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US 9,664,783 B2Granted
Marine sonar display device with operating mode determination
AssigneeGarmin Switzerland GmbH
InventorsKevin A. Brown, Aaron R. Coleman
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Abstract
A marine sonar display device comprises a display, a sonar element, a multi axis sensor, a memory element, and a processing element. The display presents sonar images. The sonar element generates a sonar beam. The multi axis sensor determines an orientation and a tilt of the sonar element and present a sensor signal indicating the orientation and the tilt. The processing element is in communication with the display, the sonar element, the multi axis sensor, and the memory element. The processing element further determines an operating mode of the marine sonar display device, wherein the operating mode varying according to the orientation and the tilt of the sonar element.
Claims19
A marine sonar display device comprising:
- a display configured to display sonar images;
- a sonar element configured to generate a sonar beam;
- a multi axis sensor configured to determine an orientation and a tilt of the sonar element and generate a sensor signal indicating the orientation and the tilt;
- a memory element;
- and
- a processing element in communication with the display, the sonar element, the multi axis sensor, and the memory element, the processing element configured to—
- receive the sensor signal, and
- determine an operating mode of the marine sonar display device, the operating mode varying according to the orientation and the tilt of the sonar element;
- wherein the processing element is further configured to determine whether the marine sonar display device is operating in a side and down scan mode or a forward scan mode based on the orientation and the tilt of the sonar element.
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A marine sonar display device comprising:
- a display configured to display sonar images;
- a sonar element configured to generate a sonar beam and present transducer signals;
- a multi axis sensor configured to determine an orientation and a tilt of the sonar element and generate a sensor signal indicating the orientation and the tilt;
- a memory element;
- and
- a processing element in communication with the display, the sonar element, the multi axis sensor, and the memory element, the processing element configured to—
- receive the sensor signal,
- determine whether the marine sonar display device is in a side and down scan mode or a forward scan mode based on the orientation and the tilt of the sonar element,
- determine a plurality of user-selectable video view options, the video view options varying according to the determined mode of the marine sonar display device, and
- control the display to present video view options based on the determined mode.
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A marine sonar display device comprising:
- a display configured to display sonar images;
- a sonar element configured to generate a sonar beam and present transducer signals;
- a multi axis sensor configured to determine an orientation and a tilt of the sonar element and present a sensor signal indicating the orientation and the tilt;
- a memory element;
- and
- a processing element in communication with the display, the sonar element, the multi axis sensor, and the memory element, the processing element configured to—
- receive the sensor signal,
- determine whether the marine sonar display device is in a side and down scan mode or a forward scan mode based on the orientation and the tilt of the sonar element,
- determine a plurality of video view options that are available to be displayed, the video view options including one or more of a two-dimensional down view, a three-dimensional down view, a three-dimensional down sweep view a two-dimensional forward view, a two-dimensional forward split view, and a three-dimensional forward sweep view, and
- control the display to present video view options based on the determined mode.
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A marine sonar display device comprising:
- a display configured to display sonar images;
- a sonar element configured to generate a sonar beam;
- a multi axis sensor configured to determine an orientation and a tilt of the sonar element and generate a sensor signal indicating the orientation and the tilt;
- a memory element;
- and
- a processing element in communication with the display, the sonar element, the multi axis sensor, and the memory element, the processing element configured to—
- receive the sensor signal, and
- determine an operating mode of the marine sonar display device, the operating mode varying according to the orientation and the tilt of the sonar element;
- wherein the sonar element is further configured to present transducer signals and the processing element is further configured to—
- receive the transducer signals,
- calculate sonar data from the transducer signals,
- generate a sonar image from the sonar data,
- determine whether the sonar image is to be displayed in either a side and down scan mode or a forward scan mode based on the orientation and the tilt of the sonar element, and
- control the display to visually present the sonar image in the determined mode.
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A marine sonar display device comprising:
- a display configured to display sonar images;
- a sonar element configured to generate a sonar beam;
- a multi axis sensor configured to determine an orientation and a tilt of the sonar element and generate a sensor signal indicating the orientation and the tilt;
- a memory element;
- and
- a processing element in communication with the display, the sonar element, the multi axis sensor, and the memory element, the processing element configured to—
- receive the sensor signal, and
- determine an operating mode of the marine sonar display device, the operating mode varying according to the orientation and the tilt of the sonar element;
- wherein the processing element is further configured to determine a plurality of user-selectable video view options, the video view options varying according to the operating mode of the marine sonar display device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.