location for responding to turning of said one of said pair of means past the other of said pair of means for providing a revolution signal at each revolution of said wheel which carries said one of said pair of means, computer means carried by another part of the bicycle and electrically connected with the other of said pair of means for receiving said revolution signals therefrom, timed signal-producing means for producing timed electrical signals at a given frequency, said timed signal-producing means being electrically connected with said computer means for transmitting said timed signals thereto, said computer means having logic and arithmetic circuits for carrying out operations such as conditioning, calculating, treating, and memorizing, to produce from said revolution signals and timed signals a lasting value of distance traveled and ultimately of time elapsed during travel of the bicycle along a given course, and for also producing at the option of the operator values in connection with part of a course which is traveled by the bicycle, such as distance or time, average speed, maximum speed, and instantaneous speed attained at any given instant, indicating means operatively connected with said computer means for indicating at the selection of the operator time or distance in connection with part of the traveled course, and in a temporary illuminated display any of the above other values, and a source of electrical energy operatively connected with said pair of means, said computer means, and said indicating means for operating the same at least during use of the bicycle.
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