US 12,084,146 B2
Master communication apparatus, slave communication apparatus, and wireless communication apparatus
Yasuyuki Komada, Sakai (JP); Takaya Masuda, Sakai (JP); Yoshiyuki Kasai, Sakai (JP); and Hiroshi Matsumoto, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHIMANO INC., Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHIMANO INC., Sakai (JP)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/562,405.
Prior Publication US 2021/0070397 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B62M 25/08 (2006.01); B60L 50/20 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B62K 23/02 (2006.01); B62M 9/122 (2010.01); B62M 9/132 (2010.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01)
CPC B62M 25/08 (2013.01) [B60L 50/20 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B62K 23/02 (2013.01); B62M 9/122 (2013.01); B62M 9/132 (2013.01); H02J 7/1407 (2013.01); H04B 1/3827 (2013.01); B60L 2200/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A master communication apparatus for a human-powered vehicle, comprising:
a master wired communicator configured to communicate with a slave wired communicator of a slave communication apparatus in the human-powered vehicle via a wired communication channel;
a master wireless communicator configured to communicate with a slave wireless communicator of the slave communication apparatus via a wireless communication channel; and
a master controller configured to transmit, via one of the master wired communicator and the master wireless communicator, a control signal to control a component of the human-powered vehicle, the master controller being configured to control the master wired communicator and the master wireless communicator in accordance with a priority order stored in a memory of the master controller, the master controller being configured to set the priority order in accordance with communication information transmitted by at least one of the master communication apparatus and the slave communication apparatus.