Planing Boat Wave Sensing Using Natural Light at 10-100 FPS
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to accurately observe and handle small, irregularly changing waves in short times, requiring high-performance processors and large memory, which reduces the degree of freedom in designing hardware resources for planing boats.
Innovation Solution
A planing boat sailing assisting device with a sensor that uses an image sensor to obtain natural visible light or infrared light from the water surface, and a processor configured to generate wave data at a frame rate of 10-100 FPS, allowing accurate observation of wave interference and reducing hardware resource constraints.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If high-performance processors and large memory are used to accurately observe small, irregularly changing waves, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity and hardware resource constraints increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the sampling frame rate parameter to 100 FPS, which is optimized to capture small, irregularly changing waves effectively. This parameter adjustment achieves accurate wave observation without requiring excessively high-performance processors or large memory, thus resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial action by using a frame rate of 100 FPS, which is sufficient to capture the essential characteristics of small waves without over-sampling. This avoids the need for extremely high-performance hardware while still achieving accurate measurement of wave interference phenomena
2Measurement precision
If the frame rate is increased to capture small, irregularly changing waves, then measurement precision is improved, but use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the frame rate parameter to 100 FPS, which balances the need for accurate wave observation with energy consumption constraints. This parameter setting is sufficient to capture small, irregularly changing waves without requiring excessive energy, thus resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and energy use
3Illumination intensity
If laser light is used to illuminate the water surface, then illumination intensity is improved, but loss of substance increases due to reflected light
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces expensive laser light with free natural light (sunlight), which is abundant and does not suffer from reflection losses. This substitution eliminates the problem of laser light loss while still providing sufficient illumination intensity for wave observation, resolving the contradiction between illumination intensity and substance loss
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
The solution ensures accurate wave observation and handling of small, irregularly changing waves while minimizing the reduction in hardware resource flexibility, optimizing the design of the data processing apparatus.
Implementation Method 1
an image sensor to obtain not reflected light of laser light applied to a water surface obliquely below the sensor but natural visible light or infrared light coming from the water surface obliquely below the sensor
Data Source
AI summary
A planing boat sailing assisting device includes a sensor and a data processing apparatus mounted on a planing boat. The sensor is configured to obtain not reflected light of laser light applied to a water surface but natural visible light or infrared light coming from the water surface obliquely below the sensor, by using a global shutter. The data processing apparatus obtains data obtained by the sensor, at a frame rate of not lower than FPS and not higher than 100 FPS, and generates wave data related at least to a height of a wave and a time until arrival of the wave based on sets of data obtained by the sensor, at least once every second. The data processing apparatus outputs the generated wave data to at least one of a wave display or a controller.