A device for managing the line length of a fishing reel, a fishing reel, a method for managing the line length of a fishing reel, and a program for managing the line length.

Abstract

To properly notify a user of a length of a fishing line wound around a spool.SOLUTION: A line-winding length management device of a fishing reel comprises: a storage unit which stores line-winding length information indicating a length of a fishing line wound around a spool; a calculation unit which calculates unwinding length information indicating the length of the fishing line unwound from the spool on the basis of the rotation of the spool detected by a rotation detection unit that detects the rotation of the spool; a reset unit which resets the unwinding length information calculated by the calculation unit; an update unit which updates the line-winding length information to be stored in the storage unit on the basis of the unwinding length information before reset in accordance with the reset by the reset unit; and a display control unit which displays the line-winding length information updated by the update unit in accordance with the reset of the unwinding length information by the reset unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a thread winding length management device for a fishing reel, a fishing reel, a thread winding length management method for a fishing reel, and a thread winding length management program.

Background Art

[0002] There is known a fishing reel that calculates the length of fishing line wound around a spool based on an arithmetic expression corresponding to the line diameter of the fishing line and the number of rotations of the spool (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] When a high break occurs where the fishing line breaks in the middle while the tackle is in the water, the winding length of the spool decreases according to the payout length of the fishing line that has been paid out from the spool until the high break occurs. When the winding length of the spool thus decreases, it is preferable to appropriately notify the user (angler) of the remaining winding length.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to appropriately notify the user of the length of the fishing line wound around the spool.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] One aspect of the present invention that solves the above-mentioned problems is a fishing reel line winding length management device comprising: a storage unit that stores line winding length information indicating the length of fishing line wound on a spool; a calculation unit that calculates unwinding length information indicating the length of fishing line unwinded from the spool based on the rotation of the spool detected by a rotation detection unit that detects the rotation of the spool; a reset unit that resets the unwinding length information calculated by the calculation unit; an update unit that updates the line winding length information stored in the storage unit based on the unwinding length information before the reset in response to the reset by the reset unit; and a display control unit that displays the line winding length information updated by the update unit in response to the reset of the unwinding length information by the reset unit.

[0007] One aspect of the present invention is a fishing reel equipped with the above-described thread length management device.

[0008] One aspect of the present invention is a method for managing the line length of a fishing reel, comprising: a calculation step of calculating line length information indicating the length of fishing line unwound from the spool based on the rotation of the spool detected by a rotation detection unit that detects the rotation of the spool; a reset step of resetting the line length information calculated in the calculation step; an update step of updating line winding length information, which indicates the length of fishing line wound on the spool and is stored in a line winding length storage unit, based on the line length information before the reset, in response to the reset by the reset step; and a display control step of displaying the line winding length information updated by the update step in response to the reset of the line length information by the reset step.

[0009] One aspect of the present invention is a thread winding length management program for a computer used as a thread winding length management device for a fishing reel, which functions as follows: a calculation unit that calculates unwinding length information indicating the length of fishing line unwinded from the spool based on the rotation of the spool detected by a rotation detection unit that detects the rotation of the spool; a reset unit that resets the unwinding length information calculated by the calculation unit; an update unit that updates the thread winding length information stored in a storage unit and indicating the length of fishing line wound on the spool based on the unwinding length information before the reset by the reset unit; and a display control unit that displays the thread winding length information updated by the update unit in response to the reset of the unwinding length information by the reset unit. [Effects of the Invention]

[0010] According to the present invention, the length of the fishing line wound on the spool is appropriately communicated to the user. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0011] [Figure 1] This figure shows an example of the appearance of the electric fishing reel according to this embodiment. [Figure 2] This figure shows an example of the appearance of the electric fishing reel according to this embodiment. [Figure 3] This figure shows an example of how the thread length is displayed in this embodiment. [Figure 4] This figure shows an example of the functional configuration of the electric fishing reel of this embodiment. [Figure 5] This flowchart shows an example of the processing procedure performed by the electric fishing reel of this embodiment in relation to the calculation of the length of the reel being pulled out. [Figure 6] This flowchart shows an example of the processing procedure performed by the electric fishing reel of this embodiment in relation to the zero setting process. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0012] <First Embodiment> The following description of the electric fishing reel 1, which serves as a line winding length management device in this embodiment, will be given with reference to the drawings. In the following explanation, we will use the example of a fishing electric reel 1 being a double-bearing reel. Note that in Figures 1 and 2, the scale of each component may have been appropriately changed as needed to make each component visible.

[0013] [Example of the structure of an electric fishing reel] Figures 1 and 2 show an example of the external appearance of the electric fishing reel 1 of this embodiment. The electric fishing reel 1 of this embodiment mainly comprises a reel body 2 that can be attached to a fishing rod (not shown), a handle 3 that is rotatably mounted on the reel body 2 around a handle axis O1, a spool 4 that is rotatable on the reel body 2 around a spool axis O2 parallel to the handle axis O1 and around which fishing line (not shown) is wound, and a clutch mechanism 6 having a clutch operating lever 5.

[0014] Furthermore, the electric fishing reel 1 of this embodiment is equipped with a motor (not shown) that is located in a motor housing cylinder 7 provided in the reel body 2 and rotates the spool 4. Furthermore, the electric fishing reel 1 is equipped with a motor holder 9 that is assembled to the reel body 2 so as to close the motor housing cylinder 7 and fixes the motor to the reel body 2.

[0015] In this embodiment, the handle axis O1 and the spool axis O2 are arranged parallel to each other, and the direction along these axes is defined as the left-right direction L1. Furthermore, the direction perpendicular to the left-right direction L1 and along the direction in which the fishing line wound on the spool 4 is unwound is defined as the front-back direction L2. Furthermore, in the front-to-back direction L2, the direction in which the fishing line is paid out from the spool 4 is defined as the front, and the opposite direction as the rear. Additionally, left and right are defined from the perspective of viewing the electric fishing reel 1 from the rear (user side). Therefore, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the electric fishing reel 1 from diagonally above and to the left rear.

[0016] The reel body 2 includes a main body frame 10, a side cover 20 that covers both the left and right sides of the main body frame 10, and a front cover 30 that covers the front side of the main body frame 10.

[0017] The main body frame 10 is a molded part made of, for example, synthetic resin or metal (e.g., aluminum die-cast). The main body frame 10 includes a first side wall 11 and a second side wall 12 that are arranged to face each other in the left-right direction L1 with the spool 4 sandwiched therebetween, and a connecting member 13 that connects the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 in the left-right direction L1.

[0018] The first side wall 11 is a left side wall arranged on the left side (LH) with respect to the spool 4. In contrast, the second side wall 12 is a right side wall arranged on the right side (RH) with respect to the spool 4. The handle 3 is arranged further on the right side (RH) than the second side wall 12 and is attached to the main body frame 10 using the second side wall 12. Therefore, the electric fishing reel 1 of the present embodiment is a right-handle type reel. The second side wall 12 is formed so as to protrude downward with respect to the first side wall 11 because of the attachment of the connector portion 23 and the like.

[0019] The connecting member 13 is formed in a plate shape that connects the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 in the left-right direction L1 and is arranged near the lower part of the first side wall 11. Thereby, the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 are firmly connected via the connecting member 13. In addition, at the central portion of the connecting member 13 in the left-right direction L1, a mounting leg piece 14 for mounting the electric fishing reel 1 to a fishing rod is formed so as to extend along the front-rear direction L2.

[0020] In the main body frame 10 configured as described above, at least a motor housing cylinder 7 that houses a motor, a spool 4, a clutch operation lever 5, etc. are arranged between the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12.

[0021] The spool 4 is positioned between the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 so as to be located behind the handle axis O1. The motor housing cylinder 7 is positioned between the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 so as to be located in front of the handle axis O1. Therefore, the electric fishing reel 1 of this embodiment is a so-called spool-out motor type, in which the motor is positioned in front of the spool 4.

[0022] The side cover 20 includes a first side cover 21 that is attached to the main frame 10 so as to cover the first side wall 11, in which the opening of the motor housing cylinder 7 is formed, from the left side (LH), and a second side cover 22 that is attached to the main frame 10 so as to cover the second side wall 12 from the right side (RH).

[0023] The first side cover 21 is formed to bulge outwards to the left side (LH) and is, for example, screwed to the first side wall 11. The second side cover 22 is shaped to bulge outwards to the right (RH) side and is, for example, screwed to the second side wall 12. The lower front portion of the second side cover 22 is fitted with a connector 23 for connecting a power reel cord for supplying power from an external power source or a portable battery, with the connection end (not shown) facing downwards. In each drawing, the connection end is shown to be protected by a protective cap 24.

[0024] The front cover 30 is assembled to the main frame 10 so as to cover the front of the main frame 10 from the front. Specifically, the front cover 30 is assembled to the front of the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 so as to cover the motor housing cylinder 7 from the front, and is fastened to the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12, for example, with screws. The front cover 30 is installed so as not to obstruct the movement area of ​​the level wind 55, which will be described later.

[0025] A counter case 40 is provided on the upper part of the main frame 10 configured as described above. The counter case 40 is positioned between the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 and is fixed to the upper part of the first side wall 11 and the upper part of the second side wall 12, for example, by screws.

[0026] The top surface of the counter case 40 is configured as a display and operation panel 41. The display and operation panel 41 is the part that displays information for the user using the electric fishing reel 1 and allows the user to operate buttons, switches, and other controls.

[0027] Handle 3 is used for manually winding up the fishing line. Handle 3 is located to the right (RH) of the main frame 10 and the first side cover 21. Handle 3 comprises a handle shaft portion 50 rotatably arranged around the handle axis O1, a handle arm 51 non-rotatably mounted on the handle shaft portion 50, and a handle knob 52 rotatably mounted on the end of the handle arm 51 around an axis parallel to the handle axis O1. A drag 53 (star drag) is provided between the handle arm 51 and the first side cover 21, and is positioned coaxially with the handle axis O1. This drag 53 applies an arbitrary drag force to the spool 4 when winding the fishing line, thereby braking the rotation of the spool 4 and contributing to preventing the fishing line from breaking.

[0028] The rotational torque from the handle 3 configured in this way is transmitted directly to the spool 4 via a rotational transmission mechanism (not shown) when the clutch mechanism 6 is in the clutch-engaged state. In this embodiment, a so-called single-handle type, in which a handle knob 52 is attached to one end of the handle arm 51, is used as an example for explanation, but the invention is not limited to this case. For example, a so-called double-handle type electric fishing reel 1 may also be used, in which handle knobs 52 are attached to both ends of the handle arm 51, and the central part of the handle arm 51 is non-rotatably attached to the handle shaft 50.

[0029] The spool 4 is positioned between the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 of the frame body and is rotatably supported around the spool axis O2 via bearings (not shown) on each of the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12. The spool 4 comprises a spool rotation shaft portion (not shown) that rotates around the spool axis O2, and a spool winding body portion 4a that is arranged coaxially with the spool rotation shaft portion and rotates in conjunction with the spool rotation shaft portion.

[0030] The clutch mechanism 6 can be switched between a clutch-on state, in which rotational torque from the handle 3 can be transmitted to the spool 4 via a rotation transmission mechanism (not shown), and a clutch-off state, in which transmission is not possible, by operating the clutch operating lever 5. Therefore, in the clutch-on state, by rotating the handle 3, the rotational torque associated with the rotation of the handle 3 can be transmitted to the spool 4, making it possible to rotate the spool 4 around the spool axis O2. This enables manual winding. When the clutch mechanism 6 is in the clutch-off state, the rotational torque associated with the rotation of the handle 3 is not transmitted to the spool 4, and the spool 4 becomes free to rotate (spool-free state).

[0031] The clutch operating lever 5 is a switching lever for switching the clutch mechanism 6 between the clutch-on state and the clutch-off state. The clutch operating lever 5 is located behind the spool 4, between the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12, and is movable up and down so as to swing around the spool axis O2.

[0032] The rotation transmission mechanism is configured to transmit rotational torque to the spool 4 while the rotation of the handle 3 is accelerated. Furthermore, when the clutch mechanism 6 is in the clutch-engaged state, the rotation transmission mechanism is configured to transmit the rotational torque associated with the rotation of the handle 3 not only to the spool 4 but also to the level wind mechanism (not shown). The level wind mechanism is a mechanism for winding the fishing line onto the spool 4 evenly and without bias.

[0033] Furthermore, the rotational transmission mechanism is capable of transmitting the rotational torque associated with the motor's operation to the spool 4 when the motor is driven while the clutch mechanism 6 is in the clutch-engaged state. This enables automatic winding operation. The rotational transmission mechanism transmits the rotational torque to the spool 4 while the motor's rotation is reduced.

[0034] [Regarding zero setting process and thread length display] The electric fishing reel 1 of this embodiment is capable of calculating and storing the length of the fishing line wound around the spool 4 (line winding length). Furthermore, during actual fishing, a "high break" may occur where the fishing line breaks midway through, rather than at the rig attached to the end of the line, while the rig is submerged in water. When a high break occurs, a length of fishing line corresponding to the portion of the line beyond the point of breakage is lost from the spool 4. As a result, the line length on the spool decreases by the length of fishing line lost due to the high break. Because the reduction in line length due to a line break is relatively large, depending on the remaining line length after a break, problems may arise such as being unable to feed the rig to the target depth. For this reason, it is desirable for the user to be able to immediately know how much line is left on the spool after a line break. Therefore, the electric fishing reel 1 of this embodiment is configured to notify the user of the remaining line length after a break, as will be explained below, depending on the amount of line that has broken.

[0035] During actual fishing, a line break occurred. In this case, the user winds the fishing line onto the spool 4 until it is long enough to attach a rig to the end of the line after the break. The user then re-ties the rig to the end of the fishing line. At this stage, the water depth measured by the electric fishing reel 1 and displayed on the display unit shows a shallower value than the water depth measured at the time of the break, because the user has wound the fishing line to a certain extent as described above, but it still shows a considerable water depth. Therefore, the user performs a zero setting operation with the rig at the water surface level, for example. The zero setting operation is an operation that instructs the zero setting process. In response to the zero setting operation, the electric fishing reel 1 sets (resets) the current spool rotation speed to zero as part of the zero setting process. A spool rotation speed of zero indicates a water depth of zero. The water depth is measured by increasing (getting deeper) in accordance with the spool rotation speed, which changes as the fishing line is released from the zero spool rotation speed. In this embodiment, the water depth measured in this way is treated as the length of the fishing line released from the spool 4 (release length). By performing a zero-setting operation in response to a line break, the water depth can be readjusted to match the position where the rig was released after the line break.

[0036] In this embodiment, two different zero-setting processes, high breakage correction and tension correction, may be selectively executed in response to the zero-setting operation. The zero-setting process as high breakage correction corresponds to the case of high breakage as described above. Tension correction is a zero-setting process that is executed in response to an error that occurs when tension is applied to the fishing line, for example, so that the water depth when the rig is located on the water surface is no longer zero. High-tear correction and tension correction involve different processes for zero setting. Therefore, they may be controlled by different operations. However, since both require zero setting from the user's perspective, they are often handled using a common zero-setting operation. The electric fishing reel 1 of this embodiment performs one of two zero-setting processes, high-break correction or tension correction, depending on the water depth value measured when the zero-setting operation is performed. Specifically, the electric fishing reel 1 may perform high-break correction if the water depth value measured when the zero-setting operation is greater than, for example, 10 meters, and perform tension correction if it is 10 meters or less.

[0037] Furthermore, in the case of a high break, the spool length will decrease in proportion to the length of fishing line lost beyond the point of breakage. In this embodiment, the electric fishing reel 1 performs a zero setting operation as a high breakage correction when a zero setting operation is performed in the procedure that the user performs in response to a high break as described above, and also recalculates the spool length of the line. The electric fishing reel 1 of this embodiment is configured to store the line length. The electric fishing reel 1 also calculates the line length to be released by counting the number of spool rotations and displays the water depth corresponding to the calculated line length. The electric fishing reel 1 may recalculate the line length after a line break by subtracting the line length immediately before it was reset by the zero setting process from the previously stored line length. The electric fishing reel 1 updates the stored line length value to the recalculated line length value.

[0038] The electric fishing reel 1 displays the updated line length on the display unit 102 as described above. In other words, the electric fishing reel 1 is designed to notify the user of the shortened line length due to a line break.

[0039] Figure 3 shows an example of how the spool length is displayed on the display unit 102. In this figure, the spool length is displayed on the pop-up screen PU on the display unit 102. The pop-up screen PU in this figure shows that the recalculated spool amount (spool length) is 300 meters. As shown in the figure, the display shown in the figure appears immediately on the display unit 102 in response to the user performing a zero setting operation in response to a line break. In other words, the user can immediately check the shortened line length due to the line break at the moment the zero setting operation is performed. That is, in this embodiment, the line length changed in response to the line break is notified to the user at an appropriate timing. The pop-up screen PU may be displayed for a predetermined period of time, such as a few seconds, and then be dismissed. Alternatively, the pop-up screen PU may be dismissed, for example, in response to a predetermined confirmation operation performed by the user. In this case, the confirmation operation may be an operation on a predetermined button, or, if the display surface of the display unit 102 functions as an operation panel such as a touch panel or a contactless operation panel, it may be a predetermined operation on the display surface of the display unit 102 (for example, an operation to tap the area of ​​the pop-up screen PU).

[0040] For example, the thread length could be displayed as an item on the menu screen. However, in this case, the user would need to perform a predetermined operation to navigate through the screen hierarchy to reach the thread length. In contrast, if the thread length is displayed on the display unit 102 in response to the zero setting operation as described above, the user does not need to perform the operation of navigating through the screen hierarchy as described above. In other words, with this embodiment, the user can check the thread length after a line break without being bothered by the operation, and the thread length is appropriately notified to the user from the standpoint of usability. In this embodiment, in addition to displaying the spool length via the pop-up screen PU, the spool length may also be displayed on a menu screen that is accessed by the user through operation, as described above. The spool length displayed in this manner is based on the spool length information stored in the spool length information storage unit 141.

[0041] [Example of a functional configuration for an electric fishing reel] Referring to Figure 4, an example of the functional configuration of the electric fishing reel 1 will be described. In this figure, the same parts as in Figures 1 and 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and their explanations are omitted as appropriate. The electric fishing reel 1 shown in the figure comprises an operating unit 101, a display unit 102, a control unit 103, a memory unit 104, a motor drive circuit 105, a motor 8, a spool 4, and a rotation sensor 106.

[0042] Note that the communication unit 107 and the user terminal 200 connected to the communication unit 107 correspond to the second embodiment, so their explanation is omitted here.

[0043] The control unit 103 performs various controls on the electric fishing reel 1. The functions of the control unit 103 are realized by the CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the electric fishing reel 1 executing a program. The control unit 103 includes a calculation unit 131, a reset unit 132, an update unit 133, and a display control unit 134.

[0044] The calculation unit 131 calculates the line length (line length information). The line length is the length of the fishing line that is unwound from the spool 4. The calculation unit 131 calculates the line length based on the spool rotation speed detected by the rotation sensor 106.

[0045] The reset unit 132 performs a zero setting process in response to a zero setting operation. The reset unit 132 includes a high-cut correction unit 1321 (an example of a first correction unit) and a tension correction unit 1322 (an example of a second correction unit) as functional units that perform a zero setting process in response to a zero setting operation. The clipping correction unit 1321 performs a zero setting process as clipping correction. The tension correction unit 1322 performs a zero setting process as tension correction. In the reset unit 132, the high break correction unit 1321 and the tension correction unit 1322 reset the spool rotation speed to zero when the zero setting operation is performed as a common zero setting process. Both the high-spool-breaking correction unit 1321 and the tension correction unit 1322 reset the spool rotation speed to zero, and consequently, the length of the spool (corresponding to the water depth), which is calculated based on the spool rotation speed, is also reset to zero.

[0046] The update unit 133 updates the thread winding length information in response to the zero setting process performed by the high-breakage correction unit 1321 of the reset unit 132. In other words, in response to the zero setting process performed by the high-breakage correction unit 1321 in response to the zero setting operation, the update unit 133 recalculates the thread winding length after the high-breakage by subtracting the unwinding length (unwinding length information before reset) that the calculation unit 131 calculated immediately before the reset occurred from the thread winding length information currently stored in the thread winding length information storage unit 141. The update unit 133 updates the thread winding length information stored in the thread winding length information storage unit 141 with the recalculated thread winding length.

[0047] The display control unit 134 displays information regarding the spool length indicated by the spool length information updated by the update unit 133, in response to the zero setting process performed by the high-cut correction unit 1321 of the reset unit 132. The display control unit 134 may, for example, display the recalculated and updated spool length on a pop-up screen PU as shown in Figure 3.

[0048] The memory unit 104 stores various information corresponding to the electric fishing reel 1. The memory unit 104 includes a line winding length information storage unit 141. Note that the winding date and time storage unit 142 corresponds to the third embodiment, so its explanation is omitted here. The line winding length information storage unit 141 stores line winding length information indicating the length of fishing line wound onto the spool 4. The line winding length indicated by the line winding length information stored in the line winding length information storage unit 141 is updated by the line winding length recalculated by the update unit 133.

[0049] The motor drive circuit 105 drives the motor 8 according to the control of the control unit 103. The control unit 103 changes the rotational speed of the motor 8 by changing the duty cycle of the pulse width of the motor drive signal using PWM control. The rotation sensor 106 detects the spool rotation speed, the rotational speed of the spool 4, and the like.

[0050] [Example of processing procedure] Referring to the flowchart in Figure 5, an example of the processing procedure performed by the electric fishing reel 1 in relation to calculating the length of the reel will be explained. Step S100: In the electric fishing reel 1, the calculation unit 131 determines whether or not the spool 4 is in a rotating state based on the detection output of the rotation sensor 106. Step S102: When the calculation unit 131 determines in step S100 that the spool 4 is in a rotating state, it acquires the spool rotation speed detected by the rotation sensor 106 according to the rotation of the spool 4. Step S104: The calculation unit 131 calculates the extension length according to the spool rotation speed obtained in step S102. The calculation unit 131 may store the extension length calculated in step S104 in a storage device such as RAM (Random Access Memory) provided in the electric fishing reel 1.

[0051] Referring to the flowchart in Figure 6, an example of the processing procedure performed by the electric fishing reel 1 in relation to the zero setting process will be explained. Step S200: In the electric fishing reel 1, the reset unit 132 waits for the zero setting operation to be performed. Step S202: When a zero setting operation is performed, the reset unit 132 determines whether the current zero setting operation was performed in response to a line break. As described above, the reset unit 132 may determine whether the current zero setting operation was performed in response to a line break by checking whether the value of the line extension currently calculated by the calculation unit 131 is greater than a predetermined value.

[0052] Step S204: If it is determined in step S202 that the zero setting operation was performed in response to a high break, the high break correction unit 1321 in the reset unit 132 executes a zero setting process as a high break correction. As a high break correction, the high break correction unit 1321 resets the spool rotation speed currently detected by the rotation sensor 106 to 0 and resets the unwinding length currently calculated by the calculation unit 131 to 0.

[0053] Step S206: The update unit 133 recalculates the spool length and updates the spool length information stored in the spool length information storage unit 141 with the recalculated spool length.

[0054] Step S208: The display control unit 134 displays the information related to the spool length, which was updated (recalculated) in step S206, on the display unit 102 for a predetermined period of time. The display in step S208 may be performed by a pop-up screen PU, as illustrated in Figure 3.

[0055] Step S210: If it is determined in step S202 that the zero setting operation was not performed in response to a line break, the tension correction unit 1322 in the reset unit 132 performs a zero setting process as tension correction. As tension correction, the tension correction unit 1322 resets the spool rotation speed currently detected by the rotation sensor 106 to 0 and resets the unwinding length currently calculated by the calculation unit 131 to 0. Then, the tension correction unit 1322 corrects the length of fishing line unwinding or being wound from the spool 4 (unit line length) corresponding to a predetermined unit spool rotation speed used by the calculation unit 131 to calculate the unwinding length, using a predetermined calculation. For the correction of the unit line length, calculations known to date may be used.

[0056] <Second Embodiment> Next, a second embodiment will be described. The electric fishing reel 1 in this embodiment is equipped with a communication unit 107. The communication unit 107 communicates with the user terminal 200 via short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth® or via a network.

[0057] User terminal 200 is a terminal owned by a user who is fishing using the electric fishing reel 1. User terminal 200 may be a mobile device such as a smartphone. User terminal 200 may have a fishing support application installed that assists the user with fishing.

[0058] In this embodiment, the display control unit 134 of the electric fishing reel 1 may, in step S208 of Figure 6, display the updated line length information on the display unit 102 and transmit the updated line length information to the fishing support application on the user terminal 200 via the communication unit 107. The user terminal 200 displays the received line length information on the fishing support application. In this way, the display control unit 134 of this embodiment may control the system so that the updated line length information is displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 200.

[0059] The user terminal 200 may, for example, display the updated line length via a pop-up screen for a predetermined period of time, as shown in Figure 3. Furthermore, the user terminal 200 may store the received information regarding the line length and display the stored information in response to the user's operation of the fishing support application. Furthermore, when the display control unit 134 is displaying updated information regarding the spool length on the user terminal 200, the display unit 102 may choose not to display the updated information regarding the spool length.

[0060] <Third Embodiment> Next, a third embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the electric fishing reel 1 may display information regarding the usage history of the fishing line currently wound on the spool 4 on the display unit 102. Information regarding the usage history of the fishing line may include, for example, the date and time when the fishing line was first wound onto the spool 4 (winding date and time). The winding date and time may correspond to the date and time when the electric fishing reel 1 first wound the fishing line onto the spool 4 and stored the winding length information, which indicates the length of the fishing line wound onto the spool 4 (initial winding length), in the winding length information storage unit 141. Furthermore, the winding date and time may indicate only the date, without specifying the time.

[0061] By displaying the winding date and time, users can understand how long the fishing line currently wound on spool 4 has been in use. The electric fishing reel 1 of this embodiment includes a winding date and time storage unit 142 (Figure 1) in the storage unit 104. The winding date and time storage unit 142 stores the winding date and time.

[0062] The winding date and time may be displayed in response to a predetermined operation on a button or the like provided on the electric fishing reel 1. For example, when a user performs an operation to instruct the display of the winding date and time, the display control unit 134 displays the winding date and time stored in the winding date and time storage unit 142 on the display unit 102.

[0063] Furthermore, the information regarding the usage history of the fishing line displayed on the display unit 102 may include not only the date and time of winding, but also the period of time (usage period) from when it was first wound onto the spool 4 until the present. The usage period may be expressed, for example, in days. In addition, when combined with the second embodiment, the display control unit 134 may also transmit information regarding the usage history of the fishing line so that it can be displayed on the user terminal 200.

[0064] <Fourth Embodiment> Next, a third embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the display control unit 134 of the electric fishing reel 1 may, after finishing the display of information regarding the updated line length via the pop-up screen PU, display a mark or icon in a predetermined manner at a predetermined position on the display unit 102, for example, to indicate that the line length has been updated due to a line break. With such a display, the user can, for example, remember that the line length has been shortened due to a line break during actual fishing, and can, for example, operate the electric fishing reel 1 as needed to display the line length and check the current line length. Furthermore, the marks and icons mentioned above may also indicate the number of times line breaks have occurred in a predetermined manner. For example, a badge indicating the number of times line breaks have occurred may be attached to the marks and icons, or the number of marks and icons may be used to represent the number of times line breaks have occurred. The displayed number of times line breaks have occurred may indicate the total number of times line breaks have occurred with respect to the fishing line currently wound on spool 4, or it may indicate the number of times line breaks have occurred in the actual fishing session.

[0065] Furthermore, the display of information regarding the length of the fishing line wound and the display of information regarding the usage history of the fishing line in this embodiment may also be applied to hand-wound fishing reels that do not electrically drive the spool 4.

[0066] Furthermore, the program for realizing the functions of the electric fishing reel 1 described above may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on this recording medium may be loaded into a computer system and executed to perform the processing of the electric fishing reel 1 described above. Here, "loading the program recorded on the recording medium into a computer system and executing it" includes installing the program into the computer system. Here, "computer system" includes hardware such as the OS and peripheral devices. Also, "computer system" may include multiple computer devices connected via a network including communication lines such as the Internet, WAN, LAN, and dedicated lines. Also, "computer-readable recording medium" refers to portable media such as flexible disks, magneto-optical disks, ROMs, CD-ROMs, and storage devices such as hard disks built into the computer system. Thus, the recording medium storing the program may also be a non-transient recording medium such as a CD-ROM. Also, the recording medium includes internal or external recording media that can be accessed from the distribution server for distributing the program. The program code stored on the distribution server's recording medium may be different from the program code in a format executable by the terminal device. In other words, the format in which the program is stored on the distribution server is irrelevant, as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in an executable format on the terminal device. Furthermore, the program may be divided into multiple parts, each downloaded at a different time and then combined on the terminal device, and different distribution servers may distribute each of the divided programs. In addition, "computer-readable recording medium" includes volatile memory (RAM) within computer systems that act as servers or clients when a program is transmitted over a network, which retains the program for a certain period of time. Moreover, the program may only be used to implement some of the functions described above. Furthermore, the program may be a so-called differential file (differential program) that can implement the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0067] 1 Electric fishing reel, 4 spools, 101 operating unit, 102 display unit, 103 control unit, 104 memory unit, 105 motor drive circuit, 106 rotation sensor, 107 communication unit, 131 calculation unit, 132 reset unit, 133 update unit, 134 display control unit, 141 thread winding length information storage unit, 142 winding date and time storage unit, 200 user terminal, 1321 correction unit, 1322 tension correction unit

Claims

1. A memory unit that stores information indicating the length of the fishing line wound on the spool, A calculation unit calculates the length of the fishing line unwound from the spool based on the rotation of the spool detected by the rotation detection unit that detects the rotation of the spool, A reset unit that resets the extension length information calculated by the calculation unit, In response to the reset by the reset unit, an update unit updates the thread winding length information stored in the storage unit based on the thread winding length information before the reset, A display control unit that displays the thread winding length information updated by the update unit in response to the reset of the winding length information by the reset unit, Equipped with, The display control unit immediately displays information based on the updated thread length information via a pop-up when a zero setting operation is performed by the user. A device for managing the line length on fishing reels.

2. The aforementioned reset unit A first correction unit performs high-breakage correction, which resets the length information when the fishing line breaks, It has a second correction unit that performs tension correction to reset the length information in order to correct the error between the length information and the actual length when tension is applied to the fishing line. The update unit updates the thread winding length information stored in the storage unit based on the thread winding length information before the reset, in response to the high break correction performed by the first correction unit. The yarn winding length management device according to claim 1.

3. When the display control unit displays a predetermined menu screen, it displays the thread winding length information stored in the storage unit on the menu screen. A yarn winding length management device according to any one of claims 1 to 2.

4. The display control unit transmits the line winding length information to the user terminal of a user using a fishing reel so that the line winding length information is displayed on the user terminal of the user using the fishing reel. A thread winding length management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. The spool is further equipped with a winding date and time storage unit that stores the date and time when the fishing line was first wound onto the spool. The display control unit causes the display unit to display information on the usage history of the fishing line wound on the spool, based on the date and time stored in the winding date and time storage unit. A thread winding length management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

6. The display control unit transmits information regarding the usage progress of the fishing line to the user terminal of a user using a fishing reel, so that the information regarding the usage progress of the fishing line is displayed on the user terminal of the user using the fishing reel. The thread winding length management device according to claim 5.

7. A fishing reel equipped with a line winding length control device according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. A calculation step that calculates the length of the fishing line unwound from the spool based on the rotation of the spool detected by a rotation detection unit that detects the rotation of the spool, A reset step is performed to reset the extension length information calculated in the calculation step, In response to the reset by the reset step, an update step is performed to update the line winding length information, which indicates the length of fishing line wound on the spool and is stored in the line winding length memory, based on the line winding length information before the reset. A display control step that displays the spool length information updated by the update step in response to the reset of the spool length information by the reset step, Includes, The display control step, in response to the user performing a zero-setting operation, immediately displays information based on the updated thread length information via a pop-up. How to manage the line length on a fishing reel.

9. A computer used as a line length management device for fishing reels, A calculation unit calculates the length of the fishing line unwound from the spool based on the rotation of the spool detected by a rotation detection unit that detects the rotation of the spool. A reset unit that resets the extension length information calculated by the calculation unit. In response to the reset by the reset unit, the update unit updates the line winding length information, which indicates the length of fishing line stored in the memory unit and wound on the spool, based on the line winding length information before the reset. In response to the reset of the thread length information by the reset unit, the display control unit displays the thread winding length information updated by the update unit. To make it function as, The display control unit immediately displays information based on the updated thread length information via a pop-up when a zero setting operation is performed by the user. Thread spool length management program.

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