# US 10,478,727 B2 · Angling event detecting and reporting apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,478,727 B2 - Document ID: US10478727B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/013,249 - Filed: 2018-06-20 - Published: 2018-10-18 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-21 - Assignees: Angler Labs Inc. - Applicants: Angler Labs Inc. - Inventors: Thomas Blackadar; Nic Wilson; Landon Bloomer; Terrence Corbett - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10478727B2 ## CPC - A01K 87/007: {with built-in accessories, e.g. lighting means or measuring devices} - A01K 97/00: Accessories for angling (fish stringers A01K65/00; landing-nets or landing-spoons for fishing A01K77/00) - A01K 97/125: {using electronic components} - A01K 99/00: Methods or apparatus for fishing not provided for in groups A01K69/00 - A01K97/00 - A63F 13/46: Computing the game score - A63F 13/65: automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition - G05B 15/02: electric - G05B 19/042: using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) - G06N 5/04: Inference or reasoning models - G06Q 50/02: Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining - G08B 5/22: using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission - G08B 21/20: responsive to moisture - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - G05B 2219/25257: Microcontroller - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G06N 20/00: Machine learning - G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services - H04W 4/21: for social networking applications - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Provided herein is an angling event detecting and reporting apparatus to identify and report angling events, the apparatus comprising an angling event sensor adapted to be located in the reel of a fishing rod and generating data indicative of a parameter of the rod or reel when the rod or reel is in use. Additionally, there may be at least one processor in communication with the angling event sensor programmed to identify an angling event based on the data indicative of a parameter of the rod or reel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An angling event detecting and reporting apparatus comprising: a first angling event sensor adapted to be mounted to a reel of a fishing rod, the first angling event sensor adapted to generate data indicative of a parameter of the reel of the fishing rod when the reel is in use, wherein the data indicative of the parameter of the reel comprises at least one of reel speed, number of revolutions of the reel, reel-in time, or a retrieve distance; a second angling event sensor adapted to be mounted to the fishing rod, the second angling event sensor adapted to generate data indicative of a parameter of the fishing rod while the fishing rod is in use; at least one processor in communication with the first and second angling event sensors, the at least one processor having a set of instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to identify angling events based on the data indicative of the parameter of the fishing rod while the fishing rod is in use, wherein one of the angling events comprises at least one of fish on a line or a fish strike, wherein the at least one processor is in communication with a mobile device running an application that receives the identified angling events from the processor and allows a user to input additional data related to the angling event, and wherein the additional data related to the angling event input into the mobile device by the user comprises a fish landed, a lure used, a bait used, or a type of equipment used, and wherein the application causes the mobile device to display the identified angling events and the data indicative of the parameter of the reel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is remotely located from at least one of the first and the second angling event sensors. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and the second angling event sensors is at least one of a motion sensor, an optical sensor, a sound sensor, a piezo-electric sensor, a strain or flex sensor, a magnetometer, a gyro, or an accelerometer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an output facility in communication with the at least one processor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the output facility is a display. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the output facility is a speaker. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an output facility in communication with at least one of the first and the second angling event sensors. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the output facility is a display. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the output facility is a speaker. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second angling event sensor is adapted to be mounted to a tip of the fishing rod. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second angling event sensor is a motion sensor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one of the angling events further comprises at least one of, a strike of a certain species of fish, a cast, an initiation of a cast, a flight time for a lure, a snag, a fish bump, a lure position, or a fight time. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is in communication with a source of environmental data indicative of an environmental parameter in proximity to at least one of the first and the second angling event sensors, and wherein the at least one processor further comprises instructions that when executed cause the at least one processor to record the angling event identified by the at least one processor along with the data related to the environmental parameter.