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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoo Wada, Ashiya, JP;
Assignee:
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/96 (2006.01); A01K 97/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/96 (2013.01); A01K 97/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fish finder system for a vessel is provided with an interface to connect with a transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal into a water body and receive a reflected echo signal, and an autopilot device configured to control a rudder being attached to the vessel. Further, the fish finder system is provided with processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the interface and configured to detect a position of a fishing rig, measure a vector from the vessel to the fishing rig, and generate a rudder control signal for the autopilot device to control the rudder based on the measured vector.