Shimano Inc.

Akihiro Nozaki

Toyoto Shirai

Yuki Sakagawa

Noor Ashyikkin Binti Mohd Noor

Yoshiyuki Kasai

Tomohiro Takimoto

Norikazu Taki

Satoshi Shahana

Makoto Usui

Kazuhiro Fujii

Kentaro Kosaka

Hitoshi Takayama

Masako Itsukashi

Shota Inoue

Katsuhiro Tachibana

Shunsuke Yamamoto

Yu Goto

Hirofumi Fukui

Yuichi Ueyama

Hiroko Matsubayashi

An operating device of a human-powered vehicle comprises a base structure, an operating member, and an output unit. The base structure is mountable to the human-powered vehicle. The operating member is movable relative to the base structure in response to a user input operation. The output unit is configured to output, in response to the user input operation, first information indicating that a remaining level of an electric power source is lower than a remaining-level threshold in a case where the remaining level is lower than the remaining-level threshold. The output unit is configured to be free of outputting, in response to the user input operation, second information indicating that the remaining level of the electric power source is higher than the remaining-level threshold in a case where the remaining level is higher than the remaining-level threshold.

Operating device of human-powered vehicle

A component is configured to be mounted on a human-powered vehicle. The component includes a communication device. The communication device is configured to receive predetermined information sent from a transmission device of the human-powered vehicle. The predetermined information includes at least some of first information that the transmission device receives from an operating device mounted to the human-powered vehicle.

Component and communication system

A communication system includes a first communication device, a second communication device and a third communication device. The first communication device is configured to be connected to an operating device mounted on a human-powered vehicle. The second communication device is configured to be connected to a transmission device of the human-powered vehicle. The third communication device is configured to be connected to a component that is mounted on the human-powered vehicle and that differs from the operating device and the transmission device. The second communication device is configured to receive first information that is sent from the first communication device in response to operation of the operating device. The third communication device of the component is configured to receive second information that includes at least some of the first information sent from the second communication device.

Communication system and control system

An electrical device for a system of a human-powered vehicle comprises a controller. The controller is configured to selectively act, based on reference information relating to the system, as each of a master controller and a slave controller. The master controller is configured to transmit a first control signal to a different slave controller of a different electrical device of the system. The different slave controller is configured to be operated in response to the first control signal. The slave controller is configured to be operated in response to a second control signal transmitted from a different master controller of a different electrical device of the system.

Electrical device and system for human-powered vehicle

A telescopic apparatus comprises a first tube, a second tube configured to be telescopically coupled to the first tube, and an electric cable connector provided to one of the first tube and the second tube. The electric cable connector is configured to be detachably coupled to an electric cable.

Telescopic apparatus operating system and telescopic apparatus

A human-powered vehicle control system includes a transmission device and a transmission operation device configured to operate the transmission device. The transmission operation device includes transmission operation controller circuitry configured to transmit a first command to an assist operation device of a human-powered vehicle through wireless communication. The transmission device includes first communicator circuitry, an actuator, and transmission controller circuitry. The first communicator circuitry is configured to receive a first shift command transmitted from the assist operation device in a case where the assist operation device receives the first command. The actuator is configured to perform a shifting action. The transmission controller circuitry is configured to control the actuator so that the actuator performs the shifting action in response to the first shift command.

Human-powered vehicle control system and human-powered vehicle transmission device

An electric device of a human-powered vehicle comprises electronic controller circuitry. The electronic controller circuitry is configured to obtain at least one of chain guide information and sprocket information. The chain guide information is indicative of at least one chain guide. The sprocket information is indicative of at least one sprocket assembly. The electronic controller circuitry is configured to set one of at least two pieces of gear changing information as setting information based on the at least one of the chain guide information and the sprocket information. The electronic controller circuitry is configured to perform a gear shift control based on the setting information. Each of the at least two pieces of the gear changing information including at least two stop positions of a chain guide respectively corresponding to at least two sprockets of a sprocket assembly.

Electric device and control system of human-powered vehicle and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

A rider-posture changing device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a first member, a second member, a detector, and a controller. The second member is configured to be movable relative to the first member. The detector is configured to detect position information of the second member relative to the first member. The controller is configured to obtain movement information of the second member relative to the first member based on the position information.

Rider-posture changing device and control system of human-powered vehicle

An operated component for a human-powered vehicle comprises a first wired communicator and a first wireless communicator. The first wired communicator has a first wired communication state in which the first wired communicator is configured to recognize a wired signal transmitted via a wired communication channel. The first wireless communicator has a first wireless communication state in which the first wireless communicator is configured to recognize a wireless signal transmitted via a wireless communication channel. The first wireless communicator is configured to be in the first wireless communication state while the first wired communicator is in the first wired communication state.

Operated component and communication system for human-powered vehicle

A telescopic apparatus controller for a human-powered vehicle comprises a controller configured to control a telescopic apparatus in one of a plurality of operating modes. The plurality of operating modes includes a first operating mode in which a reference portion of the telescopic apparatus is selectively arranged to one of a first predetermined position and a second predetermined position, and a second operating mode in which the reference portion of the telescopic apparatus is arbitrarily arranged between a first end position and a second end position.

Telescopic apparatus controller, telescopic apparatus operating system, and telescopic apparatus

A control device comprises a controller configured to control an actuator to move an output member in a first actuating manner in a first state where an electric power source configured to supply electricity to the actuator is in a first power-source state and where a movement of the output member does not reach a target movement after the controller controls the actuator based on control information. The controller is configured to control the actuator to move the output member in a second actuating manner different from the first actuating manner in a second state where the electric power source is in a second power-source state different from the first power-source state and where the movement of the output member does not reach the target movement after the controller controls the actuator based on the control information.

Control device and derailleur for human-powered vehicle

An actuation controller for a rider posture changing device of a human-powered vehicle comprises a detector and a controller. The rider posture changing device includes a first member, a second member, and an electrical actuator configured to move the second member relative to the first member. The detector is configured to detect actuation information relating to an actuation state in which the electrical actuator moves the second member relative to the first member. The controller is configured to evaluate the actuation state in accordance with the actuation information detected by the detector.

Actuation controller and actuation system

A wireless communication device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a wireless communicator and a controller. The wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly transmit a connection demand signal to establish a wireless connection between the wireless communicator and an additional wireless communicator. The controller is configured to control the wireless communicator to wirelessly transmit the connection demand signal at first frequency for a first period. The controller is configured to control the wireless communicator to wirelessly transmit the connection demand signal at second frequency which is different from the first frequency after a passage of the first period.

Wireless communication device for transmitting connection requests at different frequencies

A wireless communication device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a wireless communicator and a controller. The wireless communicator has a first communication mode in which at least a first communication protocol is used and a second communication mode in which a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol is used. The controller is configured to set the wireless communicator with one of the first communication mode and the second communication mode.

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Akihiro Nozaki