Automatic Boat Fender Controller with Navigation System Integration
OwnerJonathan Arditi, Shmuel Sam Arditiinventors
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Abstract
An automatic boat fender controller which integrates with on-board boat navigation systems (commonly called chartplotters) to provide automated deployment and retrieval of boat fenders. Among other benefits, integration of the automatic boat fender controller with chartplotters allows the automatic boat fender controller to access the chartplotter's more accurate on-board GPS providing more accurate control, and allows boat operators to control their boat fenders from the screen of the chartplotter, consolidating boat operation at a central location in the cockpit.
Claims20
A boat fender control system comprising:
- a fender control application installed on, and executing on, a computing device comprising a memory, a processor;
- a display connected to the computing device;
- a wireless interface connected to the computing device;
- wherein the fender control application comprises instructions which cause the computing device to:
- connect to one or more boat fender positioning devices via the wireless interface;
- show on the display a status of one or more of the one or more boat fender positioning devices along with one or more controls for operating the one or more boat fender positioning devices;
- receive a user interaction with one or more controls of the one or more controls shown;
- and
- transmit control commands through the wireless interface to operate one or more of the one or more boat fender positioning devices according to the user interaction.
A computer-implemented method for controlling boat fenders, comprising the steps of:
- installing a fender control application on a computing device comprising a memory and a processor, wherein a display and a wireless interface are connected to the computing device;
- and
- executing the fender control application on the computing device wherein the fender control application comprises instructions which cause the computing device to perform the steps of:
- connecting to one or more boat fender positioning devices via the wireless interface;
- showing on the display a status of one or more of the one or more boat fender positioning devices along with one or more controls for operating the one or more boat fender positioning devices;
- receiving a user interaction with one or more controls of the one or more controls shown;
- and
- transmitting control commands through the wireless interface to operate one or more of the one or more boat fender positioning devices according to the user interaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.