# US 12,108,751 B1 · Fishing event monitoring systems and methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,108,751 B1 - Document ID: US12108751B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/620,613 - Filed: 2024-03-28 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2024-03-28 - Assignees: Donn Morse - Applicants: Donn R. Morse - Inventors: Donn R. Morse; Trevor A. Morse - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12108751B1 ## CPC - A01K 97/125: {using electronic components} - 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) - G01G 17/00: Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property (determining weight by measuring volume G01F) - G01H 1/00: Measuring {characteristics of} vibrations in solids by using direct conduction to the detector (G01H9/00, G01H11/00 take precedence) - G01P 3/50: for measuring linear speed (G01P3/56 takes precedence) - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS - G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16) - G01H: MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES - G01P: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow A61B5/02, A61B8/06; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed B60Q1/54; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying G01C; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H; measuring velocity of light G01J7/00; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T; measuring acceleration of gravity G01V; {measuring or recording the speed of trains B61L23/00; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles B60K35/00; measuring frequency or phase G01R; traffic control G08G}) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the fishing tackle component is a fishing rod. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the fishing tackle component is a downrigger cable. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 2, wherein the fishing event includes a fish being hooked on a line of the fishing rod; and wherein the signal includes an indication that the fish is hooked on the line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 4, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to, when executed, direct the computing device to analyze the vibrations to determine if the fish is below a threshold weight; and wherein the signal includes an indication that the fish is below the threshold weight. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the fishing event includes a change in tide speed; and wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to, when executed, direct the computing device to: analyze the vibrations to determine a trolling speed of a lure; and determine an updated trolling speed based on the trolling speed of the lure and the change in tide speed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to direct the computing device to, when executed, analyze the vibrations to determine the fishing event by identifying a frequency change in the vibrations. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to direct the computing device to, when executed, analyze the vibrations to determine the fishing event by comparing an amplitude of the vibrations to an amplitude threshold value. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the amplitude threshold value is based on historical vibration data relating to historical fishing events. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the fishing event includes debris being hooked on a line of the fishing tackle component; and wherein the signal includes an indication that debris is hooked on the line. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 10, wherein the debris corresponds to a predetermined type of debris; and wherein the signal includes the predetermined type of debris. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 11, wherein the predetermined type of debris comprises one or more of: kelp, seaweed, jellyfish, and/or artificial debris. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 12, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to, when executed, direct the computing device to analyze the vibrations to determine the fishing event by identifying a change in an amplitude and/or a frequency of the vibrations corresponding to the debris being hooked on the line. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to, when executed, direct the computing device to notify a user of the fishing event via the one or more output devices. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 14, wherein the one or more output devices include one or more visible indicators. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 15, wherein the one or more visible indicators comprise one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 14, wherein the one or more output devices include one or more audible indicators. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 14, wherein the one or more output devices comprise a mobile device having a user interface. ### Claim 19 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. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the fishing event includes a fish being hooked on a line of the fishing tackle component; and wherein the signal includes an indication that the fish is hooked on the line. ### Claim 21 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. ### Claim 22 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. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 22, wherein the signal includes the updated trolling speed. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 22, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to direct the computing device to, when executed, analyze the vibrations to determine the fishing event by identifying a frequency change in the vibrations. ### Claim 25 (depends on 22) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 22, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to direct the computing device to, when executed, analyze the vibrations to determine the fishing event by comparing an amplitude of the vibrations to an amplitude threshold value. ### Claim 26 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. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 26, wherein the fishing event includes a fish being hooked on a line of the fishing tackle component; and wherein the signal includes an indication that the fish is hooked on the line. ### Claim 28 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. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 28, wherein the predetermined type of debris comprises one or more of: kelp, seaweed, jellyfish, and/or artificial debris. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The fishing event monitoring system of claim 29, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to, when executed, direct the computing device to analyze the vibrations to determine the fishing event by identifying a change in an amplitude and/or a frequency of the vibrations corresponding to the debris being hooked on the line.