Electronic Jigging Device with Programmable Servo Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fishing jigging devices lack the ability to provide user-programmable specific jigging motions and delays, and their hook-setting mechanisms often struggle with optimizing the delay between force detection and rod release, leading to suboptimal hook-setting performance.
Innovation Solution
A user-programmable electronic jigging device utilizing a microcontroller and servo motor to control precise linear or angular movements of the fishing rod, combined with Hall effect sensors for detecting fish bites, allowing for customizable jigging patterns and independent rod release based on pre-programmed criteria.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a mechanical pressure trigger is used to set the hook, then the hook-setting function is provided, but the delay time between force detection and rod release cannot be optimized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical pressure trigger system with an electronic sensor and microcontroller system. The force sensor detects line tension changes electronically, and the microcontroller precisely controls the timing of rod release, eliminating the mechanical delay and enabling optimized hook-setting timing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses force sensors to continuously monitor line tension and provides feedback to the microcontroller. Based on this feedback, the microcontroller determines the optimal moment to trigger rod release, ensuring precise timing control that maximizes hook-setting effectiveness.
2Ease of operation
If a full rotational DC motor with cams is used for jigging, then the rod and reel are moved to replicate playing action, but the motion is repetitive and lacks user-programmable specific movements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical cam-based rotational motor system with a servo motor controlled by a microcontroller. This substitution enables programmable control of rod movement, allowing users to define specific jigging patterns, distances, and delays through electronic programming rather than fixed mechanical cam profiles.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from fixed mechanical cam profiles to dynamic, programmable servo motor control. The microcontroller can adjust jigging parameters in real-time based on user input or sensor feedback, enabling adaptable and versatile fishing strategies rather than repetitive fixed patterns.
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If sensors are integrated into the rod for bite detection, then fish strikes are detected, but the triggering apparatus becomes dependent on rod pressure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates the bite detection function from the rod structure by using an independent force sensor that measures line tension directly. This segmentation allows the sensor to detect fish strikes without being integrated into the rod's pressure-dependent triggering mechanism, simplifying the overall system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The force sensor acts as an intermediary between the fishing line and the microcontroller. It detects line tension changes caused by fish strikes and transmits this information electronically to the microcontroller, which then controls the rod release independently of rod pressure, decoupling the triggering apparatus from mechanical rod dependencies.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise control over jigging motions and delays, improving the likelihood of hook-setting by allowing users to program specific actions and timing, independent of rod pressure, enhancing fishing efficiency and success rates.
Implementation Method 1
Both sensors use Hall effect principles to sense a current change, which is detected via Hall effect sensors and magnets on a balance arm, for example.
Implementation Method 2
The present invention uses a preprogrammed microcontroller within the device to control a servo motor which allows the user to program the desired jigging action the user wants into the device.
Implementation Method 3
The microcontroller detects the movement of the trigger and can signal the servo motor to release the rod at the preprogrammed time.
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AI summary
An electronic jigging device is used with a fishing rod, reel, line and lure, which device is user-programmable to provide a wide range of electronically-generated jigging functionality and to electronically detect the optimum moment to signal electronic release of the fishing rod so as to set a hook that is used within or near the lure. The device, system and method of the present invention allows for user-programmable specific jigging and hook-setting options.