An invention providing a racing instrument for a sailboat having a smartphone, an app executing on the smartphone for displaying at least speed over ground of the sailboat as sensed by the smartphone, a bracket for receiving at least an edge of the smartphone for mounting the smartphone to the sailboat, and an array of lamps formed in the bracket for visually indicating time to a race start. In another aspect, the invention includes a race starting device for a sailboat having an array of lamps, a mounting fixture for removably attaching the array of lamps to the sailboat, a battery for powering the array of lamps, a receiver for receiving a signal indicative of a race instruction, a processor for interpreting the race instruction signal, and a driver circuit for separately powering each of the lamps in the array of lamps to visually represent the race instruction to the sailors.
Smartphone Sailing Instrument with Bracket or Case and Visual Indication
2024-10-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / H02J CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER , Schaltungsanordnungen oder Systeme für die Abgabe oder Verteilung elektrischer Leistung / H04B TRANSMISSION , Übertragung / H04M TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION , Fernsprechverkehr / H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS , Drahtlose Kommunikationsnetze |
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