Robotic-throttle control of a fishing vessel
OwnerJoel R. Toyinventor
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Abstract
A robotic throttle-control system for controlling a throttle-power setting of a throttle of a fishing vessel is provided. The control unit has a processor unit that instructs the control unit of the throttle-power setting at which to set the throttle and a time span for maintaining the throttle at the throttle-power setting. A user interface of the control unit has a dual-mode switch that communicates to the processor unit through both a rotational position of the dual-mode switch and an axial position of the dual-mode switch.
Claims20
A robotic throttle-control system for controlling a throttle of a fishing vessel, the system comprising:
- a control unit configured to control a throttle-power setting of the throttle;
- a processor unit within the control unit and configured to instruct the control unit of the throttle-power setting, the processor unit further configured to instruct the control unit of a power-duration setting corresponding to a time span for maintaining the throttle at the throttle-power setting;
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- wherein a user interface of the control unit comprises a dual-mode switch configured to communicate to the processor unit through each a rotational position of the dual-mode switch and an axial position of the dual-mode switch.
A method of controlling a throttle of a fishing vessel, the method comprising:
- instructing a processor of a throttle-control unit a sequence of throttle settings to use in a hunt mode;
- informing the processor of a value of a gain setting;
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- setting, with the throttle-control unit, a power-setting of the throttle according to the hunt mode and the gain setting.
A processor unit of a robotic-throttle control system, the processor unit configured to execute a method comprising:
- accessing a memory storage of the robotic-throttle control system to find a hunt mode of operating a throttle of a fishing vessel, the hunt mode comprising an ordered list of a throttle-power setting paired with a throttle-duration setting;
- displaying at least a portion of the ordered list on a display unit of the robotic-throttle control system;
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- adjusting a value of at least one of the throttle-power setting or the throttle-duration setting according to an input received from a user interface module of the robotic-throttle control system, wherein the user interface module comprises a dual-mode switch and adjusting comprises rotating the dual-mode switch about an axis of the dual-mode switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.