IP Library Granted Patent US 9,878,608
Granted Patent B2
US 9,878,608 · App. 14/679,801 · Granted Jan 30, 2018

Management of a fleet of electrically motorized vehicles

Inventors: Assaf Biderman (Boston, MA); Jon Stevens (Manchester, NH); Ruben Cagnie (Brighton, MA)
Assignee: Superpedestrian, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 9,878,608
App. No.
14/679,801
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system, method, and device for operations of an electrically motorized vehicle. The vehicle can utilize an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle. A method of analyzing a fleet of vehicles, each of the vehicles including the device of the electrically motorized wheel includes receiving data from each device of the respective plurality of electrically motorized wheels within a fleet of vehicles and utilizing the data to facilitate tracking at least one vehicle within the fleet.

Claims (14)

1. A data management system for a fleet of motorized human-powered vehicles, the data management system comprising:

a server in communication with each of a plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, the server operable to:

receive data from each of the motorized human-powered vehicles, wherein the data from each of the motorized human-powered vehicles includes information about (i) an environment or road network around at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles measured by the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles or (ii) a physical characteristic of a human powering the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles,

wherein the information further includes terrain covered during a current excursion, elevation change during the current excursion, mileage covered during the current excursion, level of assistance already provided during the current excursion, energy supplied by the human powering the vehicle during the current excursion, mode selections used during the current excursion, a route traveled during the current excursion, time of travelling the route, average speed over the route, wheel performance data, current location, remaining battery life for a battery used to power the motorized human-powered vehicles, or the terrain along a proposed route; and

utilize the data to operate the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein to operate the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles includes creating or modifying the route for the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles, wherein creating or modifying the route includes (i) consideration of the environment or road network around the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles (ii) the physical characteristic of the human powering the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles or (iii) the terrain along the proposed route.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein to operate the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles includes creating or modifying a schedule for the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles in the fleet, wherein creating or modifying the schedule includes (i) consideration of the environment or road network around the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles (ii) the physical characteristic of the human powering the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles or (iii) the terrain along the proposed route.

4. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein to operate the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles includes estimating a travel time by the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles, wherein estimating a delivery time includes consideration of (i) the environment or road network around the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles, (ii) the physical characteristic of the human powering the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles or (iii) the terrain along the proposed route.

5. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein to operate the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles includes coordinating routes for each motorized human-powered vehicle in the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, wherein coordinating routes includes (i) consideration of the environment or road network around each motorized human-powered vehicle in the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, (ii) the physical characteristic of the human powering each motorized human-powered vehicle in the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, or (iii) the terrain along each proposed route.

6. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein to operate the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles includes creating and modifying schedules for each motorized human-powered vehicle in the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, wherein creating and modifying schedules includes (i) consideration of the environment or road network around each motorized human-powered vehicle in the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, (ii) the physical characteristic of the human powering each motorized human-powered vehicle in the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, or (iii) the terrain along each proposed route.

7. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein to operate the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles includes estimating a travel time for each motorized human-powered vehicle in the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, wherein estimating a delivery time for each motorized human-powered vehicle in the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles includes (i) consideration of the environment or road network around each vehicle in the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles (ii) the physical characteristic of the human powering each motorized human-powered vehicle in the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, or (iii) the terrain along each proposed route.

8. The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising analyzing the data from each of the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, wherein analyzing data from each of the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles includes analyzing a fitness level of the human powering each motorized human-powered vehicle within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, the terrain covered during each excursion of a motorized human-powered vehicle within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, elevation change of each motorized human-powered vehicle within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, a level of assistance provided by each motorized human-powered vehicle within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicle, a current location of each motorized human-powered vehicle within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, the terrain traveled by each motorized human-powered vehicle within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, trends in health of each human powering each motorized human-powered vehicle within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, preferences of each human powering each vehicle within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, average speed of each vehicle within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, or wheel performance data for each motorized human-powered vehicle within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles.

9. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the physical characteristic of the human powering the at least one motorized human-powered vehicle comprises current physical capability, temporal trends in physical capabilities, fitness level, force applied to the at least one motorized human-powered vehicle by the human powering the at least one motorized human-powered vehicle, calories expended in a current excursion of the at least one motorized human-powered vehicle, average riding speed of the at least one motorized human-powered vehicle, heart rate, or steadiness of the at least one motorized human-powered vehicle.

10. The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising analyzing the data from each of the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles, wherein analyzing data from each of the motorized human-powered vehicles within the plurality of motorized human-powered vehicles includes one or more of identifying trends in a health of each human powering the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles, trends in a fitness level of each human powering the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles, trends in a preference of each human powering the at least one of the motorized human-powered vehicles, an average speed for each motorized human-powered vehicles, an average speed for humans powering respective motorized human-powered vehicles of the plurality of motorized vehicles along a same route.

Assignments (9)
LIEN Recorded Dec 21, 2023
From: SUPERPEDESTRIAN IPCO, LLC
To: GTC LAW GROUP PC
Reel/Frame 066089/0093 →
LIEN Recorded Dec 21, 2023
From: SUPERPEDESTRIAN, INC.
To: GTC LAW GROUP PC
Reel/Frame 066089/0099 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2023
From: SUPERPEDESTRIAN, INC.; SUPERPEDESTRIAN IPCO, LLC; SUPERPEDESTRIAN IP HOLDCO, LLC
To: ANTARA CAPITAL MASTER FUND, LP
Reel/Frame 065494/0707 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: SUPERPEDESTRIAN, INC.; SUPERPEDESTRIAN IPCO, LLC; SUPERPEDESTRIAN IP HOLDCO, LLC
To: JEFFERIES CAPITAL SERVICES, LLC
Reel/Frame 064363/0356 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2023
From: SUPERPEDESTRIAN, INC.; ZAGSTER ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC
To: SUPERPEDESTRIAN IPCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 063507/0889 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2021
From: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS AGENT
To: SUPERPEDESTRIAN, INC.; LINK YOUR CITY, INC.; ZAGSTER ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 058498/0398 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2021
From: SUPERPEDESTRIAN, INC.; SUPERPEDESTRIAN IPCO, LLC; SUPERPEDESTRIAN IP HOLDCO, LLC; LINK YOUR CITY, INC.; ZAGSTER ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 058498/0733 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2021
From: SUPERPEDESTRIAN, INC.; LINK YOUR CITY, INC.; ZAGSTER ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 055867/0531 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2017
From: BIDERMAN, ASSAF; STEVENS, JON; CAGNIE, RUBEN
To: SUPERPEDESTRIAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 043082/0977 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 14678855 · Apr 3, 2015
Provisional Application 62083851 · Nov 24, 2014
Provisional Application 62092243 · Dec 15, 2014
Provisional Application 61975658 · Apr 4, 2014
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