Terminal control program, terminal apparatus, and reel information management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023229421-A1
Application number	US-202318097974-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 17, 2023
Priority date	Jan 19, 2022
Publication date	Jul 20, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A terminal control program according to the present disclosure causes a terminal apparatus to perform: receiving model information and version information that have been automatically transmitted from a fishing electric reel in response to a first request transmitted according to a user's operation; storing a reel control program of a latest version of the fishing electric reel of a model indicated by the model information; transmitting the reel control program of the latest version to the fishing electric reel, in a case where a version indicated by the received version information does not match the latest version; and changing a screen for setting or displaying reel information to the screen that corresponds to the reel control program of the latest version.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A terminal control program of a terminal apparatus that can display a screen for setting or displaying reel information relating to a fishing electric reel controlled according to a reel control program, the terminal control program causing the terminal apparatus to perform:
transmitting, to the fishing electric reel, a first request requesting that model information and version information be transmitted, in response to an operation of a user, the model information indicating a model of the fishing electric reel, the version information indicating a version of the reel control program of the fishing electric reel; receiving the model information and the version information that have been automatically transmitted from the fishing electric reel in response to the first request; storing the reel control program of a latest version of the fishing electric reel of the model indicated by the model information; transmitting the reel control program of the latest version to the fishing electric reel, in a case where the version indicated by the version information that has been received does not match the latest version; and changing the screen for setting or displaying the reel information to the screen that corresponds to the reel control program of the latest version.

2 . The terminal control program according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal apparatus can communicate with a server apparatus that stores the reel control program of the latest version for each of a plurality of the models of the fishing electric reel, the terminal apparatus is caused to perform: transmitting, to the server apparatus, a second request requesting that latest version information be transmitted, in a case where the model information has been received, the latest version information indicating the latest version of the reel control program of the model indicated by the model information; and receiving the latest version information that has been automatically transmitted from the server apparatus in response to the second request, and in the transmitting of the reel control program of the latest version to the fishing electric reel, the terminal apparatus is caused to perform: transmitting, to the server apparatus, a third request requesting that the reel control program of the latest version of the fishing electric reel of the model indicated by the model information be transmitted, in a case where the version information that has been received does not match the latest version information that has been received; receiving the reel control program of the latest version that has been automatically transmitted from the server apparatus in response to the third request; and transmitting, to the fishing electric reel, the reel control program of the latest version that has been received.

3 . A terminal apparatus that can display a screen for setting or displaying reel information relating to a fishing electric reel controlled according to a reel control program, the terminal apparatus comprising:
a terminal transmitter that transmits information to the fishing electric reel; a terminal receiver that receives the information from the fishing electric reel; a storage processing unit; and a display processing unit, wherein the terminal transmitter transmits, to the fishing electric reel, a first request requesting that model information and version information be transmitted, in response to an operation of a user, the model information indicating a model of the fishing electric reel, the version information indicating a version of the reel control program of the fishing electric reel, the terminal receiver receives the model information and the version information that have been automatically transmitted from the fishing electric reel in response to the first request, the storage processing unit stores the reel control program of a latest version of the fishing electric reel of the model indicated by the model information, the terminal transmitter transmits the reel control program of the latest version to the fishing electric reel, in a case where the version indicated by the version information that has been received does not match the latest version, and the display processing unit changes the screen for setting or displaying the reel information to the screen that corresponds to the reel control program of the latest version.

4 . A reel information management system comprising:
a fishing electric reel that is controlled according to a reel control program; and a terminal apparatus that can display a screen for setting or displaying reel information relating to the fishing electric reel, wherein the fishing electric reel comprises: a reel storage that stores model information, the reel control program, and version information, the model information indicating a model of the fishing electric reel, the version information indicating a version of the reel control program; a reel receiver that receives request information from the terminal apparatus; a reel transmitter that transmits information to the terminal apparatus; and a setting unit, the terminal apparatus comprises: a terminal transmitter that transmits the information to the fishing electric reel; a terminal receiver that receives the information from the fishing electric reel; a storage processing unit; and a display processing unit, the terminal transmitter transmits, to the fishing electric reel, a first request requesting that the model information and the version information be transmitted, in response to an operation of a user, the reel receiver receives the first request that has been transmitted from the terminal apparatus, the reel transmitter transmits, to the terminal apparatus, the model information and the version information that have been stored in the reel storage, in response to the first request, the terminal receiver receives the model information and the version information that have been transmitted from the fishing electric reel, the storage processing unit stores the reel control program of a latest version of the fishing electric reel of the model indicated by the model information, the terminal transmitter transmits the reel control program of the latest version to the fishing electric reel, in a case where the version indicated by the version information that has been received does not match the latest version, the reel receiver receives the reel control program of the latest version that has been transmitted from the terminal apparatus, in response to reception of the reel control program, the setting unit deletes the reel control program that has been stored in the reel storage, and stores, in the reel storage, the reel control program of the latest version that has been received, and the display processing unit changes the screen for setting or displaying the reel information to the screen that corresponds to the reel control program of the latest version.

Assignees

• Globeride Inc

Inventors

• Kano Shuta
• Nagasawa Hiroya
• Miya Yukihisa

Classifications

• G06F8/65 Primary

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• A01K99/00

  Methods or apparatus for fishing not provided for in groups A01K69/00 - A01K97/00 · CPC title

• A01K97/125 Primary

  using electronic components · CPC title

• G08C17/02

  using a radio link · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title