Although the sharing economy originated in the United States,it has flourished in China.Especially after the success of sharing bikes,shared umbrellas,shared charging treasures,and even shared beds have also entered the public's field of vision and become hot topics among consumers born in the 80s and 90s.Today I will talk about smart bike locks of shared bikes.Smart bike locks are called by many names,which are usually called "bike lock with alarm and gps","bluetooth bicycle lock"and so on.
The smart bike lock is the core component of shared bicycles.As a necessary component,it can not only locate and prevent theft,but also an important source of big data.It is an application technology of the Internet of Things.
What are the unlocking methods in the development history of smart bike lock?
1.SMS notification for unlocking
The text messages were used for earliest shared bicycles as unlocking signals!Usually it can be unlocked successfully within 20-30 seconds.
The GSM module in the smart bike lock is similar to a mobile phone with a SIM card inserted,and the server responds to unlocking by sending text messages to the mobile phone and the smart lock gets the notifications as well,then the unlocking is done.
Although the way of SMS unlocking is slower,it has its advantages:it is relatively stable,and unlocking does not require GPRS and 3G traffic,which saves power.Power saving is very important.If a certain sharing bike has not been ridden all the time,it will become a"zombie bike"when its power is exhausted.Once there are many such cases,the cost of offline maintenance will be very high.
2.The unlocking way with the help of GPRS
After the improvement,the unlocking method of the shared bicycle is changed to directly unlocking by the server through the transmission of GPRS or 3G traffic.The speed of unlocking has been greatly improved,and there is no need to worry about power issues,which improves the user experience.However,the unlocking way supported by GPRS depends on the signal,and it is easy to fail to unlock in areas with weak signals.
3.The unlocking by GPRS and Bluetooth
At present,ride share companies use data and Bluetooth for unlocking assistment which is the mainstream unlocking method of shared bikes generally. It is to use data for server to connect to the user's mobile phone,and then the mobile phone's Bluetooth sends the unlock command.At the same time,it solves the problems of slow unlocking time,instability,and power consumption.The power consumption of unlocking is greatly reduced,and there is no need to rely on the signal strength of the module in the smart bike lock,and the stability is greatly improved.
The smart bike locks are the specific hardware from Omni bicycle sharing system which is also supported by software such as bike sharing app and backend.Whether it is driving,parking,cycling or pushing,Omni bicycle sharing system will be around to help users make scene Judgment,improve the travel experience of bicycles,and make the riding process easier and safer.