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US 12,108,751 B1Granted
Fishing event monitoring systems and methods
AssigneeDonn Morse
InventorsDonn R. Morse, Trevor A. Morse
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Abstract
Systems and methods of monitoring fishing events use one or more inertial measurement units disposed on fishing tackle to measure vibrations transmitted along the fishing tackle, analyze the vibrations to determine a fishing event, and present the fishing event to a user.
Claims30
A fishing event monitoring system comprising:
- a housing configured to be operatively coupled to a fishing tackle component;
- an inertial measurement unit supported by the housing;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computing device to:
- measure, via the inertial measurement unit, vibrations transmitted along the fishing tackle component;
- analyze the vibrations to determine a background noise frequency of the vibrations;
- filter the vibrations to remove the background noise frequency;
- analyze the vibrations to determine a fishing event;
- and
- transmit a signal indicative of the fishing event to one or more output devices.
7 more elements
A method of monitoring fishing events comprising:
- measuring, via an inertial measurement unit disposed on a fishing tackle component, vibrations transmitted along the fishing tackle component;
- analyzing the vibrations to determine a background noise frequency of the vibrations;
- filtering the vibrations to remove the background noise frequency;
- analyzing the vibrations to determine a fishing event;
- and
- transmitting a signal indicative of the fishing event to an output device.
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A fishing event monitoring system comprising:
- a housing configured to be operatively coupled to a fishing tackle component;
- an inertial measurement unit supported by the housing;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computing device to:
- measure, via the inertial measurement unit, vibrations transmitted along the fishing tackle component;
- analyze the vibrations to determine a fishing event, wherein the fishing event includes a fish being hooked on a line of the fishing tackle component;
- analyze the vibrations to determine if the fish is below a threshold weight;
- and
- transmit a signal indicative of the fishing event to one or more output devices;
- wherein the signal includes an indication that the fish is hooked on the line;
- and
- wherein the signal includes an indication that the fish is below the threshold weight.
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A fishing event monitoring system comprising:
- a housing configured to be operatively coupled to a fishing tackle component;
- an inertial measurement unit supported by the housing;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computing device to:
- measure, via the inertial measurement unit, vibrations transmitted along the fishing tackle component;
- analyze the vibrations to determine a fishing event, wherein the fishing event includes a change in tide speed;
- and
- analyze the vibrations to determine a trolling speed of a lure;
- determine an updated trolling speed based on the trolling speed of the lure and the change in tide speed;
- transmit a signal indicative of the fishing event to one or more output devices.
7 more elements
A fishing event monitoring system comprising:
- a housing configured to be operatively coupled to a fishing tackle component;
- an inertial measurement unit supported by the housing;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computing device to:
- measure, via the inertial measurement unit, vibrations transmitted along the fishing tackle component;
- analyze the vibrations to determine the fishing event by comparing an amplitude of the vibrations to an amplitude threshold value;
- and
- transmit a signal indicative of the fishing event to one or more output devices;
- wherein the amplitude threshold value is based on historical vibration data relating to historical fishing events.
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A fishing event monitoring system comprising:
- a housing configured to be operatively coupled to a fishing tackle component;
- an inertial measurement unit supported by the housing;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computing device to:
- measure, via the inertial measurement unit, vibrations transmitted along the fishing tackle component;
- analyze the vibrations to determine a fishing event, wherein the fishing event includes debris being hooked on a line of the fishing tackle component;
- and
- transmit a signal indicative of the fishing event to one or more output devices;
- wherein the debris corresponds to a predetermined type of debris;
- and
- wherein the signal includes the predetermined type of debris.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.