Marine vessel control system for a shallow water anchor
AssigneeGarmin Switzerland GmbH
InventorsDavid F. Lammers-Meis, Gregory M. Groener, Ravinder Singh, Jarrod W. Seymour
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Abstract
A marine vessel control system operable to be used with a shallow water anchor and a motor. The marine vessel control system comprising a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a user command to maintain a position of a marine vessel, receive sonar data, determine a water depth relative to a water bottom based on the sonar data in response to receiving the user command, and transmit a command to use the shallow water anchor and/or the motor based on the water depth.
Claims12
A marine vessel control system operable to be used with a shallow water anchor, the shallow water anchor including a deployable spear to anchor the marine vessel, the marine vessel control system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive sonar data;
- determine a water depth relative to a water bottom based on the sonar data;
- and
- transmit a first command that causes the shallow water anchor to deploy when the water depth is less than a threshold water depth, wherein the threshold water depth corresponds to a maximum depth at which the shallow water anchor's deployable spear is fully extended and penetrates the water bottom,
- wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a second command that causes the shallow water anchor's deployable spear to raise in response to receiving a throttle input while the shallow water anchor's deployable spear is deployed.
A marine vessel control system operable to be used with a shallow water anchor and a trolling motor, the shallow water anchor including a deployable spear to anchor the marine vessel, the marine vessel control system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive a desired position of a marine vessel;
- receive sonar data;
- based on the sonar data and the desired position of the marine vessel, determine a composition of a water bottom;
- and
- select between the shallow water anchor and the trolling motor based at least in part on the composition of the water bottom,
- wherein when the shallow water anchor is selected, the processor is further configured to transmit a first command that causes the shallow water anchor's deployable spear to lower until the spear penetrates the water bottom,
- wherein when the trolling motor is selected, the processor is further configured to transmit a second command that causes the motor to maintain the marine vessel at the desired position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.