US 11,939,019 B2
Electric kickboard and method for controlling the same
Jaekwang Son, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/386,921.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0173536 (KR), filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185411 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B62H 5/08 (2006.01); B62J 25/04 (2020.01); B62J 45/20 (2020.01); B62K 3/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC B62H 5/08 (2013.01) [B62J 25/04 (2020.02); B62J 45/20 (2020.02); B62K 3/002 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); B62K 2202/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method for controlling an electric kickboard, the method comprising:
activating, by a controller controlling an electric lock device fixing an electric kickboard, a function of short-range wireless communication;
connecting, by the controller, the electric kickboard and the user device through the short-range wireless communication by searching a user device registered in the controller; and
when the electric kickboard and the user device are connected through the short-range wireless communication, controlling, by the user device, the electric kickboard.