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US 5,511,335 AGranted
Fishing lure
OwnerAlexander G. Langerinventor
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Abstract
A fishing lure for detecting the presence of fish includes a fish attractor and an underwater sensor assembly coupled to the fish attractor. The underwater sensor assembly measures and senses underwater environmental characteristics related to fish catching conditions proximate the lure. The sensor assembly transmits signals corresponding to such factors to an above water circuit which provides an output signal.
Claims19
A fishing lure comprising:
- a plurality of sensors, disposed on the lure, for sensing the presence of an object about the lure, each of said sensors for providing at least one sensor signal to indicate the presence of the object;
- a first transmitter, disposed on the lure and coupled to each of said plurality of sensors, said transmitter for receiving each of the sensor signals from said plurality of sensors and for transmitting a transmitter signal corresponding to said sensor signals wherein a first one and a second one of said plurality of sensors are provided as image sensors, said first image sensor having a field of view disposed in a first direction and said second image sensor having a field of view disposed in a second direction;
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- a display, wherein said first and second image sensors provide video sensor signals to said display.
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A fishing lure comprising:
- a plurality of sensors, disposed on the lure, for sensing the presence of an object about the lure, each of said sensors for providing at least one sensor signal to indicate the presence of the object;
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- a rotatable platform disposed on the lure wherein at least one of said plurality of sensors is disposed on said rotatable platform and wherein said rotatable platform rotates to direct the at least one sensor in different directions such that the at least one sensor may sense the presence of objects in different directions.
A fishing lure comprising:
- a plurality of sensors, disposed on the lure, for sensing the presence of an object about the lure, each of said sensors for providing at least one sensor signal to indicate the presence of the object;
- a first transmitter, disposed on the lure and coupled to each of said plurality of sensors, said transmitter for receiving each of the sensor signals from said plurality of sensors and for transmitting a transmitter signal corresponding to said sensor signals wherein a first one and a second one of said plurality of sensors are provided as audio sensors and are disposed on first and second opposing surfaces of the lure;
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- an audio output circuit, wherein said first and second audio sensors provide audio sensor signals to said audio output circuit.
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A fishing lure comprising:
- a sensor, disposed on the fishing lure, for sensing the presence of an object about the fishing lure and for providing a sensor signal to indicate the presence of the object;
- a transmitter, disposed on the fishing lure and coupled to said sensor, said transmitter for receiving the sensor signal from said and for transmitting a transmitter signal corresponding to said sensor signal;
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- a rotatable platform disposed on the fishing lure wherein said sensor is disposed on said rotatable platform and wherein said rotatable platform rotates to direct said sensor in different directions such that said sensor may sense the presence of objects in different directions.
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The fishing lure of claim 10 further comprising:
- a second sensor disposed on said lure, wherein said first and second sensors are provided as image sensors each of said image sensors having a field of view and each of said image sensors having their field of view respectively disposed in first and second directions;
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- a display, wherein said first and second image sensors provide video sensor signals to said display.
A fishing lure comprising:
- a lure body;
- a microphone, coupled to said lure body, for receiving sound signals in a region about said lure body and in response to receiving a sound signal for providing an audio output signal to a user;
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- a rotatable platform wherein said microphone is disposed on said rotatable platform and wherein said platform rotates to point said microphone in different directions such that said microphone senses the presence of objects in different directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.