UAV Launching Unit with Rotating Slide Bar for Precise Fishhook Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Identifying and efficiently fishing in locations where large flocks of fish gather is challenging due to the difficulty in locating fish and deploying a fishhook over a large fishing area, especially in water environments.
Innovation Solution
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a housing, motorized arms, a processor, a launching unit with a slide bar and driving component, and a sonar unit that can determine fish locations and deploy a fishhook automatically to a designated area, improving accuracy and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a fish hook delivery device is fixed to the lower part of the UAV, then the device structure is simple, but the fish hook cannot be accurately deployed to designated destinations over large fishing areas
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the fixed fish hook delivery device into a dynamic adjustable mechanism. The delivery device can rotate around a vertical axis and the fish hook can be extended or retracted, allowing accurate deployment to designated destinations while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds rotational freedom around a vertical axis to the fish hook delivery mechanism, transitioning from a single-degree-of-freedom linear movement to a two-degree-of-freedom system (linear extension + rotational movement), enabling accurate positioning over large fishing areas.
2Device complexity
If the fish hook is released by sliding back a latch fixed in an U-shaped arm, then the release mechanism is simple, but the fishing efficiency is low due to inability to locate fish accurately
Solution Approach 1:
The UAV integrates multiple functions including fish location detection (sonar, cameras), navigation, and fish hook delivery. This multi-functional system improves fishing efficiency by automatically locating fish and deploying hooks, while the release mechanism itself remains relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service fishing operations where the UAV autonomously detects fish locations, navigates to target areas, and deploys fish hooks without continuous human intervention, significantly improving fishing efficiency.
3Area of stationary object
If a large fishing area is covered, then the fishing coverage is increased, but it becomes difficult to deploy the fish hook to a designated destination
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable and rotatable fish hook delivery device enables precise positioning within large fishing areas by providing multiple degrees of freedom, allowing the fish hook to be accurately deployed to designated destinations regardless of the overall coverage area.
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AI summary
The present disclosure discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising a housing (1) having a top part and a bottom part, a plurality of arms arranged on the top part, a battery unit arranged within the housing (1), a processor arranged within the housing (1), a launching unit (4) having a slide bar (6) and a driving component, and a supporting component (7) arranged on the housing (1) to support the slide bar (6). One end the slide bar (6) is rotatably connected to a pivot. The other end of the slide bar (6) is slidably connected to the supporting component (7). The driving component is to actuate one of the slide bar (6) and the supporting component (7) to separate the slide bar (6) from the supporting component (7). The slide bar (6) is to rotate about the pivot after separating from the supporting component (7). An UAV readily configured for fishing can be provided by embodiments of the present disclosure.