Marine Electronic Device Power Saving with Shared Real-Time Sonar Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Marine electronic devices on watercraft consume significant power when not in use, leading to inefficiency and a lack of real-time data availability during critical moments, such as when a fish bites on a line, as existing power-saving modes often render the screen black.
Innovation Solution
A marine electronic device that transitions to a power-saving mode, receiving real-time data from a separate device using its own power source, allowing it to display this data on its screen without increasing power consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the marine electronic device operates in normal mode to provide real-time marine data, then information availability is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the data acquisition and display functions by using a second device (with its own power source) to collect real-time marine data while the marine electronic device displays this data. This separation allows the marine electronic device to operate in power-saving mode without sacrificing data availability, as the display function is decoupled from the data acquisition function.
2Use of energy by moving object
If the marine electronic device enters power-saving mode to reduce power consumption, then power efficiency is improved, but information availability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The second device acts as an intermediary that provides real-time marine data to the marine electronic device. This intermediary relationship allows the marine electronic device to display up-to-date information without actively acquiring data itself, enabling power-saving mode operation while maintaining information availability through the intermediary data source.
3Ease of operation
If the screen is kept on to display information during power-saving mode, then user accessibility is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs partial action by displaying selected real-time marine data (such as water temperature and depth) rather than all possible data types. This selective display approach maintains user accessibility to critical information while consuming minimal power, as the screen displays only essential data points rather than comprehensive marine data.
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AI summary
Example systems and methods are provided herein for conserving power on a marine electronic device while conveying information to a user. Some such systems include a marine electronic device configured to change to a power-saving mode, in which the marine electronic device operates by drawing a reduced amount of power from a power source and does not provide real-time marine data from the sonar transducer. A second device uses power from a second power source. The marine electronic device includes a processor that receives second device real-time marine data from the second device and causes presentation of a representation of the second device real-time marine data on a screen of the marine electronic device while still operating in the power-saving mode. The second device real-time marine data is gathered or determined via the second device.