METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING A SELF-BALANCING VEHICLE

• US 20160378106A1
• Filed: 06/15/2016
• Published: 12/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: XIE, Yan, REN, Tian, CHU, Yueyue
• Application Number:
  US15/182,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20160378106A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/414 Acceleration sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 11/007 Automatic balancing machines with single main ground engaging wheel or coaxial wheels supporting a rider
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0027 involving a plurality of vehicles, e.g. fleet or convoy travelling fleet control of land vehicles from a control room G05D1/0297; traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/00; for marine craft G08G3/00; for aircraft G08G5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/06 in graphical form
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for managing a self-balancing vehicle. The method may include: establishing a connection with the self-balancing vehicle through Bluetooth; acquiring status information of the self-balancing vehicle through the connection; and managing the self-balancing vehicle according to the status information of the self-balancing vehicle. Thereby, through the present disclosure, the user terminal may manage the navigation state of the self-balancing vehicle through Bluetooth connection. Thus, it not only improves the management efficiency of the self-balancing vehicle, but also brings convenience for the user to manage the self-balancing vehicle, and improves the user experience.

Claims

1. A method for managing a self-balancing vehicle through a mobile terminal, comprising:

establishing, by the mobile terminal, a wireless connection with the self-balancing vehicle;

obtaining, by the mobile terminal, status information of the self-balancing vehicle through the wireless connection; and

conducting, by the mobile terminal, a predetermine operation to the self-balancing vehicle according to the status information of the self-balancing vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the mobile terminal, whether a speed-adjusting event occurs; and

when the speed-adjusting event occurs, sending, by the mobile terminal, a speed adjusting value to the self-balance vehicle through the wireless connection.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein predetermined operation to the self-balancing vehicle further comprises:

monitoring the status information; and

activating a notification when the status information reflects a predetermined navigation state threshold.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the mobile terminal, whether the self-balancing vehicle is in a locked state; and

when the self-balancing vehicle is in the locked state, releasing, by the mobile terminal, the locked state of the self-balancing vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the mobile terminal, whether a activation event of a camera mode occurs; and

when the activation event of the camera mode occurs, instructing, by the mobile terminal, the self-balancing vehicle to activate a camera on the self-balancing vehicle, and displaying, by the mobile terminal, an image captured by the camera as a background of a management interface of the mobile terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the displaying of an image captured by the camera comprises:

embedding the image captured by the camera below a user interaction layer of the management interface in real time.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the status information comprises information of at least one of remaining battery power or remaining cruising mileage of the self-balancing vehicle;

and

the method further comprising displaying, by the mobile terminal, the status information on the management interface of the mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile terminal, a vehicle searching instruction from a user;

searching, by the mobile terminal, a self-balancing vehicle in a communication range of the mobile terminal;

establishing, by the mobile terminal, a wireless connection with the self-balancing vehicle; and

when the wireless connection is established with the self-balancing vehicle, sending, by the mobile terminal, a vehicle searching instruction to the self-balancing vehicle to render the self-balancing vehicle performs a vehicle searching warning.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the searching for the self-balancing vehicle and the pairing of the wireless connection with the self-balancing vehicle further comprises:

obtaining a distance between the self-balancing vehicle and the mobile terminal through the wireless connection; and

displaying the distance from the self-balancing vehicle in a management interface on the mobile terminal.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising, detecting, by the mobile terminal, whether a activation event of remote control navigation occurs, enabling, by the mobile terminal, a remote control navigation function;

receiving, by the mobile terminal, input information of a navigation direction and navigation speed input; and

sending, by the mobile terminal, the input information of the navigation direction and navigation speed to the self-balancing vehicle to remotely control navigation of the self-balancing vehicle.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile terminal, an instruction from the user to adjust the self-balancing vehicle to a target speed; and

instructing, by the mobile terminal, the self-balancing vehicle to adjust to the target speed but not higher than a predetermined speed limit.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile terminal, a activation operation of guiding from a user; and

calling, by the mobile terminal, a map function to acquire and display guiding information in real time.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile terminal, an operation to activate a compass;

acquiring, by the mobile terminal, a direction indicated by the compass of a system; and

displaying, by the mobile terminal, the direction indicated by the compass of the system in the management interface in real time.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile terminal, an activation operation to allow user interaction; and

establishing, by the mobile terminal, a connection with a server to send or receive interacting information.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the mobile terminal, usage data of a plurality of self-balancing vehicles to a server,

receiving, by the mobile terminal, from the server a statistical result of usage information of the plurality of self-balancing vehicles, wherein the plurality of self-balancing vehicle includes the self-balancing vehicle; and

displaying, by the mobile terminal, and analyzing the statistical result.

16. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a memory having a set of instructions for managing a self-balancing vehicle; and

a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured by the set of instructions to;

establish a wireless connection with a self-balancing vehicle;

acquire status information of the self-balancing vehicle through the wireless connection; and

conducting a predetermined operation to the self-balancing vehicle according to the status information of the self-balancing vehicle.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect whether a speed-adjusting event occurs; and

when the mobile terminal detects that the speed-adjusting event occurs, send a speed adjusting value to the self-balance vehicle through the wireless connection.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the status information in a management interface; and

monitor the status information, and alarm a user of the mobile terminal when the status information reaches a corresponding navigation state threshold.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the self-balancing vehicle is in a locked state; and

when self-balancing vehicle is determined that the self-balancing vehicle is in the locked state, instruct the self-balancing vehicle to release the locked state.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether a activation event of a camera mode occurs; and

when the activation event of the camera mode is detected, instruct the self-balancing vehicle to activate a camera therein, and display an image captured by the camera as a background of a management interface display on the mobile terminal.