JP2896376B2 - Electric reel with shelf candidate display function - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electric reel having a shelf candidate display function.

(Prior Art) There is an electric reel that winds a fishing line on a spool using the rotational force of an electric motor. Also, a recent electric reel is equipped with a microcomputer, and there is also known an electric reel capable of measuring the amount of fishing line fed from a spool via a measuring means and displaying the measured amount (for example, JP-A-1-155206). 59-11
No. 7365). In the former, a fishing line is wound around the outer periphery and directly or indirectly abuts the outer periphery of a rotating spool, and is rotatable with the rotation of the spool, and a rotating body having one magnet, and a rotating body having one magnet. A reed switch for detecting the magnetic force of the magnet, a detector for outputting a rotation speed signal, a calculation unit for calculating the feeding of the fishing line from the rotation speed signal, and a display for displaying the feeding amount And whether the tip of the fishing line has reached the depth of the shelf can be known from the amount of the drawn fishing line. The latter includes various parameters (spool diameter, total line winding amount, total number of rotations) determined by the number of spool rotations, the type of reel, and the number of fishing lines used.
, And the depth can be displayed in terms of the amount of fishing line pulled out.

In addition, JP-A-63-185332 and JP-A-60-244248
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H11-146, the number of rotations of the spool and the outermost diameter of the fishing line wound on the spool are measured, and the amount of reeling out of the fishing line is calculated from the measured value. The relationship between the number of rotations and the amount of payout of the fishing line from the spool is actually measured with respect to the number of rotations of the spool for each line diameter, and a relational expression between the number of rotations and the amount of payout is stored in advance. In some cases, the payout amount is calculated from the value. By measuring the amount of fishing line dispensed, the water depth at which the tackle is present can be detected, so that the tackle can be accurately dropped to a desired shelf. In view of this, in the case of an electric reel equipped with a microcomputer, there has also appeared an electric reel provided with a function of memorizing a water depth of a fishing shelf (corresponding to an amount of feeding of fishing line) so as to be remembered. This type of electric reel is, for example, for pressing a switch when hitting a perfect shelf, storing and displaying the current fishing line feed amount corresponding to the water depth of the shelf on the display unit.

Even after the user once winds all the fishing lines, the user can read the value on the shelf indicated on the display unit and pay out the fishing line to the value, thereby lowering the device on the shelf at the water depth again.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the above-described conventional electric reel having a shelf display function has the following problems.

In the case where the result of fishing on the shelf once stored does not increase, the user searches the shelf near the top and bottom of the shelf. Then, when catching on a new shelf, the switch must be pressed again to memorize the water depth of the shelf. However, in actual fishing, if a fish is caught, the fishing rod must be operated, and there is little room for pressing the switch and re-storing. Accordingly, there is a problem that the water depth of a new shelf cannot be left as data.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an electric reel with a shelf candidate display function capable of storing and displaying the changed shelf water depth as the next shelf candidate value without user operation when the shelf water depth changes. The purpose is to provide.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.

That is, a measuring unit that measures the amount of fishing line fed from the spool, a third memory that stores the next shelf candidate value,
At least a display unit capable of displaying the candidate value of the next shelf, and in a state where the fishing line has been fed out by a predetermined amount or more, the feeding amount is repeatedly measured via the measuring unit, and the measured feeding amount is the same as before. When the maximum feeding amount exceeds the maximum feeding amount, the maximum feeding amount is updated to the measured feeding amount, and the updated maximum feeding amount is stored in the third memory as a candidate value for the next shelf and stored in the third memory. The third memory is stored in the memory and the third memory is updated. Even if the measured feeding amount does not exceed the maximum feeding amount, if the feeding amount does not change for a certain period of time, the measured feeding amount is stored in the next shelf. The third memory is updated as a candidate value, and when the fishing line is wound and the feeding amount is less than the predetermined amount, the next shelf candidate value stored in the third memory is displayed on the display unit. And a control unit for causing

(Action) The action will be described.

From the normal fishing mode, the shelf where the fishing line is drawn out to the maximum or the shelf that stayed for a certain period of time while traversing the shelf while winding up the fishing line from the maximum feeding position can be determined to be the shelf where the fish was caught. When the control unit winds up the fishing line from the maximum feeding position and the maximum feeding position and searches the shelves, the feeding amount of the fishing line when the feeding and winding of the fishing line have not been performed for a certain time, that is, the feeding amount for a certain time or more. If the unloading amount does not change and the storage amount is automatically stored as a candidate value for the next shelf selectively according to a certain condition, the user can accurately retrieve the data of the previously caught shelf without performing any special operation. Save and be able to know later.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 1 (a plan view of the electric reel of the embodiment) and FIG. 2 (a block diagram).

Reference numeral 12 denotes a spool on which a fishing line 14 is wound. The spool 12 is rotated by a DC motor 16 built in the main body of the electric reel 10. The rotation of the spool 12 allows the fishing line 14 to be wound up.

The electric reel 10 is of a type controlled by a built-in microcomputer (microprocessor). The main body includes an input unit 20 including a memory switch 18 for instructing the depth of the shelf, and a spool of a fishing line 14 substantially corresponding to the water depth of the device. There is provided a display unit 22 composed of a liquid crystal display for displaying the current feed amount from the storage unit 12, the depth of the shelf stored by operating the storage switch 18, and a candidate value for the next shelf described later. In this embodiment, the current feeding amount is always displayed, and either the stored shelf depth or the next shelf candidate value is displayed alongside the current feeding amount.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a ROM (Read Only Memory), which stores an operating system of the microcomputer system, a control program, and the like.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a RAM (Random Access Memory), which includes a first memory 28, a second memory 30, a third memory 32, and a fourth memory 34. The first memory 28 stores the current feeding amount of the fishing line 14 which substantially corresponds to the current changing water depth of the tackle. The second memory 30 stores the maximum feed amount of the fishing line 14 substantially corresponding to the water depth at which the gimmick has been dropped the most. The third memory 32 has a water depth (amount of the fishing line 14 paid out) which is a candidate value of a shelf for dropping a tackle in the next fishing.
Is stored. The fourth memory 34 has the storage switch 18
The feeding amount of the fishing line 14 substantially corresponding to the water depth of the shelf when is pressed is stored.

36 is a measuring unit, which is provided in the electric reel 10 main body,
Abuts the outer periphery of spool 12 around which fishing line 14 is wound, and
It has a roller (not shown) that rolls with the rotation of 12, and determines the number of rotations and the rotation direction of the roller so that the fishing line
A data signal for determining the amount of feeding and the feeding or winding is generated (see JP-A-1-155206).

Reference numeral 38 denotes a control unit, which is a control circuit incorporating a microcomputer. Motor 1 according to the control program on ROM24
The rotation control 6 and the display output of the display unit 22 are controlled.

Next, the water depth (amount of the fishing line 14 to be fed out, the same applies hereinafter) indicating the depth of the shelf of the electric reel 10 configured as described above will be described.
The description will be made with further reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the control unit 38 for controlling the same function.

When the power of the electric reel 10 is turned on (step 100), R
The control program is loaded from the OM 24 to the control unit 38. RA
Each of the memories 28, 30, 32, 34,... Of the M26 is cleared to zero (step 102). Then, when the user lowers the device into the water, the fishing line 14 is fed from the spool 12, so the measuring unit 36 measures the feeding amount of the fishing line 14, sends a data signal to the control unit 38, and the control unit 38 performs arithmetic processing. The current feed amount L is obtained, stored in the first memory 28 (step 104), and displayed on the display unit 22 (step 106). The first measured value becomes the maximum feed amount MAX as it is, and is stored in the second memory 30 (step 108). Subsequently, the feed amount L of the fishing line 14 is measured, the first memory 28 is updated (step 110), and displayed on the display unit 22 (step 112). Then, it is compared with the maximum feeding amount MAX (step 114), and if it is smaller than the maximum feeding amount MAX, the process returns to step 110. If the feed amount L exceeds the maximum feed amount MAX in step 114, the second memory 30 is updated with the current feed amount L as a new maximum feed amount MAX (step 1).
16). Subsequently, it is checked whether the current feed amount L is 10 m or more (step 118). This 10m value is 10m for fishing line 14.
In the case where the fishing is carried out as described above, it is a state in which fishing is actually performed, and if it is less than 10 m, it is a numerical value that can be determined as a state in which fishing is not performed. This number is not necessarily 10m
Need not be. If the feeding amount L is less than 10 m in step 118, the process returns to step 110. If the feed amount L in step 118
Is 10m or more, the feed amount L at this time is the maximum feed amount MAX
Therefore, the delivery amount L is set to the third shelf candidate value CV for the third time.
(Step 120).

Subsequently, the current feed amount L is obtained again and the first memory 28 is stored.
Is updated (step 122) and displayed on the display unit 22 (step 124). Here, the feed amount L is compared with the maximum feed amount MAX (step 126), and if it exceeds the maximum feed amount MAX, the value in the second memory 30 is updated to the current feed amount L (step 12).
8) Further, the value of the third memory 32 is updated with the value of the second memory 30 (equal to the current feeding amount L) as a new candidate value CV (step 130). Here, the control unit 38 checks whether the storage switch 18 of the input unit 20 has been pressed (step 132). If the storage switch 18 is depressed, the current feeding amount L is stored in the fourth memory 34 as the shelf water depth SET to be stored (step 134), and is displayed on the display unit 22 together with the current feeding amount L ( Step 136) and return to step 122. On the other hand, if the storage switch 18 has not been pressed in step 132, the process directly returns to step 122.

In step 126, the current feed amount L is equal to the maximum feed amount M
In the case of AX or less, the control unit 38 checks whether or not the device stays at the water depth for 5 seconds or more using its own clock (step 138). This 5 seconds is a numerical value that can be determined to be fished when the tackle stays at the same depth for 5 seconds or more during fishing, and is not limited to 5 seconds. If it is determined in step 138 that the feeding and winding of the fishing line 14 is not performed for more than 5 seconds, the third memory 32 is updated with the feeding amount L as a new next-time shelf candidate value CV (step 140). On the other hand, if within 5 seconds, step 140
To jump. Also in step 142, it is checked whether or not the storage switch 18 of the input unit 20 has been pressed. If the storage switch 18 has not been pressed, the process returns to step 122. If the storage switch 18 has been pressed, the current feed amount L is set as the water depth SET of the shelf to be stored. The result is stored in the fourth memory 34 (step 144), and is displayed on the display unit 22 together with the current feeding amount L. In the case of the present embodiment, as the candidate value CV, the delivery amount L that has been left for 5 seconds or more has priority over the maximum delivery amount MAX. Further, it is checked whether the current water depth L is less than 10 m (step 148). Since the current feed amount L is smaller than the maximum feed amount MAX in step 126, the fishing line 1
It can be determined that the winding of No. 4 has been performed, and if it is 10 m or more, the process returns to step 122. However, if the feeding amount L is less than 10 m, it is determined that fishing has ended, and the control unit 38 informs the user the next time. In order to notify the candidate value CV of the shelf, the stored depth of the shelf SET displayed on the display unit 22 is deleted and the third memory 32 is displayed.
The candidate value CV in the display is blinked (step 150). Thus, the user can know the candidate value CV. Note that the user can select the water depth SE stored in the fourth memory 34 from the candidate value CV.
If the user wants to know T, it can be read out by an appropriate switch operation of the input unit 20. The feeding amount L of the fishing line 14 is again 10 m.
At this point, the value of the fourth memory 34 may be displayed on the display unit 22 again.

As described above, the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in various ways, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.
Of course, many modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, for example, as described in the conventional example, the payout amount of the fishing line or the like may be calculated from the rotational speed of the spool.

(Effect of the Invention) When the electric reel with the shelf candidate display function according to the present invention is used, the maximum feeding amount of the fishing line that matches the feeding amount of the fishing line when fish is hooked, or the shelf while winding the fishing line from the maximum feeding position. The unwinding amount, which has not been changed since the fishing line has not been unwound and wound for a certain period of time during the search, is selectively set as a candidate value for the next shelf according to certain conditions. Even when the fish is hooked and the operation of the fishing rod is busy, the payout amount is automatically stored without performing the operation of storing the payout amount of the fishing line when the fish catches, so that the labor of the user's storage operation can be saved. In addition to this, the data on the shelf can be reliably left, and the data can be notified to the user when fishing is resumed, which is extremely convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of an electric reel according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram thereof, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of a control unit. 10 ... electric reel, 12 ... spool, 14 ... fishing line, 22 ...
... Display unit, 28 ... First memory, 30 ... Second memory, 32 ... Third
Memory, 36... Measuring unit, 38... Control unit.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-62-111621 (JP, A) JP 7-51902 (JP, Y2) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A01K 89 / 00-89/08

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A measuring unit for measuring an amount of fishing line fed from a spool; a third memory for storing a next shelf candidate value; a display unit for displaying at least the next shelf candidate value; In a state where the fishing line has been fed out by a predetermined amount or more, the feeding amount is repeatedly measured through the measuring unit, and when the measured feeding amount exceeds the maximum feeding amount up to that time, the maximum feeding amount is measured. And the updated maximum feeding amount is stored in the third memory as the next shelf candidate value, and the third memory is updated, and the measured feeding amount exceeds the maximum feeding amount. If the feed amount does not change for a certain period of time even if there is no change, the measured feed amount is stored as a next shelf candidate value in the third memory, the third memory is updated, and the fishing line is wound. When the delivery amount is less than the predetermined amount 3 of the electric reel with shelves candidate display function, wherein a candidate value of the next shelf memory stored and a control unit for displaying to the display unit.