JP2007116934A - Electric reel for fishing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric reel for fishing, which is obtained by improving an electric reel widely used for fishing on a boat and can be used for recovering a tether. <P>SOLUTION: This electric reel for the fishing, equipped with a spool-driving motor for wind-driving a spool rotatably supported on the main body of the reel, is characterized by having a receiving means for receiving signals from an outer transmitting means for transmitting sailing information such as the course, speed and the like of a fishing boat, and a control means for drive-controlling the spool-driving motor on the base of the sailing information received with the receiving means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric fishing reel, and more particularly to an electric fishing reel that can be used for a recovery operation of a teaser (fish collector) in trolling.

As disclosed in Patent Document 1, trolling by cruiser cruise is generally performed by installing a plurality of trolling rods with reels mounted on the deck of the cruiser and passing the fishing line drawn from each reel through a clip from the rod end. It is carried out underwater.
And if a big fish such as a swordfish, tuna, yellowfin, etc. that circulates the surface layer hits a fishing line device that is fed from one of the rods, the captain or sailor instructs the fisherman to collect the device of the other rod, or performs the device himself. It is collected and the course and speed of the ship are adjusted according to the pulling of the fish.

In general, in trolling, a teaser tied to the tip of a predetermined length of thread is allowed to flow underwater from the center of the rear of the cruiser, but the captain or sailor does not interfere with the fishing operation at the same time as the fish hits. Thus, the present situation is that the teaser is rushed together with the device and collected by hand-drawing or winding tools.
JP 59-34832 A

However, when a fish hits, the captain and sailors must instruct to collect other rod devices as described above, or to collect the devices with the teaser, so the burden is concentrated at once. However, if the recovery timing of the teaser is lost, problems such as changing the course of the ship and adjusting the speed cannot be performed properly and the fishing results are hindered.
The present invention has been devised in view of such circumstances, and provides an electric fishing reel that can be used for collecting a teaser by improving an electric fishing reel widely used for boat fishing. Objective.

  In order to achieve such an object, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to an electric fishing reel provided with a spool drive motor for winding and driving a spool rotatably supported by the reel body. , Receiving means for receiving a signal from an external transmitting means for transmitting operation information such as the course and speed of the fishing boat, and control for driving and controlling the spool drive motor based on the fishing boat operation information received by the receiving means. Means.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the spool drive motor for winding and driving the spool can be controlled based on the operation information data such as the traveling direction and traveling speed of the fishing boat (cruiser). The collection work can be performed automatically according to the degree of fish pulling. As a result, it is not necessary to collect the teaser by hand-drawing or winding tools, etc., and other work related to fish uptake on board can be performed smoothly. It was possible to do it.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a fishing electric reel (hereinafter referred to as “electric reel”) according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a frame of a reel body 3, and 5 and 7 are left and right of the frame 1. The reel body 3 of the fishing reel 8 is formed by the side plates 5 and 7 and the frame 1 on the side plates to be attached. A spool shaft is supported between the side plates 5 and 7 via bearings, and the spool 9 is rotatably supported on the spool shaft.

The spool 9 is rotated by driving a spool drive motor (reference numeral 11 in FIG. 2) or a winding operation of the handle 13 so that a fishing line is wound. The spool drive motor 11 is a frame in front of the spool 9. 1 is housed in a motor case formed integrally with the motor 1.
A lever-shaped motor output adjuster (hereinafter referred to as “power”) that adjusts the motor output of the spool drive motor 11 is provided in front of the upper portion of the side plate 7 on the handle 13 side, like the electric reel disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 297978. 2 (referred to as “lever”) is attached so as to be rotatable in the same direction as the handle 13, and by operating the power lever 15, the microcomputer (control means) 19 of FIG. The spool output speed of the spool 9 is controlled by continuously increasing / decreasing the motor output of the spool drive motor 11 from the motor stop state to a high output value via the circuit 21.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a clutch lever 23 for operating a clutch mechanism mounted in the side plate 7 is attached between the side plates 5 and 7 behind the spool 9 so as to be pressed downward. The pressing mechanism 23 switches the clutch mechanism from the clutch ON to the clutch OFF.
When the handle 13 is rotated in the winding direction in this clutch OFF state, the clutch mechanism is configured to return to the clutch ON via a well-known return mechanism (not shown), and the clutch ON / OFF of this clutch mechanism is configured. Thus, the spool 9 is switched between a winding-up state and a spool-free state, and the power of the spool drive motor 11 and the handle 13 to the spool 9 is transmitted / cut off.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 25 denotes a rotation detecting means for detecting the number of rotations of the spool 9 and its rotating direction. The rotation detecting means 25 includes a pair of hall elements 27 mounted on the frame 1 and a spool facing the pair. 9 and a magnet 29 fixed to the peripheral edge of the one end side, and the Hall element 27 is connected to the CPU of the microcomputer 19.
Thus, as with the yarn length measurement program disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-103567, the CPU takes in the forward / reverse determination signal of the spool 9 output from the hall element 27 and feeds or winds the fishing line. The rotation pulse signal of the spool 9 taken in from the hall element 27 is counted, and the yarn length calculation formula stored in the ROM of the microcomputer 19 is calculated and executed based on this count value. Yes.

Then, the CPU displays the calculation result on the display 35 provided on the operation panel 33 of the control box 17 via the display drive circuit 31, and the angler confirms the display. The fishing line can be unwound and the fishing line can be wound up by operating the handle 13 or the power lever 15.
On the operation panel 33, a button-type reset switch 37, a mode switch 39, a shelf memo switch 41, a coma switch 43 and the like are mounted adjacent to the display 35. As shown in FIG. By the pressing operation of 39, the microcomputer 19 is switched to “actual fishing mode”, “own ship position display mode”, “relative position display mode”, and “trolling use mode” sequentially.

  That is, as described above, the microcomputer 19 counts the rotation pulse signal of the spool 9 fetched from the hall element 27, calculates the yarn length calculation formula based on the counted value, and displays the calculation result on the display 35. However, as shown in FIG. 4, the display 35 is provided with an upper color display unit 45 and a shelf color display unit 47, and the “actual fishing mode” shown in FIG. 4 and the “relative position display” shown in FIG. In the “mode”, the microcomputer 19 calculates the fishing line feed amount (line length) based on the rotation pulse signal from the hall element 27 and displays the calculation result on the upper color display section 45.

In addition, when the fisherman presses the reset switch 37 at the place where the fishing line is fed from the tip of the fish to the water surface at the start of actual fishing, the display value of the upper color display unit 45 is reset to “0.0”. ing.
Thereafter, when the angler feeds the fishing line, the measured feeding amount is displayed on the upper color display section 45, and when the shelf memo switch 41 is pressed when the fishing line is fed out, for example, 95.5m, “0.0” is displayed on the color display portion 47 and the shelf position is set, and thereafter, the position of the device from the shelf position and the amount of feeding from the water surface accompanying the winding of the fishing line are the upper color display portion 45 and the shelf color. It is displayed on the display unit 47.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the display 35 is provided with a timer display unit 53 including a digital display unit 49 and eight segments 51 surrounding the digital display unit 49. The timer in the microcomputer 19 is activated by pressing the switch 43, and the time measured is displayed on the timer display unit 53 (the digital display unit 49 and the eight segments 51) so that the time for refilling the compass can be confirmed. It has become.

The timer display unit 53 further displays the distance from the fishing boat to the set point in the “relative position display mode”, and switches to the function of displaying the direction of the point using the segment 51. It is configured.
That is, while fishing, the fishing boat is swept from the point by the flow of the tide, and an error occurs between the input position of the device and the predetermined point. And since there are few landmarks on the sea, it is difficult to recognize the position of the point, and the angler has to rely on experience and intuition to accurately put the device into the point.

However, in recent years, a fishing boat is equipped with a position search system such as GPS in order to grasp the ship's position at sea. In the fishing boat 55, a plurality of GPS satellites received by a GPS receiver 57 are provided as shown in FIG. The radio wave from 59 is processed by the microcomputer 61 so that the current position of the ship can be grasped.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the gyro 63 is attached to the fishing boat 55 and connected to the microcomputer 61 in the same manner as the conventional example disclosed by the present applicant in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-274830. The travel path (traveling direction) is determined, the traveling speed of the fishing boat 55 is determined from the distance traveled per unit time, and the data of the operation information is transmitted wirelessly from the transmitter 65 to the electric reel 8 side. In this specification, the GPS receiver 57, the microcomputer 61, the transmitter 65, and the like equipped on the fishing boat 55 are collectively referred to as “external transmission means”.

On the other hand, the electric reel 8 is equipped with a receiver (receiving means) 67 that receives transmission data of operation information from the transmitter 65, and the receiver 67 inputs the received operation information data to the microcomputer 19. To do.
In this embodiment, the operation information data is wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter 65 to the electric reel 8 side. However, the data may be transmitted from the transmitter 65 to the electric reel 8 side by wire.

  Then, when the angler presses the mode switch 39 to switch the microcomputer 19 from the “actual fishing mode” to the “own ship position display mode” as shown in FIG. 3, the microcomputer 19 is shown in FIG. The current position of the electric reel 8 (the fishing boat 55 on board) received from the 55 side is displayed on the upper color display unit 45 and the shelf color display unit 47 via the display drive circuit 31, respectively. In this embodiment, longitude (east longitude) is displayed on the upper color display unit 45, and latitude (north latitude) is displayed on the shelf color display unit 47, respectively.

When the angler presses the mode switch 39 for a long time in the “own ship position display mode”, the current position is stored in the RAM of the microcomputer 19 as a point, and the microcomputer 19 shifts to the “relative position display mode”. It is supposed to be.
Thus, while fishing as described above, the fishing boat 55 is swept away from the point P set by the influence of the tide and the wind as shown in FIG. An error occurs between

  Therefore, in the “relative position display mode”, the microcomputer 19 determines the current position of the electric reel 8 and the set point P based on the operation information data (the current position and course of the fishing boat 55) from the fishing boat 55 side. In comparison, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the distance to the point P is displayed on the digital display unit 49 of the timer display unit 53, and the direction of the point P is displayed using the segment 51. .

Note that the bow of the segment 51 is set upward. As shown in FIG. 6, the microcomputer 19 uses the upper color display unit 45 and the shelf color display unit 47 to feed the fishing line in this “relative position display mode”. The display is switched to the associated yarn length measurement value display.
The major feature of the electric reel 8 according to the present embodiment is that the electric reel 8 can be used for the collection work of the teaser in the trolling in addition to the normal boat fishing as described above.

FIG. 8 shows a cruiser used for trolling. In the figure, reference numeral 69 denotes a plurality of trolling rods installed on the deck 73 of the cruiser 71, and fishing lines drawn from reels (not shown) attached to the respective trolling rods 69. 75 is fed into the water through a clip (not shown) at the tip of the trolling rod 69.
The electric reel 8 is mounted as a single unit on the rear center deck 73 of the cruiser 71, and a teaser 79 is tied to the tip of a fishing line 77 wound around the spool 9 and fed out into the water.

  Thus, the feeding of the teaser 79 may be carried out from the spool 9 by switching the microcomputer 19 to the “actual fishing mode” and pressing the clutch lever 23 to turn off the clutch mechanism as in the normal feeding of the device. As described above, the microcomputer 19 counts the rotation pulse signal of the spool 9 fetched from the hall element 27, calculates the yarn length calculation formula based on this count value, and outputs the calculation result to the upper color display unit 45. In order to display, based on such a display value, the captain or the fisherman only needs to switch the clutch mechanism to the clutch ON when the teaser 79 is fed out by a predetermined amount.

  The cruiser 71 is equipped with the GPS receiver 57, the microcomputer 61, the gyro 63, and the transmitter 65. As described above, the microcomputer 61 detects the GPS information and the current position of the cruiser 71 from the gyro 63. The route (traveling direction) is determined, the traveling speed of the cruiser 71 is obtained from the travel distance per unit time, and the data of the operation information is transmitted from the transmitter 65 to the outside wirelessly.

On the other hand, in the ROM of the microcomputer 19 of the electric reel 8 at the factory shipment stage in advance,
[1] Setting value of sudden acceleration per unit time
[2] Setting value of sudden deceleration per unit time
[3] Setting conditions such as ship reverse detection are set and stored.

That is, generally in trolling, when a fish hits, it improves the needle hook, suddenly accelerates / decelerates the cruiser according to the degree of fish pulling, and reverses the cruiser according to the situation, Has changed.
Therefore, after the teaser 79 is drawn out into the water, the captain or sailor presses the mode switch 39 to switch the microcomputer 19 to the “trolling use mode” as shown in FIG. The operation information data and the setting conditions [1] to [3] are compared, and the trolling is performed by setting the electric reel 8 to the “trolling use mode”.

The operation information data may be transmitted from the transmitter 65 to the electric reel 8 by wire.
When trolling is performed in this “trolling use mode”, the accelerating amount of the cruiser 71 is set to the set value of [1] as a result of a swordfish or tuna hit and the cruiser 71 being suddenly accelerated or decelerated. When the microcomputer 19 determines that the amount of rapid deceleration has reached the set value [2], the microcomputer 19 sends a command to the motor drive circuit 31 to drive the spool drive motor 11 and winds the fishing line 77 around the spool 9. The teaser 79 is collected.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the cruiser 71, which has been gradually decelerating, has started moving backward (corresponding to the setting condition of [3]), the microcomputer 19 controls the duty of the spool drive motor 11 and changes the fishing line at a higher winding speed. 77 is wound around the spool 9 to collect the teaser 79. The display mode of the display 35 in this “trolling use mode” is the same as in FIG. It is in the display state.

In either case, the microcomputer 19 stops driving the spool drive motor 11 when the display value of the upper color display unit 45 reaches a predetermined amount (for example, the feed amount is “1 meter”), The collection work of the teaser 79 is stopped.
In the present embodiment, when the rapid acceleration amount of the cruiser 71 per unit time reaches the set value [1] and when the rapid deceleration amount per unit time reaches the set value [2] The spool drive motor 11 is operated by the motor output of the motor. Further, when the cruiser 71 starts to move backward, the spool drive motor 11 is operated at a higher winding speed. A motor output map corresponding to the sudden acceleration amount, sudden deceleration amount, and reverse speed may be set and stored in the ROM of the microcomputer 19 to perform finer drive control of the spool drive motor 11.

Then, when trolling is completed and general boat fishing is performed on the fishing boat 55 as shown in FIG. 7 later, the electric reel 8 is attached to a normal rod, and the “actual fishing” shown in FIG. Actual fishing is possible in "mode", "own ship position display mode", and "relative position display mode".
Since the electric reel 8 according to the present embodiment is configured in this way, when performing general boat fishing on a fishing boat 55 as shown in FIG. 7, the electric reel 8 is mounted on a normal rod as described above. In the “actual fishing mode”, “own ship position display mode”, and “relative position display mode” of FIG. 3, boat fishing may be performed in the same manner as a general electric reel.

  On the other hand, when the electric reel 8 is used for the recovery operation of the teaser 79 in the trolling, the electric reel 8 is mounted on the deck 73 at the rear center of the cruiser 71 as shown in FIG. A teaser 79 is connected to the tip. For trolling, the teaser 79 is fed out from the spool 9 of the electric reel 8 by a predetermined amount, the clutch mechanism is switched to the clutch ON, and the mode switch 39 is pressed to switch the microcomputer 19 to the “trolling use mode”. .

Thus, when trolling is performed through such a procedure, the operation information data is transmitted from the transmitter 65 on the cruiser 71 side to the receiver 67 of the electric reel 8, and the microcomputer 19 inputs the operation information input by the receiver 67. And the setting conditions of [1] to [3] are compared.
When a swordfish or tuna hits, the master or crew member accelerates or decelerates the cruiser 71 or reverses the cruiser 71, but the rapid acceleration amount of the cruiser 71 reaches the set value [1] or suddenly decelerates. If it is determined that the amount has reached the set value [2], the microcomputer 19 operates the spool drive motor 11 to wind the fishing line 77 around the spool 9 and collect the teaser 79.

When it is determined that the cruiser 71, which has been gradually decelerating, has started moving backward (corresponding to the setting condition of [3]), the microcomputer 19 performs duty control on the spool drive motor 11 and spools at a higher winding speed. The drive motor 11 is driven to recover the teaser 79.
In either case, the microcomputer 19 stops driving the spool drive motor 11 when the display value reaches a predetermined amount (for example, the feed amount is “1 meter”) on the upper color display portion, and the teaser 79 Stop collection.

  Thus, the electric reel 8 according to the present embodiment can control the spool drive motor 11 that winds and drives the spool 9 based on the received operation information data such as the traveling direction and traveling speed of the cruiser 71. In addition to normal boat fishing, the recovery of the teaser 79 during trolling can be performed automatically according to the degree of fish pulling. As a result, the captain or crewman operating the cruiser 71 pulls the teaser 79 up and down. It is no longer necessary to collect with tools, etc., and other work related to fish intake on board can be carried out smoothly without any trouble.

  As described above, in the above embodiment, the GPS receiver 57, the microcomputer 61, and the transmitter 65 mounted on the fishing boat 55 and the cruiser 71 are external transmission means. However, instead of the GPS, for example, a fishing boat or a cruiser is used. Operation information data such as traveling direction and traveling speed detected by a well-known water flow sensor or Doppler sonar to be installed is configured to be input wirelessly or by wire from a fishing boat or cruiser side transmitter to an electric reel receiver. In this embodiment, the water flow sensor, Doppler sonar, transmitter, and the like constitute “external transmission means”.

  Further, in the above embodiment, as in the conventional example disclosed by the present applicant in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-274830, the electric reel 8 has the “actual fishing mode”, “own ship position display mode”, “relative position” shown in FIG. Although the boat fishing function is provided in the “display mode”, such a function may be omitted, and an electric reel that can be used only for winding the teaser 79 may be used. Various selections can be made according to the specifications of the electric reel.

It is a top view of the electric reel which concerns on one Embodiment of Claim 1. It is a control block diagram of an electric reel. It is a flowchart which shows the mode change of the microcomputer by pressing operation of a mode switch. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display state of the indicator in "actual fishing mode". It is explanatory drawing which shows the display state of the indicator in "own ship position display mode". It is explanatory drawing which shows the display state of the indicator in "relative position display mode". It is explanatory drawing which shows the position of the fishing boat with respect to a point, and the display state of a display. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the electric reel in trolling.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Reel body 8 Electric reel 9 Spool 11 Spool drive motor 15 Power lever 19, 61 Microcomputer 23 Clutch lever 25 Rotation detection means 35 Display 37 Reset switch 39 Mode switch 41 Shelf memo switch 43 Comase switch 45 Upper color display part 47 Shelf Color display unit 49 Digital display unit 51 Segment 53 Timer display unit 55 Fishing boat 57 GPS receiver 59 GPS satellite 63 Gyro 65 Transmitter 67 Receiver 69 Trolling rod 71 Cruiser 73 Deck 75, 77 Fishing line 79 Teaser

Claims (1)

In an electric reel for fishing provided with a spool drive motor for winding and driving a spool rotatably supported by a reel body,
Based on the receiving means for receiving the signal from the external transmitting means for transmitting the operation information such as the course and speed of the fishing boat to the reel body, and the spool driving motor based on the fishing boat operation information received by the receiving means. An electrical reel for fishing characterized by comprising control means for driving control.

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