KR20190062289A - Fishing reel capable of motion-sensing and operating method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fishing reel which includes a communication chip for establishing a communication connection with an external electronic terminal and exchanging information; a gyro sensor chip for measuring a rotational angular velocity with respect to a plurality of directions of a housing; an acceleration sensor chip for measuring acceleration in at least one direction of the housing; and a processor for controlling the communication chip to exchange collected information of the gyro sensor chip and the acceleration sensor chip with the external device.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fishing reel,

And more particularly, but not exclusively, to fishing reels, fishing rods, fishing related application software, and the like.

Lure fishing activities include preparation of bait, casting bait to the water, action to manipulate the fishing reel and the bait to attract the fish, holding it firmly when the fish is bite Hook hooking, and pulling out the caught fish out of the water.

For those who are not skilled in each of these actions, learning and training about actions can take several failures and take a long time. Learning or teaching this process to someone can be difficult without systematic system help, and in the process, beginners may lose interest in fishing.

In addition, not only beginners but also those who enjoy fishing are often unaware of their fishing patterns (the number and time of the various actions, the strength / magnitude of the action, and the direction of the action) It is difficult to expect.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2016-0066305 (published on June 10, 2016) discloses a technique in which a tape measure scale is marked on a fishing rod so that a length of the fish is measured by bringing the catch fish into the scale. Korean Patent No. 10-1717416 (published on Mar. 16, 2017) discloses a fishing SNS app that is interlocked when a fishing rod in which an NFC tag is inserted comes in contact with a smartphone, and the fishing captures are shared in the SNS through a series of processes A method of operating an SNS service is disclosed. Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No. 2006-51793 (published on Feb. 23, 2006) discloses a method of improving the format of the fishing log which can record the tide time and the fishing time.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fishing reel detachably mountable on a fishing rod, the fishing reel comprising: a rotating portion rotating so as to wind a fishing line; A handle for transmitting a driving force to rotate the rotating portion; A housing for fixing the rotating part and the handle; And an electronic module secured to the housing, the electronic module comprising: a communication chip for establishing a communication connection with an external electronic terminal and exchanging information; a gyro sensor chip for measuring a rotational angular velocity of the housing in a plurality of directions; And an electronic module including an electronic module including a processor for controlling the communication chip to exchange the gyro sensor chip and the acceleration sensor chip collection information with the external device is disclosed .

According to one embodiment, the electronic module may be a fishing reel packaged in a side cover type detachable from the housing at the side of the housing.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the reel further includes a thumb bar button for releasing the lock so that the reel can rotate in a direction in which the fishing line is released, In this case, the unit measurement process can be distinguished by considering this as the start of the casting operation.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the reel further includes a thumb bar button for releasing the lock so that the reel can rotate in a direction in which the fishing line is released, A fishing reel for transmitting a predetermined signal to the external device through the communication unit is also presented.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a button disposed at one side of the reel and operable to allow the user to distinguish a current state from at least one of a standby state, a casting operation, and an action, It is also possible to transmit a signal corresponding to the operation state to the external device through the communication unit.

According to another aspect, there is provided a software program stored on a computer-readable recording medium for processing data that is executed by the computer and associated with a fishing operation, the program comprising:

Processing data received from an electronic module of an external fishing reel to determine that the received data corresponds to at least one of a casting operation, an action operation, and a hooking operation of fishing; Processing the data to render the behavior of the template model for motion corresponding to the data; And a set of instructions for processing the data to render a graph corresponding to the data.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the data may include rotational angular velocity data for a plurality of directions provided by the gyro sensor chip included in the electronic module of the fishing reel, at least one direction provided by the acceleration sensor chip included in the electronic module Acceleration data of the vehicle, and time synchronization data.

According to another embodiment, a program may be configured which further comprises an instruction set for processing the data to update the fishing journal DB field.

According to another aspect, there is provided an electronic device detachable to a fishing rod or a fishing rod reel, comprising: a communication chip for establishing a communication connection with an external electronic terminal and exchanging information; A gyro sensor chip for measuring a rotational angular velocity of the housing in a plurality of directions; An acceleration sensor chip for measuring an acceleration in at least one direction of the housing; And a processor for controlling the communication chip to exchange collected information of the gyro sensor chip and the acceleration sensor chip with the external device.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device has a structure that can be fastened to a fastening portion of a side cover of the fishing reel, and is replaceable at a position where the side cover is removed.

According to another embodiment, the electronic device may be an electronic device having a structure packaged in a housing coupled with a clip structure that can be fastened to the fishing rod and fixed to the fishing rod.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further includes a button disposed at one side of the housing and operable to allow the user to distinguish the current state from at least one of a standby state, a casting operation, and an action, An electronic device for transmitting a signal corresponding to the operation state to the external device through the communication unit is presented.

Figure 1 shows a fishing rod reel in accordance with one embodiment.
2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment.
Fig. 3 shows an electronic device according to an embodiment wielding an attached fishing rod.
4 shows a flow of operation of an electronic device according to an embodiment.
5 is a graph illustrating acceleration and angular velocity according to an embodiment.
FIG. 6 illustrates an app screen illustrating a casting of a fishing rod according to an embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the scope of the rights is not limited or limited by these embodiments. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

The terms used in the following description are chosen to be generic and universal in the art to which they are related, but other terms may exist depending on the development and / or change in technology, customs, preferences of the technician, and the like. Accordingly, the terminology used in the following description should not be construed as limiting the technical thought, but should be understood in the exemplary language used to describe the embodiments.

Also, in certain cases, there may be a term chosen arbitrarily by the applicant, in which case the meaning of the detailed description in the corresponding description section. Therefore, the term used in the following description should be understood based on the meaning of the term, not the name of a simple term, and the contents throughout the specification.

Figure 1 shows a fishing rod reel in accordance with one embodiment. The fishing rod reel according to one embodiment may include a level wind 110, a drag 120, a handle 130, a mechanical brake 140, a clutch 150, a brake 160 and an electronic device 170 .

Level Wind (110) allows the line to line up evenly over the spool. When the handle is turned, the level wind is reciprocated to the left and right, and the level wind is moved to the left and right so that the line can be evenly spread on one side of the spool. The drag (Drag) 120 can adjust the degree of unwinding of the spool according to the applied force. The handle (Handle) 130 is automatically rewound after the casting, so that the clutch 150 is returned to the original position and the line is not released. Even when the hand is released from the handle 130 in the case of reeling, the clutch 150 prevents the line from being released again.

As the mechanical break (140) is tightened, the spool shaft is pressed to adjust the spool rotation speed according to the weight of the louver. The backlash phenomenon can be prevented by the mechanical brake 140. The backlash refers to a phenomenon that a line is twisted due to a difference between a line discharge amount by the luer and a line discharge amount by the spool. More specifically, backlash occurs when the line discharge amount by the spool is larger than the line discharge amount by the lure, and the spool is caught by the thumb, or the rotational speed of the spool is slowed by using the mechanical brake to prevent backlash .

The clutch 150 acts as a bail of spinning and is also called a thumb bar. Thereby preventing the line from being released again by the clutch.

The brake 160 may be a centrifugal brake or a magnetic brake and may adjust the rotational speed of the spool by supplementing the mechanical brake 140 using a centrifugal force or a magnetic field load.

The electronic device 170 may be attached to one side of the fishing rod reel to sense at least one of gyro data and acceleration data. The electronic device 170 may provide gyro data and acceleration data to the user terminal to analyze information regarding the motion, speed, etc. of the fishing rod. The electronic device may be fastened to one side of the housing of the fishing rod reel, or may be incorporated into the housing itself. The details of the electronic device will be described with reference to FIG.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment. The electronic device according to one embodiment may be composed of a processor 210, a sensor chip 220, and a communication chip 230. The communication chip 230 may include a gyro sensor chip 221 and an acceleration sensor chip 222.

The fishing reel detachably mountable on the fishing rod may include a rotating portion rotating to rotate the fishing line, a handle transmitting a driving force to rotate the rotating portion, a housing for fixing the rotating portion and the handle, and the like. The electronic device may be attached to one side of the housing, and the gyro sensor chip 221 measures a rotational angular velocity of the housing with respect to a plurality of directions. Also, the acceleration sensor chip 222 can measure the acceleration in at least one direction of the housing.

More specifically, the gyro sensor chip 221 can measure a rotational angular velocity with respect to a direction in which the user throws the fishing rod. And the angular velocity of rotation in the vertical direction and the direction in which the fishing rod is thrown can be measured together. The vertical direction can measure the ultimate angular velocity in the Y-axis and Z-axis directions when the direction in which the fishing rod is thrown is referred to as the X-axis direction. That is, if the direction in which the user is looking at is the throwing direction of the fishing rod, the rotational angular velocity with respect to the left and right and up and down directions of the user can be measured.

By using the measured information, it is possible to calculate throwing information or throwing speed with respect to the upper and lower and right and left directions of the fishing rod to be thrown by the user, and by using the information, the user can check his or her throwing motion using a separate application have.

That is, the throwing direction of the fishing rod can be accurately calculated by using the rotational angular velocity in the lateral direction with respect to the throwing direction. The throwing height of the fishing rod can be calculated using the angular velocity of rotation in the vertical direction with respect to the throwing direction. Meanwhile, the throwing speed of the fishing rod can be calculated using the acceleration data measured by the acceleration sensor chip 222, and the throwing distance can also be calculated. The gyro sensor chip 221 and the acceleration sensor chip 222 measure And data on angular velocity and acceleration to be collected can be communicated to an external device through the communication chip 230. The communication chip 230 establishes a communication connection with an external device and exchanges data. In addition, the processor 210 controls the communication unit so that the collected data can be transmitted to an external device.

When using a fishing rod reel to which an electronic device is attached, acceleration data and angular velocity data can be used to calculate various information related to fishing. The throwing direction, the throwing speed, the throwing distance, and the like of the fishing rod can be calculated. According to an embodiment, it is possible to display to the user by using an app installed in the user terminal. The information calculated is merely exemplary and various information calculated using angular velocity and acceleration information is possible.

According to another embodiment, the sensor chip 220 may further include a force sensor chip. The force sensor chip (not shown) can measure the magnitude of the force applied to the fishing line. The weight of the fish caught can be calculated using the force information measured by the force sensor chip and the acceleration information measured by the acceleration sensor chip.

In the case of acquiring the force information on the fishing line and the acceleration information of the fishing rod, the mass information corresponding thereto can be calculated by using the acceleration law. From this, you can calculate the mass or weight of the fish caught in the fishing line.

Fig. 3 shows an electronic device according to an embodiment wielding an attached fishing rod. When a user throws a fishing rod to which an electronic device is attached, the electronic device can obtain information on the throwing direction, speed, and the like of the fishing rod. As a result, the user merely attaches the electronic device and performs fishing.

4 shows a flow of operation of an electronic device according to an embodiment. An electronic device according to one embodiment may comprise an angular rate measurement step 410, an acceleration measurement step 420, a step 430 of transmitting angular velocity and acceleration data, and a step 440 of calculating fishing information.

The angular velocity measuring step 410 can be measured by a gyro sensor, and is a step of measuring a rotational angular velocity with respect to a plurality of directions. The acceleration measurement step 420 may be measured by an acceleration sensor, and is a step of measuring acceleration for at least one direction. In one embodiment, the angular velocity measuring step may measure the rotational angular velocity in the vertical direction with respect to the throwing direction of the fishing rod. More specifically, it is possible to measure a rotational angular velocity with respect to a direction perpendicular to the vertical and horizontal directions with respect to the throwing direction of the fishing rod. It is possible to measure a plurality of directions using one gyro sensor, and in some cases, a method including a plurality of gyro sensors may be used. The acceleration measurement step 420 may illustratively, but not necessarily, measure the acceleration with respect to the throwing direction of the fishing rod. In some cases, it is also possible to measure the acceleration in a plurality of directions.

Next, step 430 is a step of transmitting measured angular velocity and acceleration data to an external device. The data can be transmitted to an external device using the communication unit and the processor can control each of the sensors and the communication unit to operate properly.

Specifically, the communication unit may transmit information measured by the gyro sensor and / or the acceleration sensor to an external device using wireless communication. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a method of transmitting by using a separate wired connection connector is also possible. However, in one embodiment, the external device transmits the information to the external device using wireless communication, and the external device can calculate information about the throwing direction, distance, etc. of the user using the received information and provide the information in real time.

Finally, step 440 is a step of calculating fishing related information. The step of calculating the fishing information may be calculated by the external device as described above and the fishing related information may be illustrative but not limited to information on the throwing track, direction, speed, distance, etc. of the fishing rod. The information calculated can be obtained by calculating the movement of the entire fishing rod based on the acceleration and angular velocity of the housing attached to one side of the housing of the electronic device. Calculation of various information by acceleration and rotational angular velocity is exemplarily illustrated in FIG.

According to another embodiment, it may further include a force measuring step, and the force information to be measured may be transmitted to an external device together with acceleration and angular velocity data transmission. When more force information is transmitted, it can be used together with the acceleration information to calculate the weight of the fish that are caught.

5 is a graph illustrating acceleration and angular velocity according to an embodiment. Reference numeral 510 denotes angular velocity data measured by the gyro sensor, and reference numeral 520 denotes acceleration data measured by the acceleration sensor.

FIG. 6 illustrates an app screen in which a fishing rod is thrown according to an embodiment. The throwing path 630 of the fishing rod 620 of the user 610 may be shown on the basis of 180 degrees, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may be displayed in various forms.

In one embodiment, the user 610 may be provided with a virtual simulation. For example, the throw acceleration of the fishing rod 620 and the rotational angular velocity can be used to generate a throw simulation, and the simulation can be played or paused when the user 610 interacts with the play / pause button.

Information on the throwing speed 640 and the throwing direction 650 can also be displayed on one side of the app screen. FIG. 6 illustrates an example in which the throwing speed is 50 km / h and the throwing direction deviates to the right from the user's reference direction.

The indications for the throwing speed 640 and throwing direction 650 are exemplary only and can be displayed in a variety of ways. Further, in the case of the throwing direction 650, not only the lateral direction but also the upward and downward throwing directions can be further displayed.

In another embodiment, if a fish is caught, it may indicate the weight of the fish being calculated. Alternatively, it is also possible to display the estimated size according to the weight of the fish being calculated.

The electronic device according to one embodiment can be used not only for actual fishing but also for virtual fishing. It is also possible to continuously store the data related to the user's fishing rod throwing into a database. Information on the degree of improvement in the average posture and posture can be calculated using information on a plurality of throws.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an app installed in a user terminal includes training for practicing a fishing rod throwing operation using an angular velocity and acceleration data to be measured, training for reeling a lure (following a fish action using a lure) (Training to pull a fish needle in a fish mouth or trunk by pulling it when the fish is stuck), and training in pulling a string by pulling a reel while struggling when a fish is fitted.

According to another embodiment, when actual fishing is performed, the user can pair with the user terminal and store information on a casting time, a hooking time, a casting location, a place where a fish is caught, and the like. In the case of the location information on the place where the fish is caught, a GPS chip included in the user terminal can be used. It is also possible to generate a fishing log using the stored information.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable array (FPA) A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

Although the embodiments have been described with reference to the drawings, various modifications and variations may be made by those skilled in the art. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (12)

A fishing reel detachable to a fishing rod,
A rotating part rotating so that the fishing line is wound;
A handle for transmitting a driving force to rotate the rotating portion;
A housing for fixing the rotating part and the handle; And
An electronic module fixed to the housing, comprising: a communication chip for establishing a communication connection with an external electronic terminal and exchanging information; a gyro sensor chip for measuring a rotational angular velocity of the housing in a plurality of directions; An acceleration sensor chip for measuring the acceleration of the gyro sensor chip, and a processor for controlling the communication chip to exchange the gyro sensor chip and the acceleration sensor chip collection information with the external device
. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the electronic module is packaged in a side cover type removable from the side of the housing to the housing. The method according to claim 1,
A thumb bar button for releasing a lock so that the reel can rotate in a direction in which the fishing line is released;
Wherein the control unit of the reel discriminates the unit measurement process by considering the thumb button as being the start of the casting operation. The method according to claim 1,
A thumb bar button for releasing a lock so that the reel can rotate in a direction in which the fishing line is released;
Wherein the control unit of the reel transmits a predetermined signal to the external device through the communication chip when the thumb bar button is pressed. The method according to claim 1,
A button disposed on one side of the reel and operable to allow the user to distinguish the current state from at least one of a standby state, a casting operation,
Further comprising:
Wherein the control unit of the reel transmits a signal corresponding to the operation state to the external device through the communication chip when the button is operated. A software program stored on a computer-readable recording medium, the program being executed by the computer to process data associated with a fishing operation, the program comprising:
Processing data received from an electronic module of an external fishing reel to determine that the received data corresponds to at least one of a casting operation, an action operation, and a hooking operation of fishing;
Processing the data to render the behavior of the template model for motion corresponding to the data; And
Processing the data to render a graph corresponding to the data;
≪ / RTI > The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the data includes rotational angular velocity data for a plurality of directions provided by the gyro sensor chip included in the electronic module of the fishing reel, acceleration data in at least one direction provided by the acceleration sensor chip included in the electronic module, Wherein the software program includes time synchronization data. The method according to claim 6,
An instruction set for processing the data to update a fishing journal DB field
≪ / RTI > An electronic device detachable to a fishing rod or a fishing rod reel,
A communication chip for establishing a communication connection with an external electronic terminal and exchanging information;
A gyro sensor chip for measuring a rotational angular velocity with respect to a plurality of directions of the housing;
An acceleration sensor chip for measuring an acceleration in at least one direction of the housing; And
A processor for controlling the communication chip to exchange collected information of the gyro sensor chip and the acceleration sensor chip with the external device,
≪ / RTI > 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the electronic device has a structure that can be fastened to the fastening portion of the side cover of the fishing rod reel so that the electronic device can be fastened in place at the position where the side cover is removed. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the electronic device has a structure that can be packaged in a housing coupled to a clip structure that can be fastened to the fishing rod and fixed to the fishing rod. 10. The method of claim 9,
A button disposed at one side of the housing and operable to allow the user to distinguish the current state from at least one of a standby state, a casting operation,
Further comprising:
Wherein the processor transmits a signal corresponding to the operation state to the external device via the communication chip when the button is operated.

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