US 7,523,881 B2
Fishing reel, fishing information display device, and fishing information display system
Yasuhiro Hitomi, Sakai (Japan); Noboru Sakaguchi, Sakai (Japan); Yoshiyuki Furomoto, Sakai (Japan); and Hiroaki Kuriyama, Sakai (Japan)
Assigned to Shimano Inc., Osaka (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/497,286.
Application 11/497286 is a division of application No. 10/674067, filed on Sep. 30, 2003, granted, now 7,108,213.
Claims priority of application No. 2002-285587 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2002; application No. 2002-285588 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2002; and application No. 2003-101425 (JP), filed on Apr. 04, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0266860 A1, Nov. 30, 2006
Int. Cl. A01K 89/01 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 242—223  [242/323; 43/20] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fishing reel operatively connected to a fishing information display device including an image display member, an information communication member, and an information display control unit operatively coupled to the information communication member and configured to produce a first reel control signal and to superimpose and display on the image display member the first information and a second information produced by a fish-finder, the fishing reel comprising:
a reel body connected to a fishing rod;
a line-winding spool rotatably mounted to the reel body;
a motor arranged to drive the spool;
a reel display member configured to display the first information;
a reel control unit configured to produce the first information and a second reel control signal; the reel control unit being configured to control the motor and the reel display member using the first information, the first reel control signal and the second record control signal;
a reel storage member configured to store the first information and the second reel control signal; and
a reel communication member operatively coupled to the reel control unit, the reel communication member being configured to transmit the first information and receive the first reel control signal to operate the fishing reel.