NAVIGATION OF A BOUNDARY AREA USING DRIFT
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240017801A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US17863577

    申请日:2022-07-13

    申请人: NAVICO HOLDING AS

    IPC分类号: B63B49/00 G05D1/02

    CPC分类号: B63B49/00 G05D1/0206

    摘要: Systems and method for providing navigational control of a watercraft are provided herein. The system comprises a display, processor and memory. The memory including computer program code is configured to cause presentation of a chart on the display including at least a portion of the body of water. The system further receives user input indicating initiation of a drift protocol, including indication of a boundary area for which the watercraft will drift through, and causes presentation of the boundary area on the chart. The system determines an instance when the watercraft drifts outside of the boundary area and provides an alert when the watercraft exits or nears the boundary area. The system determines a starting position corresponding to the boundary area and engages an autopilot to cause the watercraft to navigate to the starting position or provides instructions to enable the user to navigate the watercraft to the starting position.

    VARIABLE RANGE ESTIMATION FOR A MARINE VESSEL

    公开(公告)号:US20230273026A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-31

    申请号:US17682437

    申请日:2022-02-28

    申请人: Navico Holding AS

    发明人: Alan P. Davis

    IPC分类号: G01C21/20 B63B49/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for indicating a navigable area that is reachable by a watercraft with a current amount of energy is provided. The system comprises a display, a processor and a memory, including a computer code configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive position data indicating a current geographic location of a watercraft; receive tidal data for the current geographic location of the watercraft; determine, based on energy remaining data, an estimated available travel distance for operating a motor of the watercraft before the watercraft runs out of energy; and generate an overlay for a chart. The overlay comprises a boundary area corresponding to the estimated available travel distance and the effect of the tide on the watercraft. The computer code further presents the overlay on the chart to visually indicate travel options from the current geographic location.

    RADAR WAVEGUIDE AND CHOKE ASSEMBLY
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230170596A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US17537781

    申请日:2021-11-30

    申请人: NAVICO HOLDING AS

    IPC分类号: H01P3/123 H01P1/208

    CPC分类号: H01P3/123 H01P1/2088

    摘要: A radar device for limiting radio-frequency power leakage is provided. The radar device includes a first component, and a second component. The first component has a first surface and a first waveguide that defines a first cavity. The second component has a second surface and a second waveguide that defines a second cavity. A first groove is provided that acts as a choke, and the first groove is defined in the first surface. The first component and the second component are assembled so that an air gap is maintained between the first waveguide and the second waveguide. The first waveguide and the second waveguide are configured to facilitate transmission of radio-frequency power. The first groove is configured to reduce leakage of radio-frequency power through the air gap. Additional chokes may also be included.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF COMMUNICATION AMONG ELECTRONIC DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH WATERCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20230150621A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US17528225

    申请日:2021-11-17

    申请人: NAVICO HOLDING AS

    摘要: Methods and systems enabling electronic devices associated with each of at least two watercrafts to dynamically form ad hoc wireless networks when the corresponding watercrafts are within range of one another are provided. Data transfer on the water is thus enhanced via such ad hoc mesh-type networks. A method of distributing marine electronics data includes receiving, over a first wireless local area network at an electronic device associated with a first watercraft, marine electronics data from an electronic device associated with a second watercraft; establishing a second wireless local area network between the electronic device associated with the first watercraft and an electronic device associated with a third watercraft; and transmitting the marine electronics data received from the electronic device associated with the second watercraft from the electronic device associated with the first watercraft to the electronic device associated with the third watercraft over the second wireless local area network.

    TROLLING MOTOR AND SONAR DEVICE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20230143089A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US18147101

    申请日:2022-12-28

    申请人: NAVICO HOLDING AS

    摘要: Example steering control systems and methods for multiple devices are provided herein. A system includes a trolling motor assembly having a propulsion motor and a steering actuator and a sonar assembly comprising a transducer assembly and a directional actuator. The system further includes a user input assembly that is configured to detect user activity related to controlling operation of the trolling motor assembly and operation of the sonar assembly. The system further includes a processor that is configured to determine a direction of turn based on user activity, generate an electrical turning input signal indicating the direction of turn, and direct either one or both of the steering actuator and the directional actuator, via the turning input signal, to adjust a direction of either one or both of the propulsion motor and the transducer assembly accordingly.

    BEAMFORMING SONAR SYSTEMS FOR SIDE LIVE SONAR, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230111196A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US18065774

    申请日:2022-12-14

    申请人: NAVICO HOLDING AS

    摘要: A system is provided for imaging an underwater environment. The system includes two or more arrays of transducer elements. Each array is operated at a fixed phase shift and varies in frequency so as to beamform multiple sonar return beams of a first range of angles and a second range of angles. The arrays can be oriented to create arcs of sonar coverage extending forward from a watercraft, from each side of the watercraft, and downward of the watercraft. Accordingly, multiple 2D live sonar images can be formed. One or more of the multiple sonar return beams can be selected and used to form sonar images that anglers are used to, without requiring separate transducer elements.

    Sidescan sonar imaging system
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11585921B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-21

    申请号:US15490489

    申请日:2017-04-18

    申请人: NAVICO HOLDING AS

    摘要: Provided are a sonar system and transducer assembly for producing a 3D image of an underwater environment. The sonar system may include a housing mountable to a watercraft having a transmit transducer that may transmit sonar pulses into the water. The system may include at least one sidescan transducer array in the housing that receives first and second sonar returns with first and second transducer elements and converts the first and second returns into first and second sonar return data. A sonar signal processor may then generate a 3D mesh data using the first and second sonar return data and at least a predetermined distance between the transducer elements. An associated method of using the sonar system is also provided.

    SONAR BEAM ZONE PRESENTATION
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220268927A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17349046

    申请日:2021-06-16

    申请人: NAVICO HOLDING AS

    发明人: Mathew J. Hooper

    摘要: Systems and methods for determining a location of an object within a sonar beam zone are detailed herein. A system for presenting marine data includes at least one sonar transducer associated with a watercraft, a display, processor(s), and a memory including a computer program code. The sonar transducer emits sonar beams into an underwater environment defining a beam shape. The program code, when executed, causes, on the display, presentation of a chart and a representation of the watercraft; and determines, based on the beam shape corresponding to the sonar transducer, a sonar beam zone corresponding to a sonar coverage of the underwater environment of the body of water. The program code further receives sonar return data and determines a position of an object within the sonar beam zone, and causes, on the display, presentation of the sonar beam zone and an indication of the object within the sonar beam zone.