Systems and Associated Methods for Generating a Fish Activity Report Based on Aggregated Marine Data

• US 20180059230A1
• Filed: 08/25/2016
• Published: 03/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Navico Incorporated (Brunswick Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Navico Holding A.S. (Brunswick Corporation)
• Inventors: Snyder, Kristopher C.
• Granted Patent: US 10,948,577 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 7/003 Transmission of data between radar, sonar or lidar systems and remote stations
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/6263 in which different colours are used
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations

Abstract

A computing device is configured to receive a plurality of sets of sonar data, current locations associated with the sonar data, and condition parameters associated with the plurality of sets of sonar data from one or more marine electronic devices. The computing device receives a request from a user to display a condition and location based fishing activity s report. The request indicating a location and a condition parameter associated with desired fishing activity. The computing device filters the plurality of sets of the sonar data based on the request to generate a fishing activity report including one or more portions of the plurality of sets of the sonar data that are associated with the indicated location and the condition parameter and causes display of the fishing activity report on a screen such that the one or more portions of the plurality of sets of the sonar data are displayed.

Claims

1. A marine data system comprising:

at least one marine electronic device comprising;

a sonar transducer configured to generate sonar data indicative of fish activity or a structure,

a location sensor configured to determine a current location associated with the sonar data,

a marine electronic device processor, and

a memory including computer program code configured to, with the marine electronic device processor, cause the marine electronic device to;

determine at least one condition parameter associated with the sonar data, wherein the at least one condition parameter is not the current location, and

transmit at least the sonar data, the current location associated with the sonar data, and the at least one condition parameter associated with the sonar data to a remote computing device; and

the computing device comprising;

a computing device processor, and

a memory including computer program code configured to, with the computing device processor, cause the computing device to;

receive a plurality of sets of sonar data, current locations associated with the plurality of sets of the sonar data, and condition parameters associated with the plurality of sets of the sonar data;

receive a request from a user to display a condition and location based fishing activity report, wherein the request indicates at least one location and at least one condition parameter associated with desired fishing activity;

filter the plurality of sets of sonar data based on the request to generate a fishing activity report, wherein the fishing activity report includes one or more portions of the plurality of sets of the sonar data that are associated with the indicated at least one location and the at least one condition parameter; and

cause display of the fishing activity report on a screen such that the one or more portions of the plurality of sets of the sonar data are displayed in a report that also indicates the at least one location and the at least one condition parameter from the request.

2. The marine data system of claim 1, wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

determine one or more optimal fishing condition parameters based on the fishing activity report;

compare at least one current condition parameter to the one or more optimal fishing condition parameters;

determine a correlation value between the at least one current condition parameter and the one or more optimal fishing condition parameters;

compare the correlation value to a predetermined correlation threshold; and

cause, in an instance in which the correlation value satisfies the predetermined correlation threshold, an alert such that a user is alerted to a situation in which the optimal fishing condition parameters are present based on the at least one current condition parameter.

3. The marine data system of claim 1, wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

compare the fish activity report to a predetermined hot spot threshold,

cause an alert in response to the at least a portion of the fishing activity report satisfying the hot spot threshold,

cause an indication of one or more locations in which the fishing activity report satisfies the predetermined hot spot threshold to be displayed on the user interface.

4. The marine data system of claim 1, wherein the marine electronic device further comprises:

a user interface configured to receive user input including an indication of fish caught or casts.

5. The marine data system of claim 1, wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

cause at least a portion of the fishing activity report to be overlaid on a nautical chart based on the location input.

6. A computing device comprising a processor and a memory including computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the computing device to:

receive a plurality of sets of sonar data, current locations associated with the plurality of sets of sonar data, and condition parameters associated with the plurality of sets of sonar data from one or more marine electronic devices, wherein the condition parameters are not the current locations and wherein each of the plurality of sets of sonar data is data indicative of fish activity or a structure;

receive a request from a user to display a condition and location based fishing activity report, wherein the request indicates at least one location and at least one condition parameter associated with desired fishing activity;

filter the plurality of sets of the sonar data based on the request to generate the fishing activity report, wherein the fishing activity report includes one or more portions of the plurality of sets of the sonar data that are associated with the indicated at least one location and the at least one condition parameter; and

cause display of the fishing activity report on a screen such that the one or more portions of the plurality of sets of the sonar data are displayed in a report that also indicates the at least one location and the at least one condition parameter from the request.

7. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

determine one or more optimal fishing condition parameters based on the fishing activity report;

compare at least one current condition parameter to a corresponding optimal fishing condition parameter;

determine a correlation value between the at least one current condition parameter and the corresponding optimal fishing condition parameter;

compare the correlation value to a predetermined correlation threshold; and

cause an alert in response to the correlation value satisfying the predetermined correlation threshold.

8. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

cause at least a portion of the fishing activity report to be overlaid on a nautical chart based on the location input.

9. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

compare the fishing activity report to a predetermined hot spot threshold,

wherein the alert is generated in response to at least a portion of the fishing activity report satisfying the hot spot threshold.

10. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

compare the fishing activity report to a predetermined hot spot threshold,

cause an alert in response to the fishing activity report satisfying the hot spot threshold,

cause an indication of one or more locations in which the fishing activity reports satisfies the predetermined fish activity threshold to be displayed on the user interface.

11. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the fishing activity report comprises a fish activity density map.

12. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the fish activity comprises an average of the one or more portions of the plurality of sets of the sonar data or an aggregate of the one or more portions the plurality of sets of the sonar data.

13. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the fish activity report is further based on user input including at least a number of fish caught at a location.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the user input further comprises a fish type or bait type associated with the number of fish caught at the location, wherein the request further comprises an indication of a desired fish type or bait type from the user interface, and wherein the fishing activity report is further based on the fish type or bait type associated with the number of fish caught at the location and the desired fish type or desired bait type.

15. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the processor and memory are further configured to:

determine a fishing area based on the requested at least one location, wherein determining the fishing activity report comprises determining the fishing activity report for at least a portion of the fishing area; and

comparing the fishing activity report to a hot spot threshold, wherein causing the fish activity report to be displayed comprises displaying one or more areas in which the fish activity satisfies the hot spot threshold.

16. The computing device of claim 15, wherein each of the one or more areas is displayed such that the one or more areas are indicative of an amount in excess of the hot spot threshold, wherein at least one of the size, color, or pattern of the one or more areas varies with the amount in excess of the hot spot threshold.

17. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the at least one condition parameter includes at least one of a temperature or date, wherein the processor and the memory are further configured to receive an indication of a current temperature, temperature input, current date, or date input, and wherein the fishing activity report is further based on the temperature or date and the current temperature, temperature input, current date, or date input.

18. The computing device of claim 6 further including a user interface with the screen, wherein the user interface comprises a graphic user interface comprising:

at least one parameter selection region of the screen configured to display a plurality of parameters for user selection; and

at least one fishing activity report region of the screen configured to display a fish activity data graphic based on selected parameters.

19. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the fish activity data graphic is indicative of a number of fish catches per day or per man-hour and at least one sub-parameter.

20. A marine data system comprising:

at least one marine electronic device comprising;

a sonar transducer configured to generate sonar data indicative of fish activity or a structure,

a location sensor configured to determine a current location associated with the sonar data,

a marine electronic device processor, and

a memory including computer program code configured to, with the marine electronic device processor, cause the marine electronic device to;

determine at least one condition parameter associated with the sonar data, wherein the at least one condition parameter is not the current location, and

transmit at least the sonar data, the current location associated with the sonar data, and the at least one condition parameter associated with the sonar data to a remote device; and

a computing device comprising;

a computing device processor, and

a memory including computer program code configured to, with the computing device processor, cause the computing device to;

receive a plurality of sets of sonar data, current locations associated with the plurality of sets of the sonar data, and condition parameters associated with the plurality of sets of the sonar data;

receive a current location or one or more current condition parameters associated with the computing device;

filter the plurality of sets of sonar data based on the current location or the one or more current condition parameters to generate a fishing activity report, wherein the fishing activity report includes one or more optimal fishing locations;

compare the current location or the one or more current condition parameters to corresponding one or more optimal fishing locations or one or more optimal fishing condition parameters;

determine a correlation value between the current location or the one or more current condition parameters and the corresponding one or more optimal fishing locations or one or more optimal fishing condition parameters; and

compare the correlation value to a predetermined correlation threshold; and

cause, in an instance in which the correlation value satisfies the predetermined correlation threshold, an alert such that a user is alerted to a situation in which the current location is proximate to or within one of the one or more optimal fishing locations or the one or more current condition parameters is similar to the optimal fishing condition parameters.