JP3024054B2 - Electric reel with automatic operation display - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric reel for fishing which can automatically display various operation functions of the electric reel on a display unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The electric reel for fishing has been greatly improved in operability by incorporating a microcomputer. In other words, for the payout of the fishing line that lowers the tackle to a predetermined shelf position, measuring the line length and stopping the payout at the predetermined position, when the fish is caught, the winding process is performed, and when the fish floats up to the side of the boat,
It has become possible to do a variety of things, such as stopping hoisting and automatically inviting fish.
Regarding the above operations, of course, the angler must also be able to proceed individually without resorting to automatic processing (operation). Therefore, the structure of the electric fishing reel is becoming more and more complicated.

[0003]

A person who purchases an electric fishing reel as described above for the first time needs to receive a sufficient explanation of the operation method from a clerk at a fishing gear store. However, when the operation switches and display symbols are various,
With only one explanation, it is not possible to fully understand all the functions of the electric reel.

A clerk at a fishing tackle store also understands that it is increasingly difficult to explain to a fisherman after fully understanding the entire operation, and that the use of an instruction manual makes it increasingly complicated. Some people hate books from the beginning. Therefore, the angled electric reel is not fully used by anglers. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electric fishing reel in which the above-mentioned drawbacks are alleviated and the functions of the electric fishing reel are displayed so that they can be easily and sufficiently understood by performing a simple operation. Is to do.

[0005]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a start signal generating means for starting automatic operation display, 2 is a time measuring means, 3 is a display section driving means, 4 is a display section, 5 is a spool driving motor, 6 is a clutch, and 7 is a spool. , 8 indicate a fishing line.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the output of the electric motor 5 is transmitted to the spool 7 via the clutch 6, and the spool 7 is rotated to feed and wind the fishing line 8 with the mechanism. 4, an electric reel for displaying a fishing line payout amount and the like, wherein the electric reel has an operation start signal generating means 1 for starting an operation for automatically performing a predetermined operation display; Timer means 2 for measuring an elapsed time from the reception of the operation start signal from
Comprising a display unit driving means 3 for applying a predetermined display signal to the display unit 4 by the time elapse signal from the regimen time unit 2,
By the input of the operation start signal, the simulation operation of the various functions provided in the electric reel including the inducing operation by switching between the display of subtraction and addition of the yarn length value in the display unit 4 and the spool driving state by the electric driving control is automatically performed. It is characterized in that it can be executed dynamically.

[0007]

[0008]

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the signal for automatically starting the operation display is generated from the signal generation means, the timer means receives the operation start signal. Measure the elapsed time from. The display unit driving means 3 drives the display signal to the display unit 4 in accordance with the elapsed time.
An indication of whether the fishing line has been paid out is displayed, and an operation display such as "Increase in the displayed value corresponds to fishing line being fed out" is made. The signal generation means 1 corresponds to pressing a dedicated button.

If [0010] Next special features of the electric reels (e.g. invitation function) is also required for, in correspondence changing the number in the display, or by stopping the numeric change, that displays the operation of the same function.

[0011]

[0012]

[0013]

Embodiment] FIG. 2 is a side view showing partially cutaway an embodiment product of the invention of claim 1 Symbol placement. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 4 denotes a display unit, and reference numeral 5 denotes an electric motor for driving a spool and winding a fishing line. Reference numeral 41 denotes one of the operation buttons, which has a name display such as "from bottom / shelf memo". After the hook of the fishing line reaches the bottom of the water, an electric motor drive is displayed as an instruction to wind the fishing line when necessary. Indicates that a change should be made to the numerical value of the set. Reference numeral 42 denotes a reset button, which is a button for once operating the buttons 43, 44, 45 for processing various functions, and then instructing the processing to be returned to the original state when the buttons were operated for convenience. It is.

Reference numeral 43 denotes a shelf stop button.
Based on a known fishing line length measuring device, at a position where a predetermined fishing line payout amount is reached, switching of the shelf stop such as stopping or not rotating the spool is switched on / off.
A function change button 44 is a button operated to change the state value after the operation of the shelf stop button or the invitation button described later is started.

Reference numeral 45 denotes an invitation button for turning on / off an invitation operation, such as shaking. The "invite operation" means that a fisherman slowly winds a fishing line stopped on a shelf, for example, winds up a length of 2 m, and waits for 2 seconds for a fish hit.
After that, wind up again by 2 m and wait for 2 seconds. If the above operation is repeated several times and no hit is made, the device is lowered to the position of the "shelf", and then the operation of inviting and winding is repeated. Still, when there is no hit, it means that the position of the "shelf" is greatly changed, and then the winding and waiting for the fish are repeated.

As the button, a button for instructing the on / off operation of the clutch is required, and is provided at a lower right position (not shown). Instructs on / off of coupling of the power of the motor to the rotating shaft for driving the spool. Reference numeral 50 denotes a frame of the electric reel. Reference numeral 51 denotes a spool winding manual handle. Reference numeral 52 denotes a motor speed adjusting lever.

The above apparatus is not known, but is similar to the prior art. Next, referring to FIG. 3, an embodiment using a microcomputer for the product of FIG. 2 will be described below. In FIG. 3, the CPU 50 is provided in the frame 50 of FIG.
20, a ROM 21, a RAM 22, an input port 23, and an output port 24, which correspond to the display unit driving means in FIG.

The apparatus further includes a clock pulse oscillator (second signal generator) 30, a first pulse counter 31, and a second
It comprises a pulse counter 32, which corresponds to the timekeeping means of FIG. Reference numeral 40 denotes a logical product operation circuit, reference numeral 41 denotes a button for instructing a memo from the bottom / shelf as a normal operation of the electric reel, and reference numeral 42 denotes a button for instructing resetting. These correspond to the operation start signal generating means of FIG.

When the button 41 or 42 is pressed alone,
The press signal reaches the CPU 20 via the input port 23, and reads out the ROM 21 storing a predetermined program such as a reset operation and performs a predetermined operation. ROM 21
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the program written in the program shown in FIG. It performs an entirely different operation than when the buttons 41 and 42 are individually pressed. That is, a signal generated only when the operation is performed by the AND operation circuit 40 is input to a specific portion of the input port 23, and the CPU
If this is detected, the program stored in the specific address of the ROM 21 can be read. The program starts when an operation start signal arrives in the S1 operation of the flowchart. That is, when the output from the AND operation circuit 40 arrives, the operation for automatically executing the operation display according to the present invention is started. When the CPU 20 senses that the signal has been reached by the above signal, it reads out the program, and the program displays the number 0.0 on the display unit in two upper and lower stages on the display unit as shown in S2. The display section driving means is driven via the output port 24. The display section driving means further drives the display section to perform a predetermined display. At that time, the display unit driving means and the display unit may be conventional ones. It is effective that the display unit uses liquid crystal, for example.

The CPU 20 reads the count value of the counter 31 when the CPU 20 reads the program.
The value is temporarily stored in the RAM 22. The counter 31 always counts the number of clock pulses generated by the clock pulse oscillator 30. For example, if the clock pulse is generated every 1/10 second, the time elapse can be obtained in units of 0.1 second. As described above, the elapsed time can be easily obtained by comparing the initial count value stored in the RAM 22 with the subsequent count value. Therefore, the CPU 20 checks the counter value of the counter 31 and displays 0.
After 3 seconds have elapsed since 0 was displayed (step S3). When an affirmative determination is made in step S3, the process proceeds to step S4, in which the CPU 20 instructs an alarm device (not shown) via the output port 24 to output an alarm signal of 0.
Sound for 8 seconds. This alarm becomes an operation start signal of the automatic operation display. Here, the numbers on the display section indicate both the distance from the water surface (upper display) and the distance from the bottom surface (lower display) at the tip of the fishing line (where the device is attached), for example, in meters. Is what you do.

In this embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the bottom surface is at a depth of 30 m from the surface of the water, so that the lower numeral is 30.0 and the upper numeral is 0.0. , Then the device is on the surface of the water, ie, 30
It means that it is at the position of m. Now, after instructing the above alarm to sound, the time when two seconds have elapsed is determined in step S by using the RAM 22 and the counter 31 in the same manner as described above.
The determination is made at 5. When the determination is affirmative, step S
In 6, change only the lower display of the display section to 30.0,
Blinks the upper and lower numbers twice / sec.

It is determined in step S7 when two seconds have elapsed since the start of the blinking operation. When the determination is affirmative, in step S8, a clutch off command is issued to the clutch driving means of the electric reel. Since the clutch driving means is usually a motor, the motor is rotated to cut off the mechanical connection between the motor for rotating the spool and the spool. At the same time, the upper part is added and the lower part is subtracted at a rate of 2 / sec. The upper number is, for example, 2, 4, every second.
It changes to 6. The lower numbers are 28, 26, 2
It changes to 4.

3 seconds after the start of the change of the numbers on the display section, the numbers are displayed as 6.0 on the upper side and 24.0 on the lower side. That is, the elapse of 3 seconds is determined in step S9 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, and when the above numerical display is made, in step S10, the CPU 20 instructs the spool driving means via the output port 24 to perform spool driving. At this time, even if no fishing line is mounted on the spool, the spool is rotated and viewed, and the quality of the rotation operation is confirmed by the rotation sound.

It is determined in step S11 when seven seconds have elapsed since the start of the spool drive. When the determination is affirmative (displayed as upper 20.0 and lower 10.0),
In step S12, the CPU 20 starts displaying the Kose timer. The change of the number on the display section continues. The frame timer refers to a clock which measures and displays a time of, for example, 60 seconds provided at a position different from the position of the numeral display on the display unit. In addition to displaying the elapsed time by a number, the clock is configured by arranging strips divided into six pieces in an oval shape and sequentially illuminating each strip every 10 seconds. The Kose timer illustrated in FIG. 7 indicates that 22 seconds have elapsed from the beginning.

Next, it is determined in step S13 when four seconds have elapsed since the display was started by the frame timer. After the lapse of 4 seconds, the number on the display is 28.0 on the upper side, and 2.
It is 0. When the determination is affirmative, an instruction is given in step S14 to stop the spool drive. (This means stopping that the spool without the fishing line is running idle). It is determined in step S15 when one second has elapsed since the instruction to stop the spool drive was issued.
At this time, the numbers on the display are 30.0 on the upper side and 0.0 on the lower side. This state corresponds to stopping the fishing line on a so-called "shelf". When this determination is affirmative, the clutch ON is instructed in step S16, and the change of the number on the display unit is stopped. At this time, no significant change occurs in the operation of the electric reel.

Next, it is determined in step S17 when two seconds have elapsed after the instruction in step S16. In the case of an affirmative determination, "invitation operation" is entered in step S18 shown in the flowchart of FIG. The electric reel can automatically perform the operation based on the above-mentioned numbers while winding the fishing line as the above-mentioned invitation operation.

In the present invention, the simulation operation of the invitation is performed as the automatic operation display. The rotation of the spool and the operation of winding the fishing line can be confirmed by the rotation sound. In step S18, the CPU 20 changes the number on the display unit by 1.8 per second. The operation is to subtract the upper side and add the lower side. Then, after 1.1 seconds, the number changes by 2.0 compared to the initial time, and becomes 28.0 on the upper side and 2.0 on the lower side, and the state is maintained for 2 seconds. That is, there is a gimmick 2 m above the bottom, and this is equivalent to waiting for fish for 2 seconds at that position. At that position, the rotation of the spool is stopped, and since the Kose timer has passed 10 seconds or more from the beginning, the first one of the strips is lit, and the number indicates 10 or more.

Next, after a lapse of 2 seconds, the number is changed again. The operation is a subtraction / addition of 1.8 / sec as described above. When the operation corresponding to the fishing line winding is repeated three times, the upper numeral should be 28.0. Therefore, it is confirmed in step 19 that the state has been reached. When the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 20, where calculation and display are performed. First, it is confirmed that the upper number has become 24.0, and the clutch is instructed to be turned off. That is, only the rotation of the spool is terminated, and the numbers on the display section are calculated and displayed at the speed of 1 / sec, in the opposite manner to the above, by subtraction and addition. The trick of fishing line is to go down to the bottom again.

When the upper digit becomes 30.0,
That is, the calculation is stopped when the device reaches the bottom surface.
In the next step S21, the process proceeds from step S17 to the step S17 to determine the lapse of 2 seconds.
Is repeated twice. The so-called invitation operation is repeated three times for convenience. The number on the display at that time is 24.
0, lower side is 6.0. When three repetitions have been completed, the process proceeds to step S22.

In step S22, the elapsed time from when the Kose timer was started is determined. Therefore, it is effective to use the counter 32. Since the counter 31 is used for measuring the elapsed time in the invitation operation, the count value of the counter 32 is set to R when the Kose timer is started.
This is dealt with by storing it in another location of the AM 22.
Then, in step S22, it is determined whether or not one minute has elapsed since the start of the Kose timer. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S23.

In step S23, since the invitation operation has been completed, the spool is reversed, that is, the fishing line winding operation is performed. At the same time, numbers are added / subtracted at a rate of 2 / sec. Then, in step S24, the elapsed time from the end of the invitation operation is determined, and the elapse of 11 seconds is determined. When the result is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S25. At that time, the upper numeral is 28.0 and the lower numeral is 2.0, and the driving of the spool is stopped. The change in numbers is continued. Therefore, in step S26, it is determined whether 2 seconds have elapsed. The numerical change is stopped two seconds after step S27. In this state, the upper numeral is 30.0. Thereafter, if necessary, the process returns to step S1, and the entire process can be repeated.

Alternatively, when a signal due to a button operation other than the above-mentioned operation start signal arrives, these automatic operation displays are all terminated at that point, and an operation based on the pressed button operation can be started. The above is the ROM 21 shown in FIG.
Has included a program for executing an automatic operation display function other than the various functions of the conventional electric reel. Therefore, the parts of the apparatus are configured without modification as electric reels. When the angler does not know the method of the invitation operation during the fishing, the example operation is displayed, and the user may operate so that a similar display appears with reference to the operation.

[0033]

[0034]

[0035] The contact, in the above description, the contents of the operation display is determined uniquely from the beginning to the end, as the contents of the display, so as to sequentially display the individual functions which the electric reel has, It is also possible to create a program that controls the sequential operation of the functions, and operate the program to sequentially display the functions.

[0036]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the various functions of the electric reel are simulated and displayed on the display section of the electric reel, the automatic operation display is performed. Anyone, such as a clerk / fisher at a fishing gear store, can easily perceive the function of the electric reel in any place simply by knowing the means for starting.

Since the various functions of the electric reel can be newly perceived by the display even at a fishing spot or the like, there is no need to expand the operation manual, and it is possible to easily avoid rain even in bad weather such as rain. You.

[0038]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle configuration of the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing a product example of the invention of claim 1 Symbol placement.

3 is a diagram showing a part of an embodiment of the invention of claim 1 Symbol placement.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the device in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the device in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the device in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display of a coma timer.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An output of an electric motor is transmitted to a spool via a clutch, and the spool is rotated to feed and wind a fishing line with a device, and a display unit displays an amount of the fishing line to be fed. in the reel, in the electric reel, movement to start automatically perform operation a predetermined operation display
Applying a work start signal generating means, timing means for measuring time elapsed from the time of receipt of the operation start signal from the operation start signal generating means, a predetermined display signal to the display unit by the time elapse signal from the regimen time means comprising a display unit driving means for the, the input of the operation start signal, an electric reel comprising an invitation operation by switching the spool drive state by subtraction and addition display an electric drive control of the yarn length values in the display unit An electric reel capable of automatic operation display, wherein a simulated operation of various functions provided can be automatically executed.