Export user data from defined region

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9846038-B2
Application number	US-201313791805-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2013
Priority date	Jul 6, 2012
Publication date	Dec 19, 2017
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

Described herein are implementations of various technologies for an apparatus and method for providing navigation data. In one implementation, a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions. When the plurality of computer-executable instructions are executed by a computer, the plurality of executable instructions causes the computer to receive a user selection of a plurality of points of navigation data and receive a user selection of a geographical region. The computer can select at least a portion of the plurality of the points of the navigation data that are in the geographical region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
generate, at a marine electronic device on a watercraft and based on user input directed to the marine electronic device, a point of interest, wherein the point of interest comprises at least one of a waypoint, a route including a waypoint, or a trail including a waypoint, wherein the at least one waypoint, route, or trail includes a user-defined waypoint that was generated using a location determined by the marine electronic device while the watercraft was on a body of water;
store, in a memory of the marine electronic device, a plurality of points of interest that includes at least the generated point of interest;
receive, at the marine electronic device, user input defining a geographical region, wherein the defined geographical region is a smaller portion of a larger geographical region such that some of the plurality of points of interest lie outside of the defined geographical region;
determine, from the memory of the marine electronic device, a subset of the plurality of points of interest that lie within the defined geographical region;
form, from the memory of the marine electronic device, a file that includes the subset of the plurality of points of interest that lie within the defined geographical region and not the some of the plurality of points of interest that lie outside of the defined geographical region; and
transmit from the marine electronic device the formed file to a remote server for storage and later use.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to transmit the file to an external device comprise a plurality of computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to export the file using at least one of a serial port interface, a network interface, or a combination thereof using the interface.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to:
detect a file format used by the external device; and
format the file according to the detected file format used by the external device.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the at least one waypoint is associated with a depth gathered from a sonar system of the watercraft.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to receive the user input defining the geographical region further cause the computer to receive the user input in the form of a polygon shape directed to a chart displayed on a touch screen.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to receive the user input defining the geographical region further comprise a plurality of computer-readable instructions that cause the computer to receive a plurality of latitude and longitude coordinate pairs of the geographical region.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions that cause the computer to receive the plurality of latitude and longitude coordinate pairs further comprise a plurality of computer-readable instructions that cause the computer to:
display a map on a touch screen; and
receive a contact at a particular location on the touch screen, wherein the particular location on the touch screen is indicative of at least one pair of the plurality of latitude and longitude coordinate pairs.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to display the defined geographical region and the subset of the plurality of points of interest that lie within the geographical region.

9. A marine electronic device for a watercraft, the marine electronic device comprising:
one or more processors;
a screen connected to the one or more processors;
a memory storing a plurality of executable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:
generate, at the marine electronic device on the watercraft and based on user input directed to the marine electronic device, a point of interest, wherein the point of interest comprises at least one of a waypoint, a route including a waypoint, or a trail including a waypoint, wherein the at least one waypoint, route, or trail includes a user-defined waypoint that was generated using a location determined by the marine electronic device while the watercraft was on a body of water;
store, in the memory of the marine electronic device, a plurality of points of interest that includes at least the generated point of interest;
receive, at the marine electronic device, user input defining a geographical region, wherein the defined geographical region is a smaller portion of a larger geographical region such that some of the plurality of points of interest lie outside of the defined geographical region;
determine, from the memory of the marine electronic device, a subset of the plurality of points of interest that lie within the defined geographical region;
form, from the memory of the marine electronic device, a file that includes the subset of the plurality of points of interest that lie within the defined geographical region and not the some of the plurality of points of interest that lie outside of the defined geographical region; and
transmit from the marine electronic device the formed file to a remote server for storage and later use.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of executable instructions that cause the one or more processors to transmit the file comprise executable instructions that cause the one or more processors to export the file using at least one of a serial port interface, a network interface, or a combination thereof.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
detect a file format used by the external device; and
format the file according to the detected file format used by the external device.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of executable instructions that causes the one or more processors to receive the user input defining the geographical region further causes the one or more processors to receive user input in the form of a polygon shape directed to a chart displayed on a touch screen of the marine electronic device.

13. A method for providing points of interest data from a marine electronic device to an external device, the method comprising:
generating, at the marine electronic device on a watercraft and based on user input directed to the marine electronic device, a point of interest, wherein the point of interest comprises at least one of a waypoint, a route including a waypoint, or a trail including a waypoint, wherein the at least one waypoint, route, or trail includes a user-defined waypoint that was generated using a location determined by the marine electronic device while the watercraft was on a body of water;
storing, in a memory of the marine electronic device, a plurality of points of interest that includes at least the generated point of interest;
receiving, at the marine electronic device, user input defining a geographical region, wherein the defined geographical region is a smaller portion of a larger geographical regio

Assignees

• Navico Holding As

Inventors

• Thomas Stephen
• Brown Jr Tracy

Classifications

• G01C21/3614 Primary

  through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map · CPC title

• G01C21/00 Primary

  Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 (measuring distance traversed on the ground by a vehicle G01C22/00; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of vehicles G05D1/00; traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) · CPC title

• G01C21/20 Primary

  Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01S7/6272

  producing cursor lines and indicia by electronic means · CPC title

• G01S15/89

  for mapping or imaging · CPC title