CN2792565Y - Cycling Virtual Reality Training Platform - Google Patents

Abstract

A bicycle virtual reality training platform includes a steering device combined with the front wheel of the bicycle to output a direction signal, and a rear wheel frame that suspends the rear wheel of the bicycle to facilitate its rotation and provide adjustable resistance. The utility model provides a method that allows a traditional bicycle to be quickly and easily connected to a multimedia device such as a computer or an electronic game without changing any physical structure.

Description

Cycling Virtual Reality Training Platform

technical field

The utility model is related to bicycles. More specifically, it relates to a method of converting a traditional bicycle into an interface capable of connecting and interacting with a multimedia device without any structural changes, and further making it a controller for the multimedia device. virtual reality training platform.

Background technique

Exercise bikes have been around for years. Its typical construction includes handles, dampers, and is usually of the single wheel type. Exercise bikes are built on a base that supports the wheels a predetermined distance off the ground and holds the entire exercise bike in a stable state. The damper is connected to the exercise bike to provide a resistance force that simulates the movement of a real bicycle.

Boredom and fatigue are common complaints of operating the aforementioned exercise bikes. The main solution is to increase the fun. One of the methods is to operate by providing a real trip of a simulated bicycle or a game situation on a display (for example, a TV, a computer screen, a virtual reality eyepiece, etc.). This series of methods allows the operator of the exercise bike to interact with the virtual reality by manipulating the handlebars, controlling the speed of the exercise bike, and so on. Some virtual reality systems can also provide feedback control according to the simulated road conditions to change the resistance of the exercise bike, or change the tilt angle of the exercise bike.

But to obtain the above-mentioned interesting exercise effect, one of the above-mentioned exercise bikes must be purchased, which is too expensive for a family, and an exercise bike of a given type and size may not be suitable for every member of the family. In addition, to train bicycle racers, in addition to on-site training, it is also a good solution to use virtual reality to simulate various road conditions to train athletes. However, players must use their favorite bike to practice. Therefore, in the case of dual considerations of entertainment and training, it is a fundamental solution to design a platform that enables ordinary bicycles or racing bicycles (hereinafter referred to as bicycles) to interact with multimedia devices.

new content

The main purpose of this utility model is to provide a bicycle virtual reality training platform, which is connected with multimedia devices such as computers or video games, and which allows bicycles to be quickly and easily trained without changing any physical structure. combined with the platform.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution of the utility model: a bicycle virtual reality training platform, including a front wheel and a rear wheel of a bicycle interactively connected with a multimedia device; it is characterized in that:

A steering gear has a rim holder fixed on a turntable structure that can be rotated; there are two adjustable and positioned adjustment blocks at the relative positions inside the rim holder, and the upper surface of each adjustment block Each has a rim bearing surface; a part of the rim of the front wheel of the bicycle is fixed in the rim holder and on the two adjustment blocks; the turntable structure also includes a steering sensor, which is connected to the multimedia device conductive connection;

A rear wheel frame has two rear wheel support frames parallel to each other, each of which is rotatably attached to a base with its bottom end as an axis, and each of its top ends has a wheel axle positioning member axially opposite to each other; There are also two adjustment seats that can move and position in parallel with each other, and there is a movable and pivotally connected support bar between each adjustment seat and the above-mentioned rear wheel support frame; the rear wheel of the above-mentioned bicycle is located between the two rear wheel support frames, and the above-mentioned The wheel axle locator is fixed on the two ends of the rear wheel axle of the bicycle;

The above-mentioned base also includes a rear wheel resistance device that can be adjusted and positioned relative to the rear wheel of the bicycle, and the rear wheel resistance device is conductively connected with the above-mentioned multimedia device.

Progressive effect of the utility model:

The utility model provides a traditional bicycle that can be quickly and easily connected with multimedia devices such as computers or video games without changing any physical structure. The virtual reality provided by the multimedia device can be used for ordinary people to enjoy cycling, or for players to train.

The steering gear of the utility model can allow the front wheel of the bicycle to be embedded on it, so that the handlebar of the bicycle can pivotally control the steering gear through the front wheel, and the steering gear can further detect the steering angle of the front wheel and output a direction signal to the above-mentioned multimedia The device enables the front wheel of the bicycle to interact with the multimedia device.

The rear wheel frame of the utility model can lift the rear wheel of the bicycle off the ground, and keep the whole bicycle in a stable state. In addition, the rear wheel frame can be matched with several different rear wheel specifications. The rear wheel specifications referred to here include the wheel diameter and the entire axle length of the wheel center axle. The rear wheel frame of the utility model can further provide an adjustable resistance of the rear wheel. The resistance state is controlled by the program in the above-mentioned multimedia device, and different resistances are generated according to changes in the virtual reality, so that the rear wheel of the bicycle and the multimedia device are connected and interacted. . And in order to match various wheel diameter sizes, the damper can be tangent to the rim of the rear wheel, so the rear wheel damper of the present utility model can even adjust its position.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1: The three-dimensional exploded view of the front wheel steering gear of the present utility model.

Figure 2: A schematic diagram of the combination of the appearance of the front wheel steering device of the utility model and the front wheel of a bicycle.

Fig. 3: Section 3-3 of Fig. 2 and the cross-sectional view pointed in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 4: A schematic diagram showing the cross-section according to Fig. 3 and showing different wheel diameters.

Figure 5: A side view in the direction indicated by arrow 5 in Figure 2.

Figure 6: Top view of the utility model.

Fig. 7: the schematic diagram of looking down and turning the front wheel of the utility model.

Fig. 8: The three-dimensional appearance diagram of the rear wheel frame of the utility model.

Figure 9: Side view indicated by arrow 9 in Figure 8 .

Figure 10: A side view of a rear wheel with a larger diameter fixed to the rear wheel frame of the present invention.

Fig. 11: a side view of a rear wheel with a smaller diameter fixed to the rear wheel frame of the present invention.

Figure 12: The utility model has the rear wheel frame of the spring shock absorber type support bar.

Fig. 13: A plan view of a bicycle combined with the steering gear and the rear wheel frame of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The above-mentioned steering gear of the utility model includes:

A fixed base 20, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, has a pivot 21 and several base ring grooves 22 in the center of its top surface.

A ball bearing seat 10 is located on the above-mentioned fixed base 20, and a plurality of ball seats 13 are arranged on it; a ball 14 is established in each ball seat 13, and a part of the bead edge of the ball 14 can protrude from the top of the ball seat 13. , the lower end, and the ball 14 can run flexibly in the bead hole without falling off; part of the lower bead edge of the above-mentioned ball 14 slides and rolls in the ring groove 22 of the above-mentioned base.

A swivel seat 25, as shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, is located on the above-mentioned ball bearing seat 10, and a shaft hole 26 is set in the center to be fixed on the pivot shaft 21 of the above-mentioned fixed base 20. Part of the upper bead edge of the ball 14 can slide and roll in the swivel seat ring groove 27 therein.

A steering sensor 30, as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3, includes a first rocker 31 vertically subordinate to the eccentric position of the swivel seat 25, an inductor 32 fixed on the above-mentioned fixed base 20, and a horizontally subordinate to the sensor The second rocker 33 of the device 32; the first rocker 31 passes through the ball bearing 10 and the preset arc holes 15, 23 of the fixed base 20 and is combined with the free end of the second rocker 33; the sensor The device 32 is further covered by a cover 35 fixed on the fixed base 20 .

A flange holder 40, as shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, is connected to a side plate 42 on both sides of a base plate 41 to form its main body. The bottom plate 41 is fixed on the top surface of the above-mentioned swivel base 25 by a fixing element 43 , and two side plates 42 are respectively provided with a transverse long hole 44 near both ends.

Two adjustment blocks 45, as shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, are placed at the two ends of the internal space between the two side plates 42 of the rim holder 40, and pass through the transverse direction of the rim holder 40 with a fixed element 46 respectively. The long hole 44 is threaded through the lock; the upper surfaces of the two adjustment blocks 45 are each a rim bearing surface 47 , and the opposite parts are respectively provided with a rim fixing groove 48 .

A rotation angle controller 50, as shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 6, is composed of a fixed bolt 51 and a movable bolt 52 arranged on the fixed base 20 and the swivel seat 25, when the swivel seat 25 is rotated to a predetermined limit angle , the movable bolt 52 is stopped by the fixed bolt 51, and the swivel base 30 cannot continue to rotate in the same direction. The fixed base 20 is further fixed on a plurality of foot pads 53 with anti-slip and shock-absorbing functions by using the fixing bolts 51 .

As shown in Fig. 5, Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, the above-mentioned fixed base 20, ball bearing seat 10 and swivel seat 25 constitute a turntable structure on which the front wheel of a bicycle is erected. The rim of the front wheel 1000 of the bicycle can be embedded in the accommodating space between the two side plates 42 of the rim holder 40 . The user rotates the handlebar of the bicycle to deflect the front wheel 1000 by a predetermined angle, that is, synchronously drives the swivel base 25 to rotate, and makes the first rocker 31 subordinate to the swivel base 25 move around in a circle, and the first rocker 31 drives the above-mentioned second rocker. The rocker 33 makes it produce a horizontal swing angle change, which is sensed by the sensor 32 and then outputs a direction signal to the central processing unit of a multimedia device (not shown), so that the front wheel 1000 of the bicycle and the multimedia device generate interactive link.

As shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, how the rim holder 40 is matched with the front wheels 1000, 1001 of different wheel diameters is shown in the figure. The adjustment block 45 moves along the transverse long hole 44 on the side plate 42 with its fixing element 46, and changes the relative distance between the two adjustment blocks 45, so that its rim bearing surface 47 can be aligned with the rim of the front wheel 1000,1001. According to this, there are two relative fixed points at the front and rear of the rim, and the left and right sides of the wheel are limited by the side plate 42 of the rim holder 40, so the front wheels 1000, 1001 are set at In the rim holder 40.

As shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, the distance between the two side plates 42 of the above-mentioned rim holder 40 is the conventional value of the width of the front wheel of a general bicycle, so that the front wheels of the general wheel width are applicable. In case of a particularly narrow wheel width person (such as a race car), the wheel 1002 can be embedded in the rim fixing grooves 48 of the above-mentioned two adjustment blocks 45 .

As shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, the above-mentioned rear wheel frame of the utility model includes:

A base 60, the base 60 includes a front cross bar 61, a rear cross bar 62 and one end movably pivotally connected to the front cross bar 61, and the other end is two adjustment rods 63 at free ends; the front and rear cross bars 61 The bottoms of , 62 are respectively provided with some bottom pads 64 with anti-skid and shock absorbing functions.

Two rear wheel support frames 70, one end of which is respectively pivotally connected with the free end of the above-mentioned one adjusting rod 63, and its extreme end is designed as an arc groove according to the circular outline of the rear cross bar 62, so as to be attached to the rear wheel support frame 70. On the circumferential surface of the cross bar 62; this support frame 70 and the different end of the rear cross bar 62 establish a rear wheel fixed rod 71,72 parallel to the rear wheel 1003 wheel axis x of the bicycle in an axial direction, the rear wheel fixed rod 71, 72 72 is provided with an axially adjustable wheel shaft locator 73, 74, and two wheel shaft locators 73, 74 are provided with a support sleeve 75, 76 opposite to the end of the wheel shaft x, so as to fit on the two shaft ends of the wheel shaft x . One 73 of the above-mentioned two wheel axle positioning parts is a bolt, which is matched with the internal thread of the rear wheel fixing rod 71, and can move axially by pivoting. The other axle positioning member 74 is a rod, but the rod radially penetrates a bolt 741 and pivots out of the preset axial slot 721 of the rear wheel fixing rod 72 rod wall, and moves the shaft in the slot 721. The bolt 741 can axially drive the rod 74 to move in the rear wheel fixing rod 72 .

Two adjustment components 80, including an adjustment seat 81 that can move along the adjustment rod 63 or be fixed, one end of a support rod 82 is movably pivoted on the adjustment seat 81, and the other end of the support rod 82 is movably pivoted to the Rear wheel support frame 70. The adjusting seat 81 and the adjusting rod 63 are mainly fixed with each other by screw elements 811 and a plurality of holes 631 .

A rear wheel resistance device 90 includes a group of resistance device adjustment blocks 91 fixed on the rear cross bar 62. The resistance device adjustment block 91 intersects the rear cross bar 62 at right angles, and its end relative to the front cross bar 61 is A lifting end 911; the resistance adjustment block 91 is provided with a movable and fixed roller fixing seat 92, and a roller 93 is arranged between the two roller fixing seats 92.

As shown in FIG. 10 , the resistance adjuster block 91 is indirectly fixed on the rear cross bar 62 through a resistance device fixing piece 94 fixed on the rear cross bar 62 . The resistor fixing piece 94 and the resistor adjusting block 91 are mainly fixed to each other by screw elements 913 and a plurality of holes 941 .

As shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, the roller fixing seat 92 is combined with the resistor adjusting block 91 through a resistor combining block 95, and the resistor combining block 95 and the resistor adjusting block 91 have a mutual embedded structural relationship, so that The combining block 95 can move on the adjusting block 91 without the risk of detachment. The combination block 95 and the adjustment block 91 mainly use screw elements 951 and a plurality of holes 912 to form a fixed relationship with each other.

As shown in Fig. 10 and Fig. 11, the rear wheel frame can be arranged on the rear wheel frame corresponding to rear wheels 1003, 1004 of different sizes and specifications. The adjusting seat 81 is movable on the adjusting rod 63 and fixed at a predetermined position, so as to change the angle between the rear wheel supporting frame 70 and the adjusting rod 63 . For example, the closer the adjustment seat 81 is to the rear cross bar 62, the greater the angle θ between the rear wheel support frame 70 and the adjustment rod 63, and the greater the linear distance L between the axle centers of the wheel axle positioning parts 73, 74 and the ground B. Big, can be matched with the rear wheel 1003 of larger wheel diameter size. On the contrary, the closer the adjustment seat 81 is to the front cross bar 61, the smaller the angle θ between the rear wheel support frame 70 and the adjustment rod 63 is, and the smaller the distance L2 between the axes of the rear wheel fixing rods 71, 72 and the ground is. Can be equipped with the rear wheel 1004 of the smaller wheel diameter size.

In addition, for bicycles with different gear shift stages, the total shaft length of the rear wheel shaft is also different due to the different number of gear shift gears. The total shaft length of the wheel shaft is longer; on the contrary, there are fewer shift stages, the number of settings for its gear shifting discs is less, and the total shaft length of the rear wheel shaft is shorter.

As shown in Fig. 9, in the utility model, the rear wheel frame can also match different axle lengths. The different ends of the wheel shaft x and the transmission chainring G are fixed by the wheel shaft positioning member 74, and the axial movement distance of the wheel shaft positioning member 74 in the rear wheel fixing rod 72 is limited by the elongated hole 721 and the bolt 741 thereon. Therefore, when the support sleeve 76 is sleeved on one end of the wheel shaft X, the fixed distance between the rear wheel 1003 and one of the rear wheel support frames 70 is defined; In other words, the wheel shaft positioning member 73 is a bolt, which can adjust different shaft distances according to different wheel shaft extension lengths, so that the support sleeve 75 is indeed fitted on the wheel shaft.

As shown in Fig. 10 and Fig. 11, the rear wheel resistance device 90 of the present utility model can be adjusted in position according to the wheel diameter, so that its roller 93 is indeed tangent to the rims of the bicycle rear wheels 1003, 1004 to provide a set resistance to the rear wheels. The roller 93 of the rear wheel resistance device 90 is set at a position tangent to the rim of the rear wheel with the adjustment of the above-mentioned roller fixing seat 92 . As shown in FIG. 11 , when matching the rear wheel 1004 with a small diameter, the roller fixing seat 92 can even be positioned at the raised end 911 of the resistance adjusting block 91 . The roller 93 of the utility model uses magnetic force to control its rotation resistance. When the rotation resistance of the roller 93 increases, the rotation resistance of the rear wheels 1003 and 1004 also increases accordingly, and the user needs to step on the pedals of the bicycle with great effort. Conversely, when the rotation resistance of the roller 93 is less, the rotation resistance of the rear wheels 1003, 1004 is less, and the user can step on the pedal crank more labor-savingly. The resistance of the roller 93 is controlled by the program in the above-mentioned multimedia device, so that the rotation resistance of the rear wheel is linked and interacted with the virtual situation.

As shown in FIG. 12 , the figure shows that the support rod 82 is designed as a spring shock absorber type 83 to provide the rear wheel support frame 70 with an elastic buffer force.

As Fig. 13, above-mentioned bicycle is combined with steering gear of the present utility model with its front wheel, is combined with the plane view of rear wheel frame of the present utility model with its rear wheel.

Although the utility model is illustrated with a preferred embodiment, those skilled in the art can make various changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the present case. The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the present case, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present case. All modifications or changes that do not violate the spirit of this case belong to the scope of the patent application for this case.

Claims (10)

1. bicycle virtual reality training platform, comprise one with the front-wheel (1000) and the trailing wheel (1003) of the interactive bicycle that links of multimedia device; It is characterized in that:

One steering gear has a wheel rim holder (40) that is fixed on the turntable structure that can be rotated; The inner relative position place of this wheel rim holder (40) has the two adjustable adjustment pieces (45) that move and locate, and each upper surface of adjusting piece (45) respectively has a wheel rim loading end (47); The a part of wheel rim of the front-wheel of above-mentioned bicycle (1000) is fixed in this wheel rim holder (40) and two adjusts on the pieces (45); This turntable structure comprises that also one turns to inductor (30), and this turns to inductor (30) and above-mentioned multimedia device conduction to link;

One rear wheel frame, have two parallel to each other, each serves as that axle is attached to the back wheeling supporting frame (70) on the base (60) rotationally with its bottom, its top respectively has an axial wheel shaft keeper respect to one another (73) (74); Also have two on above-mentioned base (60) relative position and can parallel to each otherly move the adjustment seat (81) that reaches the location, each is adjusted has the support bar (82) that an activity articulates between seat (81) and the above-mentioned back wheeling supporting frame (70); The trailing wheel of above-mentioned bicycle (1003) is positioned between this two back wheeling supporting frame (70), and above-mentioned wheel shaft keeper (73) (74) is fixed on the two ends of trailing wheel (1000) wheel shaft (x) of this bicycle;

Above-mentioned base (60) also comprise one can above-mentioned relatively bicycle trailing wheel (1003) transfer the trailing wheel resistance gauge (90) of pan position and location, this trailing wheel resistance gauge (90) links with above-mentioned multimedia device conduction.

2. bicycle virtual reality training platform as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the wheel rim holder (40) of above-mentioned steering gear comprises a base plate (41), and its relative both sides respectively have side plate (42); Above-mentioned two opposite faces of adjusting piece (45) and this side plate (42) have slotted hole (44) and fixture (46).

3. bicycle virtual reality training platform as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the opposite face that this of above-mentioned steering gear two adjusted piece (45) also has a wheel rim holddown groove (48).

4. bicycle virtual reality training platform as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: this turntable structure of above-mentioned steering gear comprises a firm banking (20), be connected with a swivel base (25) on it rotationally, above-mentioned wheel rim holder (40) is fixed on this swivel base (25); The ball bearing (10) that has a tool plurality of balls (14) between said fixing base (20) and the swivel base (25).

5. bicycle virtual reality training platform as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: above-mentioned turntable structure comprises that also one is used to limit the rotation direction angle controller (50) of this turntable structure anglec of rotation; This rotation direction angle controller (50) is made of the gim peg (51) and the movable bolt (52) that are positioned on said fixing base (20) and the above-mentioned swivel base (25).

6. bicycle virtual reality training platform as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the trailing wheel resistance gauge (90) of above-mentioned rear wheel frame has one and is subjected to the control of above-mentioned multimedia device and adjustable turn over dynamic resistance, and the roller (93) tangent with trailing wheel (1003) wheel rim of above-mentioned bicycle.

7. bicycle virtual reality training platform as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned trailing wheel resistance gauge (90) comprises that one group of resistance gauge adjustment piece (91) and that is fixed on the above-mentioned base (60) can have this roller (93) on this roller holder (92) adjusting the roller holder (92) that piece (91) upward moves and fixes.

8. bicycle virtual reality training platform as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this support bar (82) of above-mentioned rear wheel frame is the straight-bar shape.

9. bicycle virtual reality training platform as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this support bar (83) of above-mentioned rear wheel frame is a spring shock absorber shape.

10. bicycle virtual reality training platform as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned rear wheel frame has a wheel shaft keeper (73), it comprises that wearing pivot is being positioned at wheeling supporting frame (70) top, an above-mentioned back, and the bolt in the trailing wheel fixed bar (71) of tool internal screw thread; Another wheel shaft keeper (74) of above-mentioned rear wheel frame comprises wears the rod member of pivot in above-mentioned another back wheeling supporting frame (70) top trailing wheel (1003) fixed bar (72); Above-mentioned trailing wheel fixed bar (72) bar wall has an axial long hole (721), and this rod member (74) radially has the bolt of stretching in this slotted hole (721) (741).

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