Marine Electronics Data Capture via Networked Timestamped Snapshots
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current marine electronics devices lack advanced functionality for capturing and managing data, particularly in marking waypoints, which often results in users setting unnecessary waypoints due to limited data association and snapshot capabilities.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a processor-based system that allows for sending commands across a network to collect timestamped snapshots of various data types, including sonar, radar, and GPS data, enabling enhanced data capture and association with marked waypoints, with options for manual or automatic initiation and storage in local or cloud-based locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a waypoint is marked on a chart panel, then the user can return to that spot later, but the user may set unnecessary waypoints due to limited data association capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple data types (sonar data, radar data, GPS data, still images, video) into a single waypoint record. When a waypoint is marked, the system simultaneously captures and associates all these data types with the waypoint location, creating a comprehensive context package that eliminates information loss and improves recall accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary data capture at the moment a waypoint is marked. Instead of waiting for separate data collection, the system proactively captures sonar, radar, GPS, and media data at the exact moment of waypoint creation, ensuring all relevant context is preserved from the outset.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple devices are used to collect data, then comprehensive data can be captured, but system complexity increases due to network coordination requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal command system that can operate with a single device or multiple devices. The chart panel device sends standardized commands that can be executed by any connected device (sonar, radar, GPS, camera), allowing the system to adapt to different configurations without increasing complexity. Each device independently processes commands and returns data, eliminating the need for complex coordination protocols.
3Productivity
If data is collected automatically based on thresholds, then data capture is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic data collection based on defined thresholds (time-based or event-based) rather than continuous collection. Data is captured at specific intervals or when threshold conditions are met, reducing unnecessary energy consumption while maintaining productive automatic data capture capabilities. The system can be configured to collect data periodically or event-triggered, optimizing energy usage based on operational needs.
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AI summary
Various implementations described herein are directed to technologies for capturing marine electronics data. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory having a plurality of executable instructions that are executed by the processor. The processor receives a first request to capture data. The processor generates a command in response to the first request. The processor sends the command across a network to one or more devices capable of responding to the command. The command may include at least timestamp data and a second request for each of the one or more devices to collect data that each of the one or more devices is configured to collect.