Boat monitoring systems and methods
First Claim
1. A boat monitoring system, comprising:
- a plurality of boat monitoring elements (BMEs) including at least a first BME mounted on a first boat and a second BME mounted on a second boat,wherein each of the BMEs forms a respective node of a wireless mesh network, andwherein the first BME is coupled to a sensor for sensing an event for the first boat; and
a system controller configured to communicate with each of the BMEs via the wireless mesh network,wherein the first BME is configured to transmit a message indicative of the event to the system controller via the wireless mesh network, andwherein the message hops through the second BME before it is received by the system controller.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring a plurality of boats has a plurality of boat monitoring elements. Each boat monitoring element is mounted on a respective boat and is coupled to various sensors on the same boat. Further, a system controller is configured to communicate with each of the boat monitoring elements via a wireless mesh network. Data indicative of events sensed by the sensors are transmitted to the system controller via such wireless mesh network. The system controller tracks the sensed events and is configured to perform various predefined actions when certain events occur. A remote user may contact the system controller through a wide area network or otherwise to discover the status of a particular boat or to control conditions on the boat.
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29 Claims
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1. A boat monitoring system, comprising:
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a plurality of boat monitoring elements (BMEs) including at least a first BME mounted on a first boat and a second BME mounted on a second boat, wherein each of the BMEs forms a respective node of a wireless mesh network, and wherein the first BME is coupled to a sensor for sensing an event for the first boat; and a system controller configured to communicate with each of the BMEs via the wireless mesh network, wherein the first BME is configured to transmit a message indicative of the event to the system controller via the wireless mesh network, and wherein the message hops through the second BME before it is received by the system controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A boat monitoring method, comprising:
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sensing a first event for a first boat via a first sensor mounted on the first boat; sensing a second event for a second boat via a second sensor mounted on the second boat; transmitting a first message indicative of the first event from a first boat monitoring element {BME) mounted on the first boat to a system controller via a wireless mesh network; transmitting a second message indicative of the event sensed via the second sensor from a second BME mounted on the second boat to the system controller via the wireless mesh network, wherein each of the first and second BMEs forms a respective node of the wireless mesh network, and wherein the first message hops through the second BME before it is received by the system controller; and providing a notification indicative of the first event via the system controller. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A boat monitoring system, comprising:
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a plurality of boat monitoring elements (BMEs) including at least a first BME mounted on a first boat, a second BME mounted on a second boat, and a third BME mounted on a third boat, wherein each one of the BMEs forms a respective node of a wireless mesh network, and wherein the first BME senses an event for the first boat; and a controller configured to communicate with each of the BMEs via the wireless mesh network, the first BME being configured to transmit a message indicative of the event to the controller via the wireless mesh network, and wherein the message passes through the second BME before the message is received by the controller unless the second BME is not within a wireless range of the first BME, in which case the message passes through the third BME before the message is received by the controller.
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