Fishing Rod Event Sensing for Real-Time Fish-On Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wearable devices primarily focus on monitoring human health activities and lack the capability to effectively measure and analyze data related to sporting events and environmental conditions associated with sporting equipment, such as fishing, limiting their ability to enhance the sporting experience.
Innovation Solution
A recreation monitoring platform that includes sporting event sensing devices affixed to sporting goods, equipped with various sensors to detect and record data on sporting events and environmental conditions, which can be communicated to a cloud-based system for analysis and recommendation generation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If wearable devices focus on monitoring human health activities, then health monitoring capability is improved, but capability to measure and analyze sporting event data is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable device is designed to perform multiple functions: it monitors both human health activities (heart rate, steps) and sporting event parameters (rod angle, reel rotation, environmental conditions). The device integrates diverse sensors including motion sensors, optical sensors, sound sensors, strain sensors, magnetometers, gyros, accelerometers, GPS, temperature sensors, humidity sensors, and barometric pressure sensors to simultaneously capture health data and angling-specific data, making the device universally applicable to both health tracking and sporting event analysis
2Device complexity
If simple parameters are measured in sporting goods, then device complexity is reduced, but intelligence to make meaningful conclusions about sporting activity is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple simple sensor measurements with complex processing capabilities in an integrated system. The wearable device merges data from numerous sensors (motion, optical, sound, strain, magnetic, gravitational, environmental) and processes this combined data through algorithms to generate meaningful conclusions about sporting events, such as detecting fish strikes, analyzing casting techniques, and providing real-time feedback on angling performance
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that process sensor data and provide real-time information to the user about sporting event characteristics. The device analyzes measured parameters and delivers actionable insights, such as notifications about potential fish bites, performance evaluation, and environmental condition analysis, transforming raw sensor data into intelligent recommendations that enhance the sporting experience
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AI summary
Provided herein is an apparatus to identify angling events such as when a fish is on the line. The system includes an angling event sensing device with a sensor to generate data indicative of a fishing rod, reel or line and a processor to identify when a fish is on the line based on the data.