JP2003000111A - Fishing reel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly get fishing information from an information collecting means mounted on a fishing boat by using a fishing reel having a displaying part. SOLUTION: The fishing reel is used on a fishing boat having an information collecting means capable of collecting one or multiple kinds of information on fishing and is composed of a reel body 1, a line-winding spool 10, a displaying device 4, a communication controlling part 50, a wireless transmitter- receiver 51 and a main controlling part 30. The line-winding spool 10 is rotatably attached to the reel body 1. The displaying device 4 is attached to the reel body 1 and displays various kinds of information. The wireless transmitter-receiver 51 can receive one or multiple kinds of fishing information collected by the fishing boat. The one or multiple kinds of fishing information received by the wireless transmitter-receiver 51 are displayed on the displaying device 4 by the communication controlling part 50 and the main controlling part 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fishing reel, and more particularly to a fishing reel used in a fishing boat having an information collecting means capable of collecting one or more fishing information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A fishing boat is equipped with an information collecting device such as a fish finder or a global positioning system (GPS) capable of collecting information about fishing. The boatman verbally provides the angler with the fishing information collected by these information collecting devices. Further, some boat reels used for boat fishing are equipped with a display device for displaying water depth called a counter. The counter uses, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and can display the water depth of the device based on information from the detection means provided on the reel. Also, when the shelf position is provided from the boatman, it is set on the reel and the shelf position is displayed on the counter. Furthermore, depending on the reel, when the tackle is placed at the shelf position, the feeding of the fishing line is automatically stopped.

[0003]

The fishing information such as the shelf position may change due to the movement of the school of fish. It is important to know this change promptly in order to improve fishing results. However, in the fishing reel having the conventional display device, the displayed information is limited to the information based on various detecting means provided on the fishing reel. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain fishing information in real time, which is known from the boat other than the information based on the detection means.

An object of the present invention is to enable a fishing reel having a display means to quickly obtain fishing information from information collecting means mounted on a fishing boat.

[0005]

A fishing reel according to a first aspect of the present invention is a reel used in a fishing boat having information collecting means capable of collecting one or a plurality of fishing information. It comprises a spool, a display means, an information acquisition means, and an information display means. The spool for bobbin winding is rotatably mounted on the reel unit. The display means is attached to the reel unit and can display various information. The information acquisition unit is a unit that can acquire one or a plurality of pieces of fishing information collected by a fishing boat. The information display means is a means for displaying on the display means one or a plurality of pieces of fishing information acquired by the information acquisition means.

[0006] With this fishing reel, the fishing information obtained by the information collecting means mounted on the fishing boat is obtained by the information obtaining means using, for example, wired or wireless. The acquired fishing information is displayed on the display means by the information display means. Here, since the fishing information collected by the information collecting means of the fishing boat is displayed on the reel fishing reel of the angler, it is possible to quickly obtain the fishing information from the information collecting means mounted on the fishing boat.

A fishing reel according to a second aspect of the present invention is the reel according to the first aspect, wherein the information display means has a selection means for selecting one of a plurality of pieces of fishing information. In this case, any one of the plurality of fishing information can be selected, so that the fishing information can be accurately known. A fishing reel according to a third aspect of the present invention is the reel according to the second aspect, wherein the plurality of pieces of fishing information indicate a rack position of the fish obtained from a fish finder mounted on the fishing boat, a situation of the fish, and a moving direction of the fish. 1 Fishing information and Global Positioning System (GP)
It is the second fishing information indicating the current position and the fishing location obtained from S), and the selecting means can select either the first fishing information or the second fishing information. In this case, the first fishing information about the fish collected by the fish finder and the second fishing information about the position obtained from the GPS can be selected and displayed.

A fishing reel according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the reel according to the first aspect, wherein the information display means displays a plurality of pieces of fishing information on a single screen. In this case, since a plurality of pieces of fishing information are displayed on one screen, many pieces of information can be recognized at once. A fishing reel according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the reel according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, in which the water depth measuring means capable of measuring the water depth of the tackle connected to the fishing line wound around the spool and the water depth measuring means are used. Water depth display means for displaying the water depth on the display means is further provided. Since the water depth of the tackle is also displayed as in the past, more fishing information is available.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In FIG. 1, an electric reel which is a fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present invention is a reel having a display section 5. The electric reel includes a reel body 1 and
A handle 2 for spool rotation arranged on the side of the reel body 1, a star drag 3 for drag adjustment arranged on the reel body 1 side of the handle 2, and an opening / closing type provided on the upper portion of the reel body 1. The display device 4 is mainly provided.

The reel body 1 is mounted on a fishing rod, and includes a frame 7 composed of a pair of left and right side plates 7a, 7b and a plurality of connecting portions 8 for connecting them, and It has side covers 9a and 9b.
A rotating shaft (not shown) of the handle 2 is rotatably supported by the side cover 9b on the handle 2 side. A connector cord 19 for connecting an external power supply is provided on the side plate 7a side of the rear connecting portion 8. The connector cord 19 has a length of, for example, about 1 m, and a connector 19a for connecting a power cord is provided at the tip. A rod attachment leg 8a for attaching a fishing rod is attached to the lower connecting portion 8.

A spool 10 connected to a handle 2 is rotatably supported inside the reel unit 1. Inside the spool 10, a motor 12 that drives the spool 10 to rotate in the yarn winding direction is arranged. A clutch lever 11 and a motor 12 for operating a clutch mechanism (not shown) are provided on the side surface of the side cover 9b on the handle 2 side.
A joystick 13 with a four-way switch and a push switch for turning on and off, shifting, various communication operations, and the like is arranged. The joystick 13
It is usually located at the center push switch. The joystick 13 is used for turning the motor 12 on and off and for increasing and decreasing the speed in the fishing mode described later. In the communication mode, it is used for menu selection and selection of selected items by moving the cursor.

The display device 4 has a counter case 4a arranged on the upper part of the reel unit 1 so as to be openable and closable.
As shown in FIG. 1, the counter case 4a is a case made of an aluminum alloy, and various electric parts are stored in the internal space. On the left side of the counter case 4a, a wireless transmission / reception unit 5 for taking in fishing information from a fish finder mounted on a fishing boat or an information collecting device such as GPS.
2 is attached.

The display device 4 is, as shown in FIG. 2, a CPU, a RAM, and a RO for performing water depth display control and motor drive control.
It has a main controller 30 composed of a microcomputer including an M, I / O interface and the like. Main controller 30
Includes a joystick 13, various keys of the operation key unit 6, a spool sensor 41 for detecting the rotational position and direction of the spool 10, a spool counter 42 whose value changes every predetermined pulse of the spool sensor 41, and a wireless transceiver unit. A communication control unit 50 for controlling 51 is connected. Further, the main controller 30 includes a buzzer 43 for outputting various alarms, a display unit 5 for performing various displays,
The storage unit 45 for storing various data and the PW for the motor 12
A PWM drive circuit 44 including an M drive FET and the like, and other input / output units are connected. The spool sensor 41 is
It has two reed switches arranged side by side in the rotation direction of the spool 10. The spool rotation position and speed are detected by the pulse of the reed switch, and the rotation direction is determined by which reed switch first issued the pulse. Can be detected. A wireless transmission / reception unit 51 is connected to the communication control unit 50, and fishing information from a fish finder 52 or a GPS 53 provided on a fishing boat can be fetched by wireless communication. Fish finder 52 and G mounted on a fishing boat
The PS 53 is connected to the communication control unit 54, and the communication control unit 54 is connected to the wireless transmission / reception unit 55. The communication control unit 54 and the wireless transmission / reception unit 55 are also mounted on the fishing boat. Then, data is transmitted and received between the wireless transmission / reception unit 51 mounted on the electric reel and the wireless transmission / reception unit mounted on the fishing boat by a predetermined communication protocol, and the fish finder 5
2 or the data of the fishing information obtained by the GPS 53 can be taken into the electric reel.

The display unit 5 is composed of a dot-matrix color TFT liquid crystal display (LCD) for displaying information taken in from the outside in addition to information such as the water depth of the tackle and shelf position. The display unit 5 is arranged at a position visible from the back surface that is hidden when the counter case 4a is closed, and has a lens cover (not shown) made of transparent resin on the outside. In the communication mode, which will be described later, the display unit 5 displays a menu in the communication mode and fishing information based on the menu operation, as shown in FIG.

The operation key portion 6 is arranged below the display portion 5 on the back surface of the counter case 4a. The operation key portion 6 is a mode switching key CO arranged on the right side of FIG.
It has M and ten numeric keys TN which are arranged in two stages at the top and bottom. The mode switching key COM switches the display mode between the communication mode and the fishing mode. Here, the communication mode is a mode used when acquiring fishing information from a fishing boat via the connected wireless transmission / reception unit 51, and the fishing mode is a water depth display or spool when fishing. This is a mode for displaying various information such as 10 speed displays.

The numeric keypad TN is used in the fishing mode.
It is used for operations such as setting shelf memos and switching between various learning modes. In communication mode, fish finder 52 and GPS
Numbers used to obtain fishing information from 53,
It is used for inputting characters and symbols. Next, main control processing performed by the main control unit 30 will be described with reference to control flowcharts shown in FIG.

When an external power source is connected to the electric reel, initialization is performed in step S1 shown in FIG. Here, various flags are reset and the display mode is set to the fishing mode. In step S2, display processing for the display unit 5 is performed. Here, in the fishing mode according to the display mode, the calculated water depth display and speed display are performed.
In the communication mode, as shown in FIG. 3A, the initial screen of the communication mode is displayed. On the initial screen of this communication mode, two menus, for example, "fish finder information" and "GPS information" are displayed as communication menus. Joystick 1 for these two fishing information
It can be selected by the operation of 3.

Here, the fish finder information is for processing fishing information obtained from the fish finder 52. G
The PS information is for displaying position information obtained from the GPS 53. From here, as shown in FIG.
It is possible to obtain information on the school of fish where fishing is performed and fishing information such as water temperature. In step S3, it is determined whether or not a key input is interrupted by operating the various keys of the operation key unit 6 and the joystick 13. Step S3
When a key input is made in step S6, the process proceeds to step S6, and key input processing is performed.

In step S4, it is determined whether the spool 10 has rotated. This determination is made by the spool sensor 41.
It is judged by the output of. If it is determined that the spool 10 is rotating, the process proceeds from step S4 to step S7. In step S7, it is determined whether or not the communication mode is set. When the communication mode is set, the process proceeds to step S8 and the display mode is switched from the communication mode to the fishing mode. When not in the communication mode and when the process of step S8 ends, the process proceeds to each operation mode process of step S9.

In step S5, it is determined whether or not another command is issued. When another command is issued, the process proceeds from step S5 to step S10, and another process corresponding to the command is performed. In the key input processing of step S6, it is determined whether or not the mode switching key COM has been operated in step S11 of FIG. In step S12, it is determined whether or not the joystick 13 has been operated. Step S
At 13, it is determined whether another key has been operated.

When it is determined that the mode switching key COM has been operated, the process proceeds from step S11 to step S15, and it is determined whether the display mode is the fishing mode. In the fishing mode, the process proceeds to step S16 and the display mode is switched to the communication mode. In the communication mode, step S17
And the display mode is switched to the fishing mode. When the display mode is switched to the communication mode, the communication control unit 50
By this, it becomes possible to communicate with the fishing boat by controlling the wireless transmission / reception unit 51.
The initial screen shown in (a) is displayed.

When the joystick 13 is operated, the process proceeds from step S12 to step S18. Step S
At 18, it is determined whether the display mode is the fishing mode.
If it is determined to be the fishing mode, the process proceeds to step S19, and the motor control process according to the operated key of the joystick 13 is performed. For example, when the joystick 13 is pressed to the center, the motor 12 is turned on / off, and when the joystick 13 is tilted forward, the speed is increased, and when it is tilted rearward, the speed is decreased. The left and right switches are disabled here.

In the communication mode, the process proceeds to step S20, and the menu control process for controlling the menu by moving the cursor is executed. In the menu control process of step S20, the cursor is moved on the display unit 5 by the four-direction switches of the joystick 13, and the menu is selected by pressing the central switch. For example, in the communication menu of FIG. 3A, when the joystick 13 is tilted up and down, the cursor moves the menu items up and down and the menu switch is pressed to select the menu. Information is received from the wireless transmission / reception unit 51, and the process proceeds to the next step. Then, when the cursor is moved up, down, left and right by the joystick 13 to perform some selection processing, it becomes possible to display the fishing information from the fish finder at the fishing site as shown in FIG. 3B.

In each operation mode process of step S9, it is determined in step S41 of FIG. 7 whether the rotation direction of the spool 10 is the yarn feeding direction. This determination is made depending on which of the reed switches of the spool sensor 41 first issued the pulse. If it is determined that the rotation direction of the spool 10 is the line feeding direction, the steps S41 to S41
Move to 42.

In step S42, the spool sensor 41
The data stored in the storage unit 45 is read from the value of the spool counter 42, which is decreased at every predetermined pulse, and the length of the delivered yarn is calculated, and further the water depth LX is calculated from the length of the yarn.
The obtained water depth LX is displayed in the display process of step S2. FIG. 6 shows a screen example of the display unit 5 at this time. In each operation mode process of the fishing mode, the display unit 5 displays information such as the water depth of the tackle, the shelf position, and the speed of the spool 10. In addition, 12 arranged vertically on the right side of the display unit 5.
The spool speeds displayed as individual squares are displayed in different colors at high speed, medium speed, and low speed, for example.

In step S43, it is determined whether the obtained water depth LX matches the shelf position, that is, whether the device has reached the shelf. In step S44, it is determined whether or not another fishing mode is set. If not in any other fishing mode,
After finishing each operation mode process, the process returns to the main routine. If the water depth matches the shelf position, steps S43 to S4
5, the buzzer 43 is sounded to notify that the device has reached the shelf. In the case of another fishing mode, the process proceeds from step S44 to step S46, and another specified fishing mode is executed.

When it is determined that the rotation of the spool 10 is in the yarn winding direction, the process proceeds from step S41 to step S49.
In step S49, the storage unit 45 determines from the value of the spool counter 42 that increases with each predetermined pulse of the spool sensor 41.
The data stored in is read out, the unwound yarn length is calculated, and the water depth LX is calculated from the yarn length. The obtained water depth LX is also displayed in the display process of step S2.

In step S50, it is determined whether or not the water depth matches the ship berth stop position. When it is not wound up to the ship berth stop position, the process returns to the main routine. When the boat edge stop position is reached, the process proceeds from step S50 to step S51. In step S51, the buzzer 43 is sounded to notify that the device is on the berth. Step S44
Then, the motor 12 is turned off. As a result, the fish is placed at a position where it can be easily taken in when the fish is caught. This boat edge stop position is set, for example, when the spool 10 is stopped for a predetermined time or longer within a water depth of 6 m.

Here, in the communication mode, the fish finder 52 and the GPS 5 are operated by operating the joystick 13.
The fishing information acquired by the fishing information collecting device such as 3 can be displayed on the display unit 5. Further, in the fishing mode, information such as the water depth of the tackle, the shelf position, the speed of the spool, and the like can be displayed on the display unit 5 based on the information from the detecting means provided on the reel. As described above, since the wireless transmission / reception unit 51 can communicate with the information collection device mounted on the fishing boat and the collected fishing information can be displayed on the display means, the spool sensor 41 or the like provided on the reel can be detected. It is possible to quickly obtain fishing information other than the information based on the means from the information collecting device mounted on the fishing boat.

Other Embodiments (a) In the above embodiment, the wireless transmission / reception unit wirelessly acquires the fishing information from the fishing boat, but the fishing information may be acquired by wire. When wired, the fishing information may be transmitted via a power cable that supplies electric power to the electric reel. In this case, information acquisition means for separating the fishing information superimposed on the power cable may be provided on the reel side.

(B) In the above embodiment, the color TFT is used.
The LCD of the method was used for the display unit 5, but a monochrome LCD
May be used. (C) In the above-described embodiment, the fish finder and the GPS are shown as the information collecting means of the fishing boat. However, when the fishing boat has a function of collecting internet information, the obtained internet information is displayed. You may allow it. Further, when the fishing boat can collect topographical information such as the seabed, the obtained topographical information may be displayed.

(D) In the above embodiment, the electric reel was described as an example of the fishing reel, but any fishing reel having a display portion, such as a manually wound dual-bearing reel, may be used. But it's okay. (E) In the above embodiment, the fishing information from the fish finder 52 and the fishing information from the GPS 53 are selectively displayed on the display unit 5, but two pieces of information are displayed on the display unit 5 on one screen. You may do it.

(F) A sound wave reflecting member is attached to the device,
The position of the device may be displayed on the screen in the communication mode.

[0034]

According to the present invention, the fishing information collected by the information collecting means of the fishing boat is displayed on the reel fishing reel of the angler, so that the fishing information from the information collecting means mounted on the fishing boat can be quickly displayed. Can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electric reel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of an electric reel.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in a communication mode.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents of processing of a main routine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the contents of key input processing.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in a fishing mode.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the contents of each dynamic operation mode process.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 reel body 4 Water depth indicator 5 Display 10 spools 30 Main control unit 50 Communication control unit 51 Wireless transceiver 52 Fish Finder 53 GPS

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Shoichi Nomura             3-77 Oromatsucho, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture             In Mano F-term (reference) 2B108 EA01 GA35

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A fishing reel used in a fishing boat having information collecting means capable of collecting one or a plurality of fishing information, comprising: a reel body; and a spool for spooling, which is rotatably mounted on the reel body. A display unit mounted on the reel body and capable of displaying various information; an information acquisition unit capable of acquiring the one or more fishing information collected by the fishing boat; and an information acquisition unit acquired. An information display means for displaying the one or a plurality of pieces of fishing information on the display means. 2. The fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein the information display means has a selection means for selecting any one of the plurality of fishing information. 3. The plurality of pieces of fishing information include a shelf position of a fish, a status of the school, obtained from a fish finder mounted on the fishing boat.
And first fishing information indicating a moving direction of the group, and second fishing information indicating a current position and a fishing location obtained from a global positioning system (GPS) mounted on the fishing boat, wherein the selecting means is the first fishing information. The fishing reel according to claim 2, wherein either one of the first fishing information and the second fishing information can be selected. 4. The fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein the information display means displays the plurality of pieces of fishing information on the display means on one screen. 5. A water depth measuring means capable of measuring a water depth of a tackle connected to a fishing line wound around the spool, and a water depth displaying means for displaying the water depth measured by the water depth measuring means on the display means. The fishing reel according to any one of claims 1 to 4.