Granted Patent B2

US 12,677,117 · App. 17/508,149 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Inventors: Khaled Shawky Hassan (Laatzen, DE); Nadia Brahmi (Hildesheim, DE); Frank Hofmann (Hildesheim, DE); Andre Schwarzmeier (Reutlingen, DE); Andreas Schaller (Reutlingen, DE)

Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH

H04W4/40H04W74/002

Abstract

Claims (40)

1 . A method for operating a control unit of a two-wheeled vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving with the control unit sensor information associated with a sensor of the vehicle;

transmitting from the control unit, via a communication channel between the control unit and a determination unit, the sensor information;

determining with the determination unit status information associated with the vehicle based on the sensor information;

receiving at the control unit, from the determination unit via the communication channel between the control unit and the determination unit, the status information associated with the vehicle as a response to the transmitted sensor information; and

transmitting from the control unit, via a radio channel, a message including the status information associated with the vehicle to a further vehicle,

wherein the determination unit includes a personal mobile device with a human user interface and is configured to be carried by a user of the vehicle, and the control unit is provided on the vehicle, and

wherein the control unit has a reduced processing capacity with respect to a processing capacity of the determination unit and is not responsible for determining the status information, wherein processing capacity is a maximum amount of tasks capable of being performed in a given time.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving at the control unit, via the radio channel, a vehicle-to-everything V2X message and/or a vulnerable road user VRU message, comprising status information associated with the further vehicle;

transmitting from the control unit to the determination unit, via the communication channel between the control unit and the determination unit, the received status information associated with the further vehicle;

receiving, via the communication channel between the control unit and the determination unit, reaction information; and

operating the vehicle based on the reaction information.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising

transmitting, via the communication channel between the control unit of the vehicle and the determination unit, capability information associated with the vehicle.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user is an operator of the two-wheeled vehicle.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the communication channel is from a group consisting of near field communication, Bluetooth pairing, a dedicated link, and a sidelink.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a pedal electric cycle or an electric kick scooter with the control unit provided thereon.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the radio channel is from a group consisting of near field communication, Bluetooth pairing, Wi-Fi, a dedicated link, and a dedicated sidelink.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a frequency for transmitting the sensor information to the determination unit is modified based on status information of the determination unit.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the status information of the determination unit indicates a battery status of the determination unit.

10 . A method for operating a determination unit of a personal mobile electronic device with a human user interface, the method comprising:

receiving at the determination unit, via a communication channel between the determination unit and a control unit provided on a vehicle, sensor information;

determining with the determination unit status information associated with the vehicle based on the sensor information;

transmitting from the determination unit, via the communication channel, between the determination unit and the control unit including the determined status information associated with the vehicle; and

receiving environment information,

wherein the personal mobile electronic device is carried by a user of the vehicle, and

wherein the control unit has a reduced processing capacity with respect to a processing capacity of the determination unit and is not responsible for determining the status information, wherein processing capacity is a maximum amount of tasks capable of being performed in a given time.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , further comprising

receiving, via the communication channel between the control unit and the determination unit, status information associated with a further vehicle;

determining at the determination unit reaction information based on the received status information associated with the further vehicle and the environment information; and

transmitting from the determination unit, via the communication channel between the control unit and the determination unit, the determined reaction information,

wherein the control unit operates the vehicle based on the determined reaction information.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the environment information is at least one selected from a group consisting of: a weather condition, position information from a location sensor, and a temperature.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising

receiving at the determination unit, via the communication channel between the determination unit and the control unit of the vehicle, a capability information associated with the vehicle; and

determining at the determination unit reaction information for the vehicle based on the status information associated with the further vehicle and on the received capability information.

14 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the determination unit receives weather information over internet.

15 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the determination unit receives weather information over internet via a cloud service.

16 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the vehicle is a pedal electric cycle or an electric kick scooter with the control unit provided on the vehicle, and wherein the user is an operator of the pedal electric cycle or the electric kick scooter.

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