APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DRIFTING FOR WHEELED VEHICLES

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an apparatus for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, in accordance with some embodiments. Further, the apparatus may be disposable on a surface. Further, the apparatus may include a body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposing the top surface. Further, the bottom surface may be in contact with the surface based on the disposing of the apparatus on the surface. Further, the top surface may be configured for inducing wheel slipping in at least one wheel of at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface while engaging a brake of the at least one wheeled vehicle. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping in the at least one wheel may be based on a loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping allows drifting for the at least one vehicle.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/339,484, titled “Drift Disk”, filed 8 May 2022, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

Generally, the present disclosure relates to the field of amusement devices. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Existing apparatuses for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles are deficient with regard to several aspects. For instance, current apparatuses are required to be attached to the wheeled devices for facilitating drifting. As a result, different apparatuses are required that do not need to be attached to the wheeled vehicles for facilitating drifting.

Therefore, there is a need for an improved apparatus for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles that may overcome one or more of the above-mentioned problems and/or limitations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form, that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter. Nor is this summary intended to be used to limit the claimed subject matter's scope.

Disclosed herein is an apparatus for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, in accordance with some embodiments. Further, the apparatus may be disposable on a surface. Further, the apparatus may include a body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposing the top surface. Further, the bottom surface may be in contact with the surface based on the disposing of the apparatus on the surface. Further, the top surface may be configured for inducing wheel slipping in at least one wheel of at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface while engaging a brake of the at least one wheeled vehicle. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping in the at least one wheel may be based on a loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping allows drifting for the at least one vehicle.

Further disclosed herein is an apparatus for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, in accordance with some embodiments. Further, the apparatus may be disposable on a surface. Further, the apparatus may include a body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposing the top surface. Further, the bottom surface may be in contact with the surface based on the disposing of the apparatus on the surface. Further, the top surface may be configured for inducing wheel slipping in at least one wheel of at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface while engaging a brake of the at least one wheeled vehicle. Further, the body may include a layer of at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface of the body. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the layer of the at least one slip-inducing agent. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping in the at least one wheel may be based on a loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping allows drifting for the at least one vehicle.

Further disclosed herein is an apparatus for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles. Further, the apparatus may be disposable on a surface. Further, the apparatus may include a body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposing the top surface. Further, the body may be disk shaped. Further, the bottom surface may be in contact with the surface based on the disposing of the apparatus on the surface. Further, the top surface may be configured for inducing wheel slipping in at least one wheel of at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface while engaging a brake of the at least one wheeled vehicle. Further, the top surface may include at least one surface characteristic. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the at least one surface characteristic. Further, the body may be comprised of at least one material. Further, the at least one surface characteristic may be defined by the at least one material. Further, the at least one material may include at least one thermoplastic. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping in the at least one wheel may be based on a loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping allows drifting for the at least one vehicle.

Both the foregoing summary and the following detailed description provide examples and are explanatory only. Accordingly, the foregoing summary and the following detailed description should not be considered to be restrictive. Further, features or variations may be provided in addition to those set forth herein. For example, embodiments may be directed to various feature combinations and sub-combinations described in the detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this disclosure, illustrate various embodiments of the present disclosure. The drawings contain representations of various trademarks and copyrights owned by the Applicants. In addition, the drawings may contain other marks owned by third parties and are being used for illustrative purposes only. All rights to various trademarks and copyrights represented herein, except those belonging to their respective owners, are vested in and the property of the applicants. The applicants retain and reserve all rights in their trademarks and copyrights included herein, and grant permission to reproduce the material only in connection with the reproduction of the granted patent and for no other purpose.

Furthermore, the drawings may contain text or captions that may explain certain embodiments of the present disclosure. This text is included for illustrative, non-limiting, explanatory purposes of certain embodiments detailed in the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus 100 for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the apparatus 100, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the apparatus 100, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the apparatus 100, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the apparatus 100 with the layer 502 of at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 104 of the body 102, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the apparatus 100 with the layer of adhesive 602 on the bottom surface 106 of the body 102, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the apparatus 100, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the apparatus 100, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an apparatus 900 for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an apparatus 1000 for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 11 is an illustration of an online platform consistent with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a computing device for implementing the methods disclosed herein, in accordance with some embodiments.

DETAIL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE INVENTION

As a preliminary matter, it will readily be understood by one having ordinary skill in the relevant art that the present disclosure has broad utility and application. As should be understood, any embodiment may incorporate only one or a plurality of the above-disclosed aspects of the disclosure and may further incorporate only one or a plurality of the above-disclosed features. Furthermore, any embodiment discussed and identified as being “preferred” is considered to be part of a best mode contemplated for carrying out the embodiments of the present disclosure. Other embodiments also may be discussed for additional illustrative purposes in providing a full and enabling disclosure. Moreover, many embodiments, such as adaptations, variations, modifications, and equivalent arrangements, will be implicitly disclosed by the embodiments described herein and fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

Accordingly, while embodiments are described herein in detail in relation to one or more embodiments, it is to be understood that this disclosure is illustrative and exemplary of the present disclosure, and is made merely for the purposes of providing a full and enabling disclosure. The detailed disclosure herein of one or more embodiments is not intended, nor is to be construed, to limit the scope of patent protection afforded in any claim of a patent issuing here from, which scope is to be defined by the claims and the equivalents thereof. It is not intended that the scope of patent protection be defined by reading into any claim limitation found herein and/or issuing here from that does not explicitly appear in the claim itself.

Thus, for example, any sequence(s) and/or temporal order of steps of various processes or methods that are described herein are illustrative and not restrictive. Accordingly, it should be understood that, although steps of various processes or methods may be shown and described as being in a sequence or temporal order, the steps of any such processes or methods are not limited to being carried out in any particular sequence or order, absent an indication otherwise. Indeed, the steps in such processes or methods generally may be carried out in various different sequences and orders while still falling within the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, it is intended that the scope of patent protection is to be defined by the issued claim(s) rather than the description set forth herein.

Additionally, it is important to note that each term used herein refers to that which an ordinary artisan would understand such term to mean based on the contextual use of such term herein. To the extent that the meaning of a term used herein—as understood by the ordinary artisan based on the contextual use of such term—differs in any way from any particular dictionary definition of such term, it is intended that the meaning of the term as understood by the ordinary artisan should prevail.

Furthermore, it is important to note that, as used herein, “a” and “an” each generally denotes “at least one,” but do not exclude a plurality unless the contextual use dictates otherwise. When used herein to join a list of items, “or” denotes “at least one of the items,” but does not exclude a plurality of items of the list. Finally, when used herein to join a list of items, “and” denotes “all of the items of the list.”

The following detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the following description to refer to the same or similar elements. While many embodiments of the disclosure may be described, modifications, adaptations, and other implementations are possible. For example, substitutions, additions, or modifications may be made to the elements illustrated in the drawings, and the methods described herein may be modified by substituting, reordering, or adding stages to the disclosed methods. Accordingly, the following detailed description does not limit the disclosure. Instead, the proper scope of the disclosure is defined by the claims found herein and/or issuing here from. The present disclosure contains headers. It should be understood that these headers are used as references and are not to be construed as limiting upon the subject matter disclosed under the header.

The present disclosure includes many aspects and features. Moreover, while many aspects and features relate to, and are described in the context of an apparatus for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to use only in this context.

In general, the method disclosed herein may be performed by one or more computing devices. For example, in some embodiments, the method may be performed by a server computer in communication with one or more client devices over a communication network such as, for example, the Internet. In some other embodiments, the method may be performed by one or more of at least one server computer, at least one client device, at least one network device, at least one sensor, and at least one actuator. Examples of the one or more client devices and/or the server computer may include, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant, a portable electronic device, a wearable computer, a smartphone, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, a smart electrical appliance, a video game console, a rack server, a super-computer, a mainframe computer, mini-computer, micro-computer, a storage server, an application server (e.g. a mail server, a web server, a real-time communication server, an FTP server, a virtual server, a proxy server, a DNS server etc.), a quantum computer, and so on. Further, one or more client devices and/or the server computer may be configured for executing a software application such as, for example, but not limited to, an operating system (e.g. Windows, Mac OS, Unix, Linux, Android, etc.) in order to provide a user interface (e.g. GUI, touch-screen based interface, voice based interface, gesture based interface etc.) for use by the one or more users and/or a network interface for communicating with other devices over a communication network. Accordingly, the server computer may include a processing device configured for performing data processing tasks such as, for example, but not limited to, analyzing, identifying, determining, generating, transforming, calculating, computing, compressing, decompressing, encrypting, decrypting, scrambling, splitting, merging, interpolating, extrapolating, redacting, anonymizing, encoding and decoding. Further, the processing device is a computing device. Further, the server computer may include a communication device configured for communicating with one or more external devices. The one or more external devices may include, for example, but are not limited to, a client device, a third party database, a public database, a private database, and so on. Further, the communication device may be configured for communicating with the one or more external devices over one or more communication channels. Further, the one or more communication channels may include a wireless communication channel and/or a wired communication channel. Accordingly, the communication device may be configured for performing one or more of transmitting and receiving of information in electronic form. Further, the communication device may include a communication interface which is a communication channel of a computing device. Further, the server computer may include a storage device configured for performing data storage and/or data retrieval operations. In general, the storage device may be configured for providing reliable storage of digital information. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the storage device may be based on technologies such as, but not limited to, data compression, data backup, data redundancy, deduplication, error correction, data finger-printing, role based access control, and so on.

Further, one or more steps of the method disclosed herein may be initiated, maintained, controlled, and/or terminated based on a control input received from one or more devices operated by one or more users such as, for example, but not limited to, an end user, an admin, a service provider, a service consumer, an agent, a broker and a representative thereof. Further, the user as defined herein may refer to a human, an animal or an artificially intelligent being in any state of existence, unless stated otherwise, elsewhere in the present disclosure. Further, in some embodiments, the one or more users may be required to successfully perform authentication in order for the control input to be effective. In general, a user of the one or more users may perform authentication based on the possession of a secret human readable secret data (e.g. username, password, passphrase, PIN, secret question, secret answer, etc.) and/or possession of a machine readable secret data (e.g. encryption key, decryption key, bar codes, etc.) and/or possession of one or more embodied characteristics unique to the user (e.g. biometric variables such as, but not limited to, fingerprint, palm-print, voice characteristics, behavioral characteristics, facial features, iris pattern, heart rate variability, evoked potentials, brain waves, and so on) and/or possession of a unique device (e.g. a device with a unique physical and/or chemical and/or biological characteristic, a hardware device with a unique serial number, a network device with a unique IP/MAC address, a telephone with a unique phone number, a smartcard with an authentication token stored thereupon, etc.). Accordingly, the one or more steps of the method may include communicating (e.g. transmitting and/or receiving) with one or more sensor devices and/or one or more actuators in order to perform authentication. For example, the one or more steps may include receiving, using the communication device, the secret human readable data from an input device such as, for example, a keyboard, a keypad, a touch-screen, a microphone, a camera, and so on. Likewise, the one or more steps may include receiving, using the communication device, the one or more embodied characteristics from one or more biometric sensors.

Further, one or more steps of the method may be automatically initiated, maintained and/or terminated based on one or more predefined conditions. In an instance, the one or more predefined conditions may be based on one or more contextual variables. In general, the one or more contextual variables may represent a condition relevant to the performance of the one or more steps of the method. The one or more contextual variables may include, for example, but are not limited to, location, time, identity of a user associated with a device (e.g. the server computer, a client device etc.) corresponding to the performance of the one or more steps, environmental variables (e.g. temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, lighting, sound, etc.) associated with a device corresponding to the performance of the one or more steps, physical state and/or physiological state and/or psychological state of the user, physical state (e.g. motion, direction of motion, orientation, speed, velocity, acceleration, trajectory, etc.) of the device corresponding to the performance of the one or more steps and/or semantic content of data associated with the one or more users. Accordingly, the one or more steps may include communicating with one or more sensors and/or one or more actuators associated with the one or more contextual variables. For example, the one or more sensors may include, but are not limited to, a timing device (e.g. a real-time clock), a location sensor (e.g. a GPS receiver, a GLONASS receiver, an indoor location sensor etc.), a biometric sensor (e.g. a fingerprint sensor), an environmental variable sensor (e.g. temperature sensor, humidity sensor, pressure sensor, etc.) and a device state sensor (e.g. a power sensor, a voltage/current sensor, a switch-state sensor, a usage sensor, etc. associated with the device corresponding to performance of the or more steps).

Further, the one or more steps of the method may be performed one or more number of times. Additionally, the one or more steps may be performed in any order other than as exemplarily disclosed herein, unless explicitly stated otherwise, elsewhere in the present disclosure. Further, two or more steps of the one or more steps may, in some embodiments, be simultaneously performed, at least in part. Further, in some embodiments, there may be one or more time gaps between performance of any two steps of the one or more steps.

Further, in some embodiments, the one or more predefined conditions may be specified by the one or more users. Accordingly, the one or more steps may include receiving, using the communication device, the one or more predefined conditions from one or more devices operated by the one or more users. Further, the one or more predefined conditions may be stored in the storage device. Alternatively, and/or additionally, in some embodiments, the one or more predefined conditions may be automatically determined, using the processing device, based on historical data corresponding to performance of the one or more steps. For example, the historical data may be collected, using the storage device, from a plurality of instances of performance of the method. Such historical data may include performance actions (e.g. initiating, maintaining, interrupting, terminating, etc.) of the one or more steps and/or the one or more contextual variables associated therewith. Further, machine learning may be performed on the historical data in order to determine the one or more predefined conditions. For instance, machine learning on the historical data may determine a correlation between one or more contextual variables and performance of the one or more steps of the method. Accordingly, the one or more predefined conditions may be generated, using the processing device, based on the correlation.

Overview:

The present disclosure describes an apparatus for facilitating drifting (or skidding or sliding) for wheeled vehicles. Further, the apparatus may be a drift disk. Further, the drift disk is intended to create a drifting or sliding experience when used with wheeled sporting devices, sporting equipment, or wheeled vehicles. Further, the drift disk is meant to be used in conjunction with but not limited to bikes or scooters (such as wheeled vehicles). Further, the drift disk must be placed on a road surface (like concrete or blacktop) parallel to the ground. The rider of the wheeled vehicle must ride the wheeled vehicle directly onto the drift disk while simultaneously braking the wheeled vehicle. When either the front or rear wheel of the wheeled vehicle makes direct contact with the drift disk the wheeled vehicle will begin to “drift” or “slide” until the wheeled vehicle comes to a complete stop or the rider disengage the applied brake of the wheeled vehicle.

Further, the drift disk may include at least one lighting device (such as LED), wherein the at least one lighting device may light up when a wheeled vehicle drifts over the drift disk.

Further, the drift disk may be made of different types of thermoplastics (or other non-plastic material) that offer varying degrees of friction resulting in distinct drifting or sliding experiences. Further, the drift disk may be made of different types of materials including aluminum. Further, the drift disk drift disk may include at least one of ferro rods and titanium (to produce sparks) while drifting.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus 100 for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, in accordance with some embodiments. Further, the apparatus 100 may be disposable on a surface. Further, the apparatus 100 may be a drift disk. Further, the apparatus 100 may include a body 102 comprising a top surface 104 and a bottom surface 106 opposing the top surface 104. Further, the bottom surface 106 may be in contact with the surface based on the disposing of the apparatus 100 on the surface. Further, the surface may be a ground surface, a road surface, etc. Further, the top surface 104 may be configured for inducing wheel slipping in at least one wheel of at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface 104 while engaging a brake of the at least one wheeled vehicle. Further, the at least one wheeled vehicle may include a bike, a bicycle, a car, etc. Further, the at least one wheel may include a front wheel, a rear wheel, etc. Further, the wheel slipping may include slipping of the at least one wheel on the top surface 104. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping in the at least one wheel may be based on a loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface 104. Further, the loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface 104 initiates the sliding of the at least one wheeled vehicle on the top surface 104 and the at least one wheeled vehicle continues to slide after the at least one wheel moved from the top surface 104. Further, the sliding of the at least one wheeled vehicle may stop when the brake may be disengaged. Further, the sliding of the at least one wheeled vehicle may stop when the at least one wheeled vehicle may come to a stop. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping allows drifting for the at least one vehicle. Further, the drifting may include driving, riding, moving, etc., the at least one wheeled vehicle on a surface with the loss of traction.

Further, in some embodiments, the top surface 104 may include at least one surface characteristic. Further, the at least one surface characteristic may include a surface hardness, a surface smoothness, a surface stiffness, a surface elasticity, a surface profile, etc. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the at least one surface characteristic.

Further, in an embodiment, the body 102 may be comprised of at least one material. Further, the at least one surface characteristic may be defined by the at least one material.

Further, in an embodiment, the at least one material may include at least one thermoplastic. Further, the top surface 104 may offer at least one degree of friction to the at least one wheel based on a type of the at least one thermoplastic.

Further, in an embodiment, the at least one surface characteristic may include a surface smoothness. Further, the surface smoothness of the at least one surface may be defined by the at least one material.

Further, in an embodiment, the at least one material may be configured for transitioning between a plurality of states based on an application of a plurality of amounts of a force by the at least one wheel of the at least one wheeled vehicle corresponding to a plurality of weights of the at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface 104. Further, in an embodiment, the at least one material comprises two polymers with two degrees of stiffness. Further, the two polymers may include a first polymer with a low degree of stiffness and a second polymer with a high degree of stiffness. Further, at least a particle of the first polymer may be embedded within a matrix of the second polymer. Further, the at least one material squeezes based on the application of the force. Further, the top surface 104 may become smooth based on squeezing and may become rough based on a removal of the force. Further, the at least one material may be configured for varying the surface smoothness of the top surface 104 between a plurality of degrees corresponding to the plurality of weights based on the transitioning. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the varying of the surface smoothness of the top surface 104 between the plurality of degrees corresponding to the plurality of weights.

Further, in some embodiments, the body 102 may include a layer 502 of at least one slip-inducing agent, as shown in FIG. 5, on the top surface 104 of the body 102. Further, the at least one slip-inducing agent may include lubricant, oil, grease, etc. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the layer 502 of the at least one slip-inducing agent.

Further, in some embodiments, the body 102 may be comprised of at least one porous material. Further, the at least one porous material may be infused with at least one slip-inducing agent. Further, the at least one porous material may be configured for releasing the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 104 for forming a layer 502 of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 104. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the layer 502 of the at least one slip-inducing agent.

Further, in an embodiment, the at least one porous material may be configured for transitioning between a plurality of states based on an application of a plurality of amounts of a force by the at least one wheel of the at least one wheeled vehicle corresponding to a plurality of weights of the at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface 104. Further, the at least one porous material may be configured for releasing a plurality of amounts of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 104 based on the transitioning for forming the layer 502 of the at least one slip-inducing agent of a plurality of thicknesses on the top surface 104 corresponding to the plurality of weights. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the releasing of the plurality of amounts of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 104 corresponding to the plurality of weights.

Further, in some embodiments, the body 102 may be disk shaped.

Further, in some embodiments, the body 102 may include a layer of adhesive 602, as shown in FIG. 6, on the bottom surface 106. Further, the layer of adhesive 602 attaches the bottom surface 106 to the surface for fixedly disposing the apparatus 100 on the surface.

Further, in an embodiment, the layer of adhesive 602 removably attaches the bottom surface 106 to the surface for removably disposing the apparatus 100 on the surface.

In further embodiments, the apparatus 100 may include at least one sensor 702, a processing device 704, and a communication interface 706, as shown in FIG. 7. Further, the at least one sensor 702 may be comprised in the body 102. Further, the at least one sensor 702 may be configured for generating at least one sensor data based on detecting a position of the at least one wheel of the at least one wheeled vehicle in relation to the top surface 104. Further, the at least one sensor 702 may be an input device of a computing device. Further, the detecting the position may include detecting a position of the at least one wheel in relation to the top surface 104. Further, the at least one sensor 702 may include a position sensor, a motion sensor, etc. Further, the processing device 704 may be comprised in the body 102. Further, the processing device 704 may include a processing unit of the computing device. Further, the processing device 704 may be communicatively coupled with the at least one sensor 702. Further, the processing device 704 may be configured for analyzing the at least one sensor data. Further, the processing device 704 may be configured for generating at least one driving instruction for at least one user driving the at least one wheeled vehicle based on the analyzing. Further, the at least one driving instruction facilitates the moving of the at least one wheel of the least one wheeled vehicle on the top surface 104. Further, the communication interface 706 may be comprised in the body 102. Further, the communication interface 706 may include a communication connection of the computing device. Further, the communication interface 706 may be communicatively coupled with the processing device 704. Further, the communication interface 706 may be configured for transmitting the at least one driving instruction to at least one user device associated with the at least one user. Further, the at least one user device may include a computing device, an On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) device, etc., of the at least one wheeled vehicle. Further, the at least one user driving the at least one wheeled vehicle may move the at least one wheel on the top surface 104 based on the at least one driving instruction.

Further, in an embodiment, the processing device 704 may be configured for determining a proximity between the at least one wheel and the top surface 104 based on the analyzing. Further, the processing device 704 may be configured for generating an alert with a degree of the alert based on the determining of the proximity. Further, the degree corresponds to the proximity. Further, the apparatus 100 may include an alert presenting device 802, as shown in FIG. 8, comprised in the body 102. Further, the alert presenting device 802 may be communicatively coupled with the processing device 704. Further, the alert presenting device 802 may be configured for presenting an alert signal with an intensity of the alert signal based on the alert with the degree of the alert. Further, the alert presenting device 802 may include a presenting device, an output device (such as a lighting device, a speaker, etc.), etc. Further, the alert signal may include a light signal, a sound signal, etc. Further, the intensity may include brightness, loudness, etc.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the apparatus 100, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the apparatus 100, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the apparatus 100, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the apparatus 100 with the layer 502 of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 104 of the body 102, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the apparatus 100 with the layer of adhesive 602 on the bottom surface 106 of the body 102, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the apparatus 100, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the apparatus 100, in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an apparatus 900 for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, in accordance with some embodiments. Further, the apparatus 900 may be disposable on a surface. Further, the apparatus 900 may include a body 902 comprising a top surface 904 and a bottom surface 906 opposing the top surface 904. Further, the bottom surface 906 may be in contact with the surface based on the disposing of the apparatus 900 on the surface. Further, the top surface 904 may be configured for inducing wheel slipping in at least one wheel of at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface 904 while engaging a brake of the at least one wheeled vehicle. Further, the body 902 may include a layer 908 of at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 904 of the body 902. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the layer 908 of the at least one slip-inducing agent. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping in the at least one wheel may be based on a loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface 904. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping allows drifting for the at least one vehicle.

Further, in some embodiments, the body 902 may be comprised of at least one porous material. Further, the at least one porous material may be infused with the at least one slip-inducing agent. Further, the at least one porous material may be configured for releasing the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 904 for forming the layer 908 of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 904. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the layer 908 of the at least one slip-inducing agent.

Further, in an embodiment, the at least one porous material may be configured for transitioning between a plurality of states based on an application of a plurality of amounts of a force by the at least one wheel of the at least one wheeled vehicle corresponding to a plurality of weights of the at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface 904. Further, the at least one porous material may be configured for releasing a plurality of amounts of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 904 based on the transitioning for forming the layer 908 of the at least one slip-inducing agent of a plurality of thicknesses on the top surface 904 corresponding to the plurality of weights. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the releasing of the plurality of amounts of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface 904 corresponding to the plurality of weights.

Further, in some embodiments, the body 902 may include a layer of adhesive on the bottom surface 906. Further, the layer of adhesive attaches the bottom surface 906 to the surface for fixedly disposing the apparatus 900 on the surface.

Further, in an embodiment, the layer of adhesive removably attaches the bottom surface 906 to the surface for removably disposing the apparatus 900 on the surface.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an apparatus 1000 for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, in accordance with some embodiments. Further, the apparatus 1000 may be disposable on a surface. Further, the apparatus 1000 may include a body 1002 comprising a top surface 1004 and a bottom surface 1006 opposing the top surface 1004. Further, the body 1002 may be disk shaped. Further, the bottom surface 1006 may be in contact with the surface based on the disposing of the apparatus 1000 on the surface. Further, the top surface 1004 may be configured for inducing wheel slipping in at least one wheel of at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface 1004 while engaging a brake of the at least one wheeled vehicle. Further, the top surface 1004 may include at least one surface characteristic. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping may be based on the at least one surface characteristic. Further, the body 1002 may be comprised of at least one material. Further, the at least one surface characteristic may be defined by the at least one material. Further, the at least one material may include at least one thermoplastic. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping in the at least one wheel may be based on a loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface 1004. Further, the inducing of the wheel slipping allows drifting for the at least one vehicle.

FIG. 11 is an illustration of an online platform 1100 consistent with various embodiments of the present disclosure. By way of non-limiting example, the online platform 1100 to facilitate drifting for wheeled vehicles using an apparatus may be hosted on a centralized server 1102, such as, for example, a cloud computing service. The centralized server 1102 may communicate with other network entities, such as, for example, a mobile device 1106 (such as a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet computer, etc.), other electronic devices 1110 (such as desktop computers, server computers, etc.), databases 1114, sensors 1116, and an apparatus 1118 (such as the apparatus 100, the apparatus 900, the apparatus 1000, etc.) over a communication network 1104, such as, but not limited to the Internet. Further, users of the online platform 1100 may include relevant parties such as, but not limited to, end-users, administrators, service providers, service consumers, and so on. Accordingly, in some instances, electronic devices operated by the one or more relevant parties may be in communication with the platform.

A user 1112, such as the one or more relevant parties, may access online platform 1100 through a web based software application or browser. The web based software application may be embodied as, for example, but not be limited to, a website, a web application, a desktop application, and a mobile application compatible with a computing device 1200.

With reference to FIG. 12, a system consistent with an embodiment of the disclosure may include a computing device or cloud service, such as computing device 1200. In a basic configuration, the computing device 1200 may include at least one processing unit 1202 and a system memory 1204. Depending on the configuration and type of computing device, system memory 1204 may comprise, but is not limited to, volatile (e.g. random-access memory (RAM)), non-volatile (e.g. read-only memory (ROM)), flash memory, or any combination. System memory 1204 may include an operating system 1205, one or more programming modules 1206, and may include a program data 1207. Operating system 1205, for example, may be suitable for controlling computing device 1200's operation. In one embodiment, programming modules 1206 may include image-processing modules and machine learning modules. Furthermore, embodiments of the disclosure may be practiced in conjunction with a graphics library, other operating systems, or any other application program and are not limited to any particular application or system. This basic configuration is illustrated in FIG. 12 by those components within a dashed line 1208.

Computing device 1200 may have additional features or functionality. For example, the computing device 1200 may also include additional data storage devices (removable and/or non-removable) such as magnetic disks, optical disks, or tape. Such additional storage is illustrated in FIG. 12 by a removable storage 1209 and a non-removable storage 1210. Computer storage media may include volatile and non-volatile, removable, and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for the storage of information, such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data. System memory 1204, removable storage 1209, and non-removable storage 1210 are all computer storage media examples (i.e., memory storage.) Computer storage media may include but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, electrically erasable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD), or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store information and which can be accessed by computing device 1200. Any such computer storage media may be part of device 1200. Computing device 1200 may also have input device(s) 1212 such as a keyboard, a mouse, a pen, a sound input device, a touch input device, a location sensor, a camera, a biometric sensor, etc. Output device(s) 1214 such as a display, speakers, a printer, etc. may also be included. The aforementioned devices are examples and others may be used.

Computing device 1200 may also contain a communication connection 1216 that may allow device 1200 to communicate with other computing devices 1218, such as over a network in a distributed computing environment, for example, an intranet or the Internet. The communication connection 1216 is one example of communication media. Communication media may typically be embodied by computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal, such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism, and includes any information delivery media. The term “modulated data signal” may describe a signal that has one or more characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media may include wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, radio frequency (RF), infrared, and other wireless media. The term computer readable media as used herein may include both storage media and communication media.

As stated above, a number of program modules and data files may be stored in system memory 1204, including an operating system 1205. While executing on the at least one processing unit 1202, programming modules 1206 (e.g., application 1220 such as a media player) may perform processes including, for example, one or more stages of methods, algorithms, systems, applications, servers, and databases as described above. The aforementioned process is an example, and the at least one processing unit 1202 may perform other processes. Other programming modules that may be used in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure may include machine learning applications.

Generally, consistent with embodiments of the disclosure, program modules may include routines, programs, components, data structures, and other types of structures that may perform particular tasks or that may implement particular abstract data types. Moreover, embodiments of the disclosure may be practiced with other computer system configurations, including hand-held devices, general purpose graphics processor-based systems, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, application specific integrated circuit-based electronics, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like. Embodiments of the disclosure may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.

Furthermore, embodiments of the disclosure may be practiced in an electrical circuit comprising discrete electronic elements, packaged or integrated electronic chips containing logic gates, a circuit utilizing a microprocessor, or on a single chip containing electronic elements or microprocessors. Embodiments of the disclosure may also be practiced using other technologies capable of performing logical operations such as, for example, AND, OR, and NOT, including but not limited to mechanical, optical, fluidic, and quantum technologies. In addition, embodiments of the disclosure may be practiced within a general-purpose computer or in any other circuits or systems.

Embodiments of the disclosure, for example, may be implemented as a computer process (method), a computing system, or as an article of manufacture, such as a computer program product or computer readable media. The computer program product may be a computer storage media readable by a computer system and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process. The computer program product may also be a propagated signal on a carrier readable by a computing system and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process. Accordingly, the present disclosure may be embodied in hardware and/or in software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.). In other words, embodiments of the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product on a computer-usable or computer-readable storage medium having computer-usable or computer-readable program code embodied in the medium for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system. A computer-usable or computer-readable medium may be any medium that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

The computer-usable or computer-readable medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, device, or propagation medium. More specific computer-readable medium examples (a non-exhaustive list), the computer-readable medium may include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a random-access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber, and a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM). Note that the computer-usable or computer-readable medium could even be paper or another suitable medium upon which the program is printed, as the program can be electronically captured, via, for instance, optical scanning of the paper or other medium, then compiled, interpreted, or otherwise processed in a suitable manner, if necessary, and then stored in a computer memory.

Embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, are described above with reference to block diagrams and/or operational illustrations of methods, systems, and computer program products according to embodiments of the disclosure. The functions/acts noted in the blocks may occur out of the order as shown in any flowchart. For example, two blocks shown in succession may in fact be executed substantially concurrently or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality/acts involved.

While certain embodiments of the disclosure have been described, other embodiments may exist. Furthermore, although embodiments of the present disclosure have been described as being associated with data stored in memory and other storage mediums, data can also be stored on or read from other types of computer-readable media, such as secondary storage devices, like hard disks, solid state storage (e.g., USB drive), or a CD-ROM, a carrier wave from the Internet, or other forms of RAM or ROM. Further, the disclosed methods' stages may be modified in any manner, including by reordering stages and/or inserting or deleting stages, without departing from the disclosure.

Although the present disclosure has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure.

Claims

1. An apparatus for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, wherein the apparatus is disposable on a surface, wherein the apparatus comprises a body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposing the top surface, wherein the bottom surface is in contact with the surface based on the disposing of the apparatus on the surface, wherein the top surface is configured for inducing wheel slipping in at least one wheel of at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface while engaging a brake of the at least one wheeled vehicle, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping in the at least one wheel is based on a loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping allows drifting for the at least one vehicle.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the top surface comprises at least one surface characteristic, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping is further based on the at least one surface characteristic.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the body is comprised of at least one material, wherein the at least one surface characteristic is defined by the at least one material.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one material comprises at least one thermoplastic.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one surface characteristic comprises a surface smoothness, wherein the surface smoothness of the at least one surface is defined by the at least one material.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least one material is configured for transitioning between a plurality of states based on an application of a plurality of amounts of a force by the at least one wheel of the at least one wheeled vehicle corresponding to a plurality of weights of the at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface, wherein the at least one material is configured for varying the surface smoothness of the top surface between a plurality of degrees corresponding to the plurality of weights based on the transitioning, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping is further based on the varying of the surface smoothness of the top surface between the plurality of degrees corresponding to the plurality of weights.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body comprises a layer of at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface of the body, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping is further based on the layer of the at least one slip-inducing agent.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body is comprised of at least one porous material, wherein the at least one porous material is infused with at least one slip-inducing agent, wherein the at least one porous material is configured for releasing the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface for forming a layer of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping is further based on the layer of the at least one slip-inducing agent.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one porous material is configured for transitioning between a plurality of states based on an application of a plurality of amounts of a force by the at least one wheel of the at least one wheeled vehicle corresponding to a plurality of weights of the at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface, wherein the at least one porous material is further configured for releasing a plurality of amounts of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface based on the transitioning for forming the layer of the at least one slip-inducing agent of a plurality of thicknesses on the top surface corresponding to the plurality of weights, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping is further based on the releasing of the plurality of amounts of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface corresponding to the plurality of weights.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body is disk shaped.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body comprises a layer of adhesive on the bottom surface, wherein the layer of adhesive attaches the bottom surface to the surface for fixedly disposing the apparatus on the surface.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the layer of adhesive removably attaches the bottom surface to the surface for removably disposing the apparatus on the surface.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

at least one sensor comprised in the body, wherein the at least one sensor is configured for generating at least one sensor data based on detecting a position of the at least one wheel of the at least one wheeled vehicle in relation to the top surface;

a processing device comprised in the body, wherein the processing device is communicatively coupled with the at least one sensor, wherein the processing device is configured for: analyzing the at least one sensor data; and generating at least one driving instruction for at least one user driving the at least one wheeled vehicle based on the analyzing, wherein the at least one driving instruction facilitates the moving of the at least one wheel of the least one wheeled vehicle on the top surface; and

a communication interface comprised in the body, wherein the communication interface is communicatively coupled with the processing device, wherein the communication interface is configured for transmitting the at least one driving instruction to at least one user device associated with the at least one user.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processing device is further configured for:

determining a proximity between the at least one wheel and the top surface based on the analyzing; and

generating an alert with a degree of the alert based on the determining of the proximity, wherein the apparatus further comprises an alert presenting device comprised in the body, wherein the alert presenting device is communicatively coupled with the processing device, wherein the alert presenting device is configured for presenting an alert signal with an intensity of the alert signal based on the alert with the degree of the alert.

15. An apparatus for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, wherein the apparatus is disposable on a surface, wherein the apparatus comprises a body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposing the top surface, wherein the bottom surface is in contact with the surface based on the disposing of the apparatus on the surface, wherein the top surface is configured for inducing wheel slipping in at least one wheel of at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface while engaging a brake of the at least one wheeled vehicle, wherein the body comprises a layer of at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface of the body, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping is further based on the layer of the at least one slip-inducing agent, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping in the at least one wheel is based on a loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping allows drifting for the at least one vehicle.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the body is comprised of at least one porous material, wherein the at least one porous material is infused with the at least one slip-inducing agent, wherein the at least one porous material is configured for releasing the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface for forming the layer of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping is further based on the layer of the at least one slip-inducing agent.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one porous material is configured for transitioning between a plurality of states based on an application of a plurality of amounts of a force by the at least one wheel of the at least one wheeled vehicle corresponding to a plurality of weights of the at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface, wherein the at least one porous material is further configured for releasing a plurality of amounts of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface based on the transitioning for forming the layer of the at least one slip-inducing agent of a plurality of thicknesses on the top surface corresponding to the plurality of weights, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping is further based on the releasing of the plurality of amounts of the at least one slip-inducing agent on the top surface corresponding to the plurality of weights.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the body comprises a layer of adhesive on the bottom surface, wherein the layer of adhesive attaches the bottom surface to the surface for fixedly disposing the apparatus on the surface.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the layer of adhesive removably attaches the bottom surface to the surface for removably disposing the apparatus on the surface.

20. An apparatus for facilitating drifting for wheeled vehicles, wherein the apparatus is disposable on a surface, wherein the apparatus comprises a body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposing the top surface, wherein the body is disk shaped, wherein the bottom surface is in contact with the surface based on the disposing of the apparatus on the surface, wherein the top surface is configured for inducing wheel slipping in at least one wheel of at least one wheeled vehicle moving on the top surface while engaging a brake of the at least one wheeled vehicle, wherein the top surface comprises at least one surface characteristic, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping is further based on the at least one surface characteristic, wherein the body is comprised of at least one material, wherein the at least one surface characteristic is defined by the at least one material, wherein the at least one material comprises at least one thermoplastic, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping in the at least one wheel is based on a loss of traction between the at least one wheel and the top surface, wherein the inducing of the wheel slipping allows drifting for the at least one vehicle.