Automated commercial fishing location determination

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9994289-B2
Application number	US-201715795318-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2017
Priority date	Mar 4, 2016
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A method and system for automatically enabling an automated commercial fishing process is provided. The method includes enabling a commercial fishing software application associated with selecting a location for implementing a commercial fishing process. In response user data identifying a user and license data associated with a commercial fishing license belonging to the user are received. A control signal is transmitted to a vehicle. The control signal enables control of the vehicle such that the vehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specified direction towards a specified geographical area. Control hardware of the vehicle verifies a status of the commercial fishing license belonging to the user and it is determined if the commercial fishing license authorizes commercial fishing activities within the specified geographical area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automated commercial fishing method comprising:
receiving, by a processor of a control system from a user, license data associated with a commercial fishing license belonging to said user;
transmitting, by said processor to a vehicle in response to a user command, a control signal enabling control of said vehicle such that said vehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specified direction towards a specified geographical area;
verifying, by said processor via control hardware of said vehicle, a status of said commercial fishing license belonging to said user;
first determining, by said processor via said control hardware of said vehicle, if said commercial fishing license authorizes commercial fishing activities within said specified geographical area, wherein results of said first determining indicate that said commercial fishing license authorizes commercial fishing activities within said specified geographical area;
monitoring, by said processor via said control hardware of said vehicle, a volume of fish within said specified geographical area; and
second determining, by said computer processor based on analysis of results of said monitoring, if a specified volume of fish detected within said specified geographical area exceeds a specified threshold volume.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
verifying, by said computer processor, weather conditions associated with navigating said vehicle towards said specified geographical area.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein results of said second determining indicate that said specified volume of fish detected within said specified geographical area does not exceed said specified threshold volume, and wherein said method further comprises:
generating, by said processor, a notification indicating that said specified volume of fish detected within said specified geographical area does not exceed said specified threshold volume;
presenting, by said processor to said user, said notification; and
directing, by said processor in response to said notification, said vehicle to an original geographical position.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein results of said second determining indicate that said specified volume of fish detected within said specified geographical area exceeds said specified threshold volume, and wherein said method further comprises:
deploying from said vehicle, by said processor via said control hardware of said vehicle, a fishing net apparatus in a water based location within said specified geographical area;
retrieving, by said processor from said control hardware of said vehicle, global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates of said fishing net apparatus;
presenting, by said processor to said user, said GPS coordinates; and
directing, by said processor in response to said notification, said vehicle to an original geographical position.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein results of said first determining indicate that said commercial fishing license does not authorize commercial fishing activities within said specified geographical area, and wherein said method further comprises:
directing, by said processor in response to said results of said first determining, said vehicle to an alternate geographical area associated with commercial fishing activities authorized by said commercial fishing license;
monitoring, by said processor via said control hardware of said vehicle, a volume of fish within said alternate geographical area; and
second determining, by said computer processor based on analysis of results of said monitoring, if a specified volume of fish detected within said alternate geographical area exceeds a specified threshold volume.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said alternate geographical area is located within a predefined distance from a current position of said vehicle.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein results of said second determining indicate that said specified volume of fish detected within said alternate geographical area does not exceed said specified threshold volume, and wherein said method further comprises:
generating, by said processor, a notification indicating that said specified volume of fish detected within said alternate geographical area does not exceed said specified threshold volume;
presenting, by said processor to said user, said notification; and
directing, by said processor in response to said notification, said vehicle to an original geographical position.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein results of said second determining indicate that said specified volume of fish detected within said alternate geographical area exceeds said specified threshold volume, and wherein said method further comprises:
deploying from said vehicle, by said processor via said control hardware of said vehicle, a fishing net apparatus in a water based location within said alternate geographical area;
retrieving, by said processor from said control hardware of said vehicle, global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates of said water based location;
presenting, by said processor to said user, said GPS coordinates; and
directing, by said processor in response to said notification, said vehicle to an original geographical position.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in the control hardware, said code being executed by the computer processor to implement: said receiving, said transmitting, said verifying, and said first determining.

10. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, said computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a control system implements an automated commercial fishing method, said method comprising:
receiving, by said processor, license data associated with a commercial fishing license belonging to a user;
transmitting, by said processor to a vehicle in response to a user command, a control signal enabling control of said vehicle such that said vehicle initiates motion and navigates in a specified direction towards a specified geographical area;
verifying, by said processor via control hardware of said vehicle, a status of said commercial fishing license belonging to said user;
first determining, by said processor via said control hardware of said vehicle, if said commercial fishing license authorizes commercial fishing activities within said specified geographical area, wherein results of said first determining indicate that said commercial fishing license authorizes commercial fishing activities within said specified geographical area;
monitoring, by said processor via said control hardware of said vehicle, a volume of fish within said specified geographical area; and
second determining, by said computer processor based on analysis of results of said monitoring, if a specified volume of fish detected within said specified geographical area exceeds a specified threshold volume.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein said method further comprises: verifying, by said computer processor, weather conditions associated with navigating said vehicle towards said specified geographical area.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein results of said second determining indicate that said specified volume of fish detected within said specified geographical area does not exceed said specified threshold volume, and wherein said method further comprises:
generating, by said processor, a notification indica

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Jalaldeen Ahamed
• Narayana Chivukula V

Classifications

• B63B35/14 Primary

  Fishing vessels (fishing A01K69/00 - A01K97/00) · CPC title

• G05D1/0206

  specially adapted to water vehicles · CPC title

• G06Q50/02

  Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining · CPC title

• G08G3/00

  Traffic control systems for marine craft (marking of navigational route B63B22/16, B63B51/00) · CPC title

• G05D1/0011

  associated with a remote control arrangement · CPC title