Fish finder system and method
AssigneeFuruno Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorTomoo WADA
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Abstract
A fish finder system for a vessel is provided with an interface to connect with a transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal into a water body and receive a reflected echo signal, and an autopilot device configured to control a rudder being attached to the vessel. Further, the fish finder system is provided with processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the interface and configured to detect a position of a fishing rig, measure a vector from the vessel to the fishing rig, and generate a rudder control signal for the autopilot device to control the rudder based on the measured vector.
Claims20
A fish finder system for a vessel, comprising:
- an interface to connect with
- a transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal into a water body and receive a reflected echo signal;
- and
- an autopilot device configured to control a rudder being attached to the vessel;
- and
- processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the interface, and configured to detect a fishing rig;
- measure a vector from the vessel to the fishing rig;
- and
- generate a rudder control signal for the autopilot device to control the rudder based on the measured vector.
A method comprising:
- transmitting an ultrasonic signal into a water body and receiving a reflected echo signal, using a transducer;
- detecting a position of the fishing rig;
- measuring a vector from a vessel to the fishing rig;
- and
- generating a rudder control signal for an autopilot device to control a rudder of the vessel based on the measured vector.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instruction that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause a computer system to perform a method that comprises:
- transmitting an ultrasonic signal into a water body and receiving a reflected echo signal, using a transducer;
- detecting a position of a fishing rig;
- measuring a vector from a vessel to the fishing rig;
- and
- generating a rudder control signal for an autopilot device to control a rudder of the vessel based on the measured vector, wherein the autopilot device is configured to control the rudder being attached to the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.