WEARABLE DEVICE FOR FISHING

• US 20150057968A1
• Filed: 09/20/2013
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Navico Incorporated (Brunswick Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Navico Holding A.S. (Brunswick Corporation)
• Inventors: Bailey, Paul Robert
• Granted Patent: US 10,251,382 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/150
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 79/00 Methods or means of catching fish in bulk not provided for in groups A01K69/00 - A01K77/00, e.g. fish pumps; Detection of fish; Whale fishery
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 97/00 Accessories for angling fish stringers A01K65/00; landing-nets or landing-spoons for fishing A01K77/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 99/00 Methods or apparatus for fishing not provided for in groups A01K69/00 - A01K97/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 49/00 Arrangements of nautical instruments or navigational aids nautical measuring instruments G01C; radio navigation, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 21/00 Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/203 Specially adapted for sailing ships
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 17/00 Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property determining weight by measuring volume G01F
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/415 combined with recording means
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/3728 with wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 9/00 Methods of, or apparatus for, the determination of weight, not provided for in groups G01G1/00 - G01G7/00
• 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
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0225 User interface arrangements, e.g. keyboard, display; Interfaces to other computer systems
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2218/00 : Aspects of pattern recognition specially adapted for signal processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 : Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 : Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0231 : Cordless keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 : with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 : Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 : Social networking
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• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30196 : Human being; Person
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/246 : using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/292 : Multi-camera tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/60 : Analysis of geometric attributes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 : Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 : using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 : Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 : Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/17 : using electrical sensing means see provisionally also G11B27/13
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 : by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 : Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/006 : with video camera or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4335 : Housekeeping operations, e.g. prioritizing content for deletion because of storage space restrictions storage management, e.g. defragmentation G06F3/0604; unloading stored programs G06F9/445; storage management in file systems G06F16/10; buffering arrangements in a network node or in an end terminal in packet networks H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 : Television signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/43 : using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth or ZigBee
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 : Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 : Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Various implementations described herein are directed to a wearable device used to record fishing data. The wearable device may include a housing. The housing may include a sensor or sensors to detect motion. The housing may include a computer system with a processor and memory. The memory may have a plurality of executable instructions. When the executable instructions are executed by the processor, the processor may receive motion data from the sensor or sensors and determine whether a cast has been made.

Claims

1. A wearable device, comprising:

a housing having;

at least one sensor that detects motion; and

a computer system having a processor and memory having stored thereon a plurality of executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive motion data from the at least one sensor and determine whether the received motion data corresponds to a cast.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the memory further comprises executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to record that a cast has occurred and a timestamp corresponding to the cast.

3. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the memory further comprises executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to transmit the number of casts that have occurred and the corresponding timestamps to a computer.

4. The wearable device of claim 3, further comprising a wireless communication device for transmitting data to the computer.

5. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising at least one user input button configured to record a catch upon receipt of a first input.

6. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the at least one user input button is configured to record weight information upon receipt of a second input after the first input.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising at least one user input button configured to record a catch, a timestamp corresponding to the catch, a bite, weight information corresponding to the catch, or combinations thereof.

8. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a display for displaying information pertaining to the number of casts that have occurred.

9. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one accelerometer, at least one gyroscope sensor, at least one muscle activity sensor, or combinations thereof.

10. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the housing is composed of a plastic, a rubber, or combinations thereof.

11. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the memory further comprises executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine the type of cast and record the type of cast.

12. 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 motion data from one or more motion sensors;

analyze the motion data;

determine that the motion data corresponds to a casting motion while fishing; and

record that a cast has occurred and a timestamp corresponding to the cast.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to:

determine the type of cast; and

record the type of cast.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to:

record the cast and the timestamp corresponding to the cast in memory; and

transmit the recorded data to a computer.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the recorded data transmission occurs after each cast.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to record the number of casts that have occurred.

17. 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 motion data from one or more motion sensors;

analyze the motion data;

determine that the motion data corresponds to the occurrence of a catch or bite; and

record that the catch or the bite has occurred and a timestamp corresponding to the catch or bite.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to:

record the catch or bite and the timestamp corresponding to the catch or bite in memory; and

transmit the recorded data to a computer.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the recorded data transmission occurs after each catch or bite.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to record the number of catches or bites that have occurred.