Using voice recognition for recording events

• US 9,507,562 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2014
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): SINGH, SATWANT K
• Application Number:
  US14/333,001
• Publication Number:
  US 20150058020A1
• Time in Patent Office: 867 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

Various implementations described herein are directed to a wearable device used to determine whether audio data corresponds to a fishing event. The wearable device may include at least one microphone. The wearable device 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 audio data from the at least one microphone, determine whether the received audio data corresponds to a fishing event and store a record of the fishing event, and a timestamp corresponding to the fishing event.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one microphone configured to record audio data formed from a voice of a user during a fishing trip;

a memory configured to store a plurality of pre-set associations between possible stored audio data and voice commands, wherein each voice command is associated with a fishing event; and

a computer system having a processor, wherein the memory has stored thereon a plurality of executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive the audio data from the at least one microphone;

compare the audio data with the possible stored audio data to determine whether the received audio data corresponds to a voice command;

determine, in an instance in which the received audio data corresponds to the voice command, the fishing event associated with the voice command;

determine a timestamp corresponding to the received audio data;

store a record of an occurrence of the determined fishing event and the determined timestamp; and

cause one of;

transmission of the record of the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp to a marine electronic device for operation of the marine electronic device using the record of the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp;

or

operation of the marine electronic device using the record of the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the executable instructions that cause the processor to determine whether the received audio data corresponds to the fishing event comprises executable instructions that cause the processor to detect the spoken word “

bite,”

the spoken word “

catch,”

or the spoken word “

cast”

.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory further comprises executable instructions that cause the processor to:

determine, in response to receiving the audio data, a location of the apparatus;

store the location in association with the occurrence of the determined fishing event and the determined timestamp; and

cause one of;

transmission of the location in association with the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp to the marine electronic device for operation of the marine electronic device using the location;

or

operation of the marine electronic device using the location in association with the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one sensor that detects motion, wherein the apparatus is wearable such that it is capable of being worn by the user, and wherein the memory further comprises executable instructions that cause the processor to:

receive motion data from the at least one sensor;

analyze the motion data to automatically determine fishing statistics;

store a record of the fishing statistics; and

cause one of;

transmission of the fishing statistics to the marine electronic device for operation of the marine electronic device using the fishing statistics;

or

operation of the marine electronic device using the fishing statistics.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fishing event is further a catch, cast, bite, fish on the line, fish off the line, a start of a fight, or an end of a fight.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory further comprises executable instructions that cause the processor to:

determine that the received audio data corresponds to one of a fishing input category, wherein the fishing input category comprises one of a species of caught fish, approximate weight of caught fish, approximate length of caught fish, type of lure used, color of lure used, fishing technique used, or type of cast;

determine a data input from the received audio data for the determined fishing input category;

store the data input in association with the determined fishing input category such that the data input is categorized and searchable; and

cause one of;

transmission of the data input in association with the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp to the marine electronic device for operation of the marine electronic device using the data input;

or

operation of the marine electronic device using the data input in association with the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp.

7. 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 audio data from one or more microphones, wherein the received audio data is formed from a voice of a user during a fishing trip;

compare, based on a plurality of pre-set associations between possible stored audio data and voice commands, the audio data with the possible stored audio data to determine whether the received audio data corresponds to a voice command, wherein each voice command is associated with a fishing event;

determine, in an instance in which the received audio data corresponds to a voice command, the fishing event associated with the voice command;

determine a timestamp corresponding to the received audio data;

store a record of an occurrence of the determined fishing event and the determined timestamp; and

cause one of;

transmission of the record of the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp to a marine electronic device for operation of the marine electronic device using the record of the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp;

or

operation of the marine electronic device using the record of the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions to determine that the audio data corresponds to the fishing event comprises executable instructions that cause the processor to detect the spoken word “

bite,”

the spoken word “

catch,”

or the spoken word “

cast”

.

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

receive motion data from a sensor that detects motion;

analyze the motion data to automatically determine fishing statistics;

store a record of the fishing statistics; and

cause one of;

transmission of the fishing statistics to the marine electronic device for operation of the marine electronic device using the fishing statistics;

or

operation of the marine electronic device using the fishing statistics.

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

determine, in response to receiving the audio data, a location corresponding to the received audio data;

store the location in association with the occurrence of the determined fishing event and the determined timestamp; and

cause one of;

transmission of the location in association with the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp to the marine electronic device for operation of the marine electronic device using the location;

or

operation of the marine electronic device using the location in association with the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the fishing event is further a catch, cast, bite, fish on the line, fish off the line, a start of a fight, or an end of a fight.

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

determine that the received audio data corresponds to one of a fishing input category, wherein the fishing input category comprises one of a species of caught fish, approximate weight of caught fish, approximate length of caught fish, type of lure used, color of lure used, fishing technique used, or type of cast;

determine a data input from the received audio data for the determined fishing input category;

store the data input in association with the determined fishing input category such that the data input is categorized and searchable; and

cause one of;

transmission of the data input in association with the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp to the marine electronic device for operation of the marine electronic device using the data input;

or

operation of the marine electronic device using the data input in association with the occurrence of the determined fishing event and determined timestamp.

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 audio data from one or more microphones, wherein the received audio data is formed from a voice of a user during a fishing trip;

compare, based on a plurality of pre-set associations between possible stored audio data and voice commands, the audio data with the possible stored audio data to determine whether the received audio data corresponds to a voice command, wherein each voice command is associated with instructions for operating a marine electronics device;

determine, in an instance in which the received audio data corresponds to a voice command, the instruction for operating the marine electronics device associated with the voice command; and

cause operation of the marine electronics device based on the instruction associated with the voice command.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the voice command for operating a marine electronics device is a command for adding a waypoint, taking a screenshot, selecting an alternate display, controlling an autopilot, changing pages, viewing a chart, viewing sonar, starting or finishing sonar logs, or zooming in or out.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions that cause the computer to determine that the audio data corresponds to the voice command for operating the marine electronics device comprises executable instructions which cause the processor to detect the spoken word “

waypoint,”

the spoken word “

screenshot,”

or the spoken word “

display”

.

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

determine, in response to receiving the audio data, a location of the marine electronics device; and

store a waypoint corresponding to the location of the marine electronics device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to transmit the waypoint to a cloud software service.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more microphones are in a wearable device, and wherein the audio data is transmitted to the marine electronic device that includes the computer that executes the plurality of computer-executable instructions.