Patent ID: 11912379
Assignee: nan
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 9:
10. The windlass module of claim 1, wherein said windlass module comprises electronic and/or electromechanical motion sensing instrumentation configured to sense the signed incremental angle of windlass rotation, and wherein said motion sensing instrumentation comprises:
a processor and a wireless communications interface;
at least one sensing device selected from the group consisting of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a strain gage, a magnetometer, an inertial measurement unit, an eCompass, a directional electromagnetic radiation receiver, and a directional microphone; and
tangible media comprising data and instructions operable for the processor to: acquire information from each of the sensing devices,
determine the signed incremental angle of windlass rotation using the information acquired from at least one of the sensing devices, and
transmit the signed incremental angle of windlass rotation wirelessly to a remote computing device in real time using the wireless communications interface;, whereby a processor performing a software application is operable to determine a real time length of rode traversing the gypsy of the windlass on the boat based on the signed incremental angle of windlass rotation.