Dual motor feedback system for electric motorcycles
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1. An electric motorcycle for providing feedback to a user of the electric motorcycle, the electric motorcycle comprising:
- a handlebar connected to a frame of the electric motorcycle, the handlebar including a left grip and a right grip;
a first vibration motor assembly inserted into an inner diameter of the left grip;
a second vibration motor assembly inserted into an inner diameter of the right grip;
a sensor configured to provide an indication of a condition of the electric motorcycle, the condition comprising the electric motorcycle approaching an intersection where the electric motorcycle is supposed to turn according to directions generated by a global positioning system (GPS) navigation system of the electric motorcycle;
a feedback control device communicatively coupled to the sensor and to the first vibration motor and the second vibration motor, the feedback control device configured to;
receive, from the sensor, the indication of the condition of the electric motorcycle approaching an intersection where the electric motorcycle is supposed to turn;
access a plurality of feedback policies responsive to the indication, each feedback policy describing feedback to provide to the user in response to a corresponding condition of the motorcycle, the feedback described by the feedback policy being unique to the feedback policy;
identify, from the plurality of feedback policies, a feedback policy associated with the condition corresponding to the received indicationcause the first vibration motor assembly in the left grip to vibrate and prevent the second vibration motor assembly in the right grip from vibrating responsive to the directions indicating a left turn at the intersection based on the identified feedback policy; and
cause the second vibration motor assembly in the right grip to vibrate and prevent the first vibration motor assembly in the left grip from vibrating responsive to the directions indicating a right turn at the intersection based on the identified feedback policy.
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Abstract
The embodiments herein describe a feedback system for an electric motorcycle. The feedback system notifies a user of the electric motorcycle of various conditions of the electric motorcycle via one or more output devices. In one embodiment, the feedback system causes the left and right grips of the handlebar of the electric motorcycle to vibrate to communicate information to the rider of the electric motorcycle.
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18 Claims
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1. An electric motorcycle for providing feedback to a user of the electric motorcycle, the electric motorcycle comprising:
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a handlebar connected to a frame of the electric motorcycle, the handlebar including a left grip and a right grip; a first vibration motor assembly inserted into an inner diameter of the left grip; a second vibration motor assembly inserted into an inner diameter of the right grip; a sensor configured to provide an indication of a condition of the electric motorcycle, the condition comprising the electric motorcycle approaching an intersection where the electric motorcycle is supposed to turn according to directions generated by a global positioning system (GPS) navigation system of the electric motorcycle; a feedback control device communicatively coupled to the sensor and to the first vibration motor and the second vibration motor, the feedback control device configured to; receive, from the sensor, the indication of the condition of the electric motorcycle approaching an intersection where the electric motorcycle is supposed to turn; access a plurality of feedback policies responsive to the indication, each feedback policy describing feedback to provide to the user in response to a corresponding condition of the motorcycle, the feedback described by the feedback policy being unique to the feedback policy; identify, from the plurality of feedback policies, a feedback policy associated with the condition corresponding to the received indication cause the first vibration motor assembly in the left grip to vibrate and prevent the second vibration motor assembly in the right grip from vibrating responsive to the directions indicating a left turn at the intersection based on the identified feedback policy; and cause the second vibration motor assembly in the right grip to vibrate and prevent the first vibration motor assembly in the left grip from vibrating responsive to the directions indicating a right turn at the intersection based on the identified feedback policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A tactile feedback system for use with an electric motorcycle, the tactile feedback system comprising:
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left and right vibration motor assemblies located inside an inner diameter of a left grip and inside an inner diameter of a right grip of a motorcycle handlebar, respectively, each vibration motor assembly including a vibration motor; a sensor that senses a condition of the electric motorcycle approaching an intersection where the electric motorcycle is supposed to turn according to directions generated by a global positioning system (GPS) navigation system of the electric motorcycle and provides an indication of the sensed condition; and a feedback control device communicatively coupled to the sensor and to the vibration motor assemblies, the feedback control device controlling vibration of the vibration motors according to the condition indicated by the sensor, the vibration of the vibration motors determined by feedback policies that describe different vibrations corresponding to different conditions indicated by the sensor, wherein at least one of the feedback policies describes that the left vibration motor assembly vibrates and the right vibration motor assembly does not vibrate responsive to the directions indicating a left turn at the intersection, and the right vibration motor assembly vibrates and the left vibration motor assembly does not vibrate responsive to the directions indicating a right turn at the intersection.
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