System for fishing
First Claim
1. A system for fishing comprising:
- input means for inputting acquired data comprising;
(a) geographical positioning data indicating the geographical position of a point in substantially real-time relative to a region;
(b) time data specifying the date, time or season corresponding to said real-time at said point; and
(c) water condition data in respect of the prevailing environment at said point;
database means for storing historical data relating to;
(a) the geographical locations of previous fishing or data acquisition activity;
(b) the date, time or season of said previous activity;
(c) the water conditions of the prevailing environment at said geographical locations during said previous activity; and
(d) fish data characterising the fish located at or obtained at the geographical locations of said previous activity;
and for storing the acquired data input by said input means relative to the geographical position of said point;
said database means including linking means for linking the acquired data to said historical data for the particular geographical position of said point;
interface means for accessing the acquired data and the historical data and outputting same in an appropriate medium for interpreting by a user of the system;
processing means to process linked data and relate the same with historical data selected in accordance with predetermined parameters to generate information for subsequent storage in said database means or outputting by said interface means;
wherein said predetermined parameters are those for providing an indication of the fish data from said historical data in the region of said point and the prevailing conditions corresponding to said fish data; and
wherein said geographical positioning data includes a component of relatively static data in the form of topological data indicating the topological features of said region.
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Abstract
A data acquisition and retrieval system (11) for fishing. Input means (37) are provided for inputting: (i) geographical positioning data indicating the geographical position of a point for fishing in substantially real-time relative to a region: (ii) weather data indicating the prevailing weather conditions applying to the geographical position of the point in the region; (iii) fish data characterising the fish located at or obtained at the point; (iv) time data specifying the date, time or season corresponding to the real-time at the point; and (v) water condition data of the prevailing environment at the point. A database (60) is provided for storing the data input by the input means (35) relative to the geographical position of the point and linking the data to any previous data stored for the particular geographical position of the point. A graphical user interface accesses the linked data of the database and outputs it in an appropriate medium, usually a display that presents an image pane (141), for interpreting by a user of the system. The system is particularly suited to lobster or prawn fishing in the ocean and can be used to predict where to fish. A method for fishing based on the system is also described.
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56 Claims
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1. A system for fishing comprising:
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input means for inputting acquired data comprising; (a) geographical positioning data indicating the geographical position of a point in substantially real-time relative to a region; (b) time data specifying the date, time or season corresponding to said real-time at said point; and (c) water condition data in respect of the prevailing environment at said point; database means for storing historical data relating to; (a) the geographical locations of previous fishing or data acquisition activity; (b) the date, time or season of said previous activity; (c) the water conditions of the prevailing environment at said geographical locations during said previous activity; and (d) fish data characterising the fish located at or obtained at the geographical locations of said previous activity; and for storing the acquired data input by said input means relative to the geographical position of said point; said database means including linking means for linking the acquired data to said historical data for the particular geographical position of said point; interface means for accessing the acquired data and the historical data and outputting same in an appropriate medium for interpreting by a user of the system; processing means to process linked data and relate the same with historical data selected in accordance with predetermined parameters to generate information for subsequent storage in said database means or outputting by said interface means; wherein said predetermined parameters are those for providing an indication of the fish data from said historical data in the region of said point and the prevailing conditions corresponding to said fish data; and wherein said geographical positioning data includes a component of relatively static data in the form of topological data indicating the topological features of said region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A graphical user interface for a fishing system, comprising:
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an image pane that displays topological features of a predetermined region for fishing; layering means for layering indicia on said image pane indicating the relative locations of said predetermined region where fishing has been previously undertaken and logged by the fishing system; indicia linking means associated with each indicium to generate and display a table of data logged by the fishing system in relation to the fishing previously undertaken at said location; and selecting means to select a said indicium and activate said indicia linking means for the selected indicium to generate and display data logged for the location indicated by the selected indicium. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for fishing comprising:
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inputting acquired data comprising; (a) geographical positioning data indicating the geographical position of a point in substantially real-time relative to a region; (b) time data specifying the date, time or season corresponding to said real-time at said point; and (c) water condition data in respect of the prevailing environment at said point; storing historical data relating to; (a) the geographical locations of previous fishing or data acquisition activity; (b) the date, time or season of said previous activity; (c) the water conditions of the prevailing environment at said geographical locations during said previous activity; and (d) fish data characterising the fish located at or obtained at the geographical locations of said previous activity; storing the acquired data input relative to the geographical position of said point; linking the acquired data to said historical data for the particular geographical position of said point; accessing the acquired data and the historical data and outputting same in for interpreting by a user of the system; and processing linked data and relating the same with historical data selected in accordance with predetermined parameters to generate information for subsequent storage or outputting to the user; wherein said predetermined parameters are those for providing an indication of the fish data from said historical data in the region of said point and the prevailing conditions corresponding to said fish data. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method for fishing comprising:
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displaying topological features of a predetermined region for fishing; layering indicia on said topological features indicating the relative locations of said predetermined region where fishing has been previously undertaken and logged; generating and displaying a table of data logged in relation to the fishing previously undertaken at said location; and selecting a said indicium and generating displaying data logged for the location indicated by the selected indicium. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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