IP Library Granted Patent US 11,834,207
Granted Patent B2
US 11,834,207 · App. 18/319,741 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Fishing system

Inventor: Toshio Ogane (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ACTUAL TOKYO INC.
B64U20/87B64U2101/05B64U2201/20
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Patent No.
US 11,834,207
App. No.
18/319,741
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fishing system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle and a fishing line fixing portion placed on a main body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the fishing line fixing portion including a first fixing portion for fixing a fishing line and a second fixing portion detachably connected to the first fixing portion. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes an imaging device, a fish school tracking processing unit configured to identify a fish in imaging data captured by the imaging device and control the unmanned aerial vehicle to track the fish. A connection between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion is released when the fish is hooked on an artificial bait attached to a first end of the fishing line.

Claims (35)

1. A fishing system comprising:

an unmanned aerial vehicle; and

a fishing line fixing portion detachably fixed to a main body of the unmanned aerial vehicle and fixing a fishing line,

wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:

an imaging device,

a connection control unit configured to release a fixing between the main body and the fishing line fixing portion,

a fish school tracking processing unit configured to identify a fish in imaging data captured by the imaging device and control the unmanned aerial vehicle to track the fish, and

a hooking determination processing unit configured to determine whether the fish is hooked on an artificial bait attached to a first end of the fishing line.

2. The fishing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fishing line fixing portion comprises a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion, and

a fixing between the main body and the first fixing portion and a fixing between the main body and the second fixing portion are independently released.

3. The fishing system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the artificial bait is dropped into the sea together with the first fixing portion when the fixing between the main body and the first fixing portion is released.

4. The fishing system according to claim 3 ,

wherein the fixing between the main body and the second fixing portion is released and the second fixing portion is dropped into the sea when the fish is hooked.

5. A fishing system comprising:

an unmanned aerial vehicle; and

a fishing line fixing portion fixed to a main body of the unmanned aerial vehicle and fixing a fishing line,

wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:

an imaging device,

a connection control unit configured to release a fixing of the fishing line by the fishing line fixing portion,

a fish school tracking processing unit configured to identify a fish in imaging data captured by the imaging device and control the unmanned aerial vehicle to track the fish, and

a hooking determination processing unit configured to determine whether the fish is hooked on an artificial bait attached to a first end of the fishing line,

the fishing line fixing portion comprises a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion,

a fixing of the fishing line by the first fixing portion and a fixing of the fishing line by the second fixing portion are independently released,

the artificial bait is dropped into the sea when the fixing of the fishing line by the first fixing portion is released, and

the fixing of the fishing line by the second fixing portion is released when the fish is hooked.

6. The fishing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hooking determination processing unit makes determinations based on an information from a group of sensors provided on the unmanned aerial vehicle.

7. The fishing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hooking determination processing unit makes determinations by identifying a position of the fish in imaging data captured by the imaging device.

8. The fishing system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the hooking determination processing unit makes determinations based on an information from a group of sensors provided on the unmanned aerial vehicle.

9. The fishing system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the hooking determination processing unit makes determinations by identifying a position of the fish in imaging data captured by the imaging device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2023
From: OGANE, TOSHIO
To: ACTUAL TOKYO INC.
Reel/Frame 063684/0421 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-192728 · Nov 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021038086 · Oct 14, 2021
Related Publication 20230286680A1 · Sep 14, 2023
Cited By (1)
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