Trolling motor controller
OwnerLouis DePasquainventor
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Abstract
The instant invention relates to a controller for a fishing boat trolling motor wherein the controller comprehends a transmitter so configured as to be capable of being releasably affixed to a member such as a finger or fishing pole thereby allowing an angler to simultaneously move about the fishing boat and perform various sundry tasks requiring use of both hands while maintaining continuous control of the boat; thereby allowing for greater concentration to be applied to the task at hand while maintaining such control.
Claims20
A method for controlling a boat motor in a boat wherein said boat motor has associated therewith a motor controller and said motor controller includes a transmitter and receiver adapted to respectively transmit and receive signals operative to effect control of said motor, and said transmitter is adapted to be affixable to a member wherein said member allows for an operator of said transmitter to simultaneously operate said transmitter and perform activities which require a movement about said boat and use of a plurality of hands associated with said operator, said method comprising the following steps:
- Affixing said transmitter to said member;
- Manipulating said transmitter so as to produce a signal operative to affect said receiver;
- Effecting the reception of said signal by said receiver and;
- Effecting a change in said motor in response to said signal.
A trolling motor controller operative to control a motor associated with a boat wherein said controller comprehends a transmitter and a receiver and said transmitter and receiver are operative to transfer information therebetween, said controller comprising an analog to digital converter operative to convert an analog signal input to said transmitter by an operator into a digitally encoded signal configured so as to be received by said receiver, said signal containing information effective to control said motor.
A trolling motor controller comprising a transmitting means for sending digitally encoded signals wherein said signals contain information corresponding to a desired effect on said trolling motor and a means for receiving said signals wherein said means for receiving said signals is further operative to cause a change, wherein said trolling motor has a plurality of operational states, the state of said trolling motor, and said means for receiving said signals is further adapted to control a plurality of different types of motors and said transmitting means is adapted to be releasably affixed to a member wherein said member allows an operator of said transmitter to simultaneously effect control of said transmitter and perform a plurality of operations requiring use of an operator's first hand and an operator's second hand while executing a simultaneous change in position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.