BIKEHOUND

Theft Prevention Bike App and IOT Design

Three Key Features


Register Bike

In the on boarding of the app the user is asked to take pictures of the bike and provide details which can be used to help build a case for the police in the event that the bike goes missing.

File a Police Report/Retrieve Bike

In the event that your bike is stolen the IOT Bike gives a greater chance for the users to get a chance to get their bike. But sadly at times theft is inevitable. So the GPS and police report can help the police get your bike back.

Report Sighting

To help strengthen the community and give even more details on a stolen bike case. The app features a function that allows the users to view other bikes that have been stolen and report anything that they might see. These reports can help the police build a case and will help catch thieves in the end.

Statement of Interest

Friends Bike Stolen in 2016


One day me and my friend went to go get some taco’s in the mission so we locked up our bikes together and grabbed some tacos. We were only gone for 15 minutes but upon our return the bike lock was cut and his favorite bike that his dad helped build was gone. We have all lost things and it is terrible when it happens.

Competitors


Sherlock

A incognito device that helps track your bike when it’s stolen so it is easily traced. Mentions getting it back with police help.

Fortified Bicycle

Fortified Bicycle is a bike that is built to be invincible it is almost impossible for thieves to detach parts and it doesn't rust and stays intact.

"Out of these bikes only 142 out of 864 bikes were returned to their owners."


Efforts to connect cyclists with their stolen rides come in response to alarming statistics. Of the 864 bikes recovered by police in 2012, only 142 were returned to their owners. The rest sit in a warehouse in the southeastern part of the city.

– sfgate.com

San Francisco suffered 4.6 million dollars in property loss in 2012, from stolen bikes and parts alone.

– sfbike.org

Rationale


There is a huge epidemic of bike theft in the city. The introduction of this product will protect user's from the terrible act of bike theft. The features of this product are designed to ward off bike thieves and make it very risky for them to attempt to steal bikes. With the implementation of IOT we can track the bike and send data to users on the security of their bike.

Target Audience


Gaelan Mundorff

28

Salesman at Eden Bicycles in Castro Valley

San Francisco

Gaelan is going to academy of art for advertising. In his spare time he goes bike riding with the community. They race as well as ride for different causes and other events. He also has been working at bike shops for most of his adulthood career.

Rosamaria Cavalho

29

A everyday rider

San Francisco

Highly involved in San francisco’s Local Scene Rosamaria works for the tenderloin housing clinic. She helps make sure people are within their rights in their certain living conditions. When she’s not working she’s constantly riding with the community or hanging out at bars with the community.

Gibby Gutierrez

41

UX/UI Designer/Instructor

San Francisco

Gibby is an expert UX/UI Designer and has worked for walmart as UX designer. Also he has done designs for commercial level technology for warehouses and other avenues. He loves videogames and French bulldogs.

Sketches

Bike Features

Bike De-chaining Mechanism

A De-chaining Mechanism that makes the bike unrideable once the app recognizes the bike as stolen. When a thief is riding the bike and then the chain de-tatches it will automatically trigger them to get off the bike to fix it. The thief will then realize it cant be tampered with, because of its industrial casing, and he sees the bike light up and produce an alarming sound. Once the experiences this the thief should be warded off and will leave to pursue other bikes.

App Wireframes

GPS

BIKE ARMED

BIKE STOLEN

POLICE REPORT

App Design