Sonar Data Collection

• US 20160146936A1
• Filed: 11/26/2014
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Navico Holding A.S. (Brunswick Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Navico Holding A.S. (Brunswick Corporation)
• Inventors: Konig, Gregory
• Application Number:
  US14/555,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20160146936A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/86 Combinations of sonar systems with lidar systems; Combinations of sonar systems with systems not using wave reflection
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/89 for mapping or imaging
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/96 for locating fish
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/6218 providing two-dimensional coordinated display of distance and direction
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/6272 producing cursor lines and indicia by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/6281 Composite displays, e.g. split-screen, multiple images

Abstract

Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to receive sonar data recorded by a sonar device on a marine vessel. The sonar data is recorded during a plurality of fishing trips. The computer may analyze the sonar data to detect sonar data corresponding to one or more fish. The computer may receive locations corresponding to the fish. The computer may also use the locations to display the detected fish on a map.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive sonar data recorded by a sonar device on a marine vessel, wherein the sonar data is recorded during a plurality of fishing trips;

analyze the sonar data to detect sonar data corresponding to one or more fish;

receive locations corresponding to the fish; and

use the locations to display the detected fish on a map.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the locations are recorded by a Global Positioning System (GPS) device on the vessel.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein a record of the detected fish and locations are transmitted to a cloud software service.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to:

receive dates, times, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof corresponding to the sonar data; and

display the dates, times, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof on the map.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to use the locations to display the detected fish on the map comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to indicate locations with a sonar signal return greater than a predetermined sonar signal return level.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to:

analyze the sonar data to detect one or more structures; and

display the structures on the map.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to:

analyze the sonar data to estimate the size or depth of the detected fish based on sonar signal return strength; and

display the size or depth on the map.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to use the locations to display the detected fish on the map comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to display a concentration of detected fish on the map.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to use the locations to display the detected fish on a map comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to display the detected fish on the map using colors, patterns, or numbers.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to remove false positives from the sonar data.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to remove false positives comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to compare the sonar data to stored sonar data recorded at a same location as the sonar data.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to remove false positives comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to compare the sonar data to stored sonar data recorded at a different location from the sonar data.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive a location, a date, a time, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof;

retrieve sonar data recorded during a plurality of fishing trips corresponding to the location, date, time, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof; and

display the retrieved sonar data on a map.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to display the retrieved sonar data on the map comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to indicate areas with a sonar signal return greater than a set sonar signal return level.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the retrieved sonar data comprises individual records of detected fish.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive a location, a date, a time, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof;

retrieve sonar data recorded using a sonar device on a marine vessel corresponding to the location, date, time, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof; and

analyze the retrieved sonar data to determine one or more suggested fishing locations.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to display the suggested fishing locations on a map.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the sonar data comprise sonar data recorded during a plurality of fishing trips.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the retrieved sonar data comprises individual records of detected fish.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to analyze the retrieved sonar data to determine one or more suggested fishing locations comprise computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to suggest fishing locations with a greater than average number of detected fish.