Method for authorization pairing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10420157-B2
Application number	US-201816127508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2018
Priority date	Feb 2, 2018
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

An authorization pairing method is applicable to an electronic derailleur system for a bicycle, comprising: an authorization device broadcasting a authorization signal, and the first communication device and the second communication device respectively performing the first scanning process and the second scanning process, and each scanning process determine whether the authorization signal is obtained, the first communication device determines whether an identification code is obtained after obtaining the authorization signal, and the second communication device sends an identification code representing the identity after obtaining the authorization signal, and the first communication device obtains the identification code and establishes an authorization pairing with the second communication device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An authorization pairing method for an electronic derailleur system on a bicycle, with the electronic derailleur system comprising a plurality of communication devices and an authorization device, the method comprising:
broadcasting an authorization signal by the authorization device;
performing a first scanning process by a first communication device of the plurality of communication devices to determine whether the authorization signal is obtained;
performing a second scanning process by a second communication device of the plurality of communication devices to determine whether the authorization signal is obtained;
performing the first scanning process by the first communication device continuously after the first communication device obtains the authorization signal for determining whether an identification code is obtained;
sending the identification code by the second communication device after the second communication device obtains the authorization signal, wherein the identification code represents the second communication device; and
storing the identification code by the first communication device after the first communication device obtains the identification code, to complete an authorization pairing with the second communication device.

2. The authorization pairing method of claim 1 , wherein before the first communication device or the second communication device obtaining the authorization signal, the method further comprises:
broadcasting an identification information by the authorization device, wherein the identification information represents the authorization device;
receiving and storing the identification information by the first communication device;
receiving and storing the identification information by the second communication device;
sending the identification information along with the identification code by the second communication device; and
determining whether to store the identification code according to the identification information by the first communication device after the first communication device obtains the identification code and the identification information.

3. The authorization pairing method of claim 1 , wherein the authorization device has an input interface and the second communication device has a display component, and performing the second scanning process by the second communication device further comprises:
generating a verification information through the display component by the second communication device;
generating a verification signal by the authorization device according to an input signal from the input interface and the verification information, and the verification signal corresponds to the verification information;
sending the verification signal along with the authorization signal by the authorization device; and
sending the identification code by the second communication device when the verification signal corresponds to the verification information after the second communication device obtains the authorization signal and the verification signal, otherwise continuously performing the second scanning process by the second communication device.

4. The authorization pairing method of claim 1 , wherein the authorization device has an input interface and the second communication device has a display component, after the second communication device obtaining the authorization signal, the method further comprises:
generating a verification information by the second communication device with the display component;
generating a verification signal by the authorization device according to an input signal from the input interface and the verification information, and the verification signal corresponds to the verification information;
sending another authorization signal by the authorization device after the first communication device obtains the identification code and before the first communication device and the second communication device complete the authorization pairing;
receiving the another authorization signal by the first communication device and sending the another authorization signal to the second communication device;
receiving the another authorization signal and sending a confirmation signal back by the second communication device; and
completing the authorization pairing of the first communication device and the second communication device after the first communication device receives the confirmation signal.

5. The authorization pairing method of claim 4 , wherein the display component is a light-emitting component capable of emitting a plurality of different color lights or a plurality of light-emitting components capable of emitting a plurality of different color lights, and the verification information is at least one light signal.

6. The authorization pairing method of claim 4 , wherein before sending back the confirmation signal by the second communication device, the method further comprises:
confirming whether the another authorization signal comprises the verification signal by the second communication device; and
sending a confirmation signal by the second communication device when the verification signal corresponds to the verification information.

7. The authorization pairing method of claim 1 , after completing the authorization pairing by the first communication device and the second communication device, the method further comprises: performing a cancellation process by the first communication device, wherein the cancellation process is used to delete the identification code stored in the first communication device.

8. The authorization pairing method of claim 1 further comprises:
storing another identification code of a third communication device by the first communication device before the first communication device performs the first scanning process to determine whether the authorization signal is obtained.

9. The authorization pairing method of claim 1 further comprises:
performing a third scanning process by a third communication device of the communication devices to determine whether the authorization signal is obtained;
sending another identification code by the third communication device after the third communication device obtains the authorization signal;
performing the first scanning process by the first communication device continuously after the first communication device obtains the authorization signal for determining whether an identification code is obtained;
storing the another identification code by the first communication device and completing an another authorized pairing with the third communication device after the first communication device obtains the another identification code.

10. The authorization pairing method of claim 1 , wherein the authorization device is a smart phone.

11. The authorization pairing method of claim 1 , wherein performing the first scanning process by the first communication device to determine whether the authorization signal is obtained comprises: accumulating a scan time by the first communication device when the first communication device starts to perform the first scanning process, and terminating the first scanning process by the first communication device when the scan time exceeds a waiting time.

12. The authorization pairing method of claim 1 , wherein performing the second scanning process by the second communication device to determine whether the authorization signal is obtained comprises: accumulating a scan time by the second communication device when the second communication device starts to perform the second scanning process, and terminating the second scanning

Assignees

• Tektro Technology Corp

Inventors

• Chuang Hsun-Yu
• Lin Pao-Wen

Classifications

• B62M25/08

  with electrical or fluid transmitting systems · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• B62M9/132

  electrically or fluid actuated; Controls thereof · CPC title

• B62M9/122

  electrically or fluid actuated; Controls thereof · CPC title

• H04W76/10 Primary

  Connection setup · CPC title