Arrangement and method for monitoring a position of a hand-held tool
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsHarald Lukosz, Christoph Kauth
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to an arrangement for monitoring a position of a hand-held tool within a work region, comprising the hand-held tool for use within the work region; means that are designed to generate a virtual image of the work region; means that are designed to determine an actual position of the hand-held tool within the image; the hand-held tool having display means that are designed to display the actual position, and to a method for monitoring a position of a hand-held tool.
Claims16
An arrangement for monitoring a position of a hand-held tool within a work region, comprising:
- a hand-held tool used within the work region, the hand-held tool having a display device configured to display (i) a virtual image of the work region having an actual position of the handheld tool within the work region overlaid thereon and (ii) position-dependent user instructions for a work process to be executed;
- at least one sensor configured to provide sensor data;
- and
- at least one controller configured to:
- specify a specified motion path of the hand-held tool;
- determine an actual motion path of the hand-held tool based on the sensor data;
- determine the actual position of the hand-held tool within the work region based on deviations of the actual motion path from the specified motion path;
- generate the virtual image of the work region having the actual position of the hand-held tool overlaid thereon;
- generate the position-dependent user instructions based on the actual position of the hand-held tool;
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- provide the virtual image and the position-dependent user instruction to the display device of the hand-held tool.
A hand-held tool for use in an arrangement having at least one sensor configured to provide sensor data, the hand-held tool comprising:
- a display device configured to display (i) a virtual image of the work region having an actual position of the hand-held tool within the work region overlaid thereon and (ii) position-dependent user instructions for a work process to be executed;
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- a controller operably connected to the display device, the controller configured to:
- specify a specified motion path of the hand-held tool;
- determine an actual motion path of the hand-held tool based on the sensor data;
- determine the actual position of the hand-held tool within the work region based on deviations of the actual motion path from the specified motion path;
- generate the virtual image of the work region having the actual position of the hand-held tool overlaid thereon;
- generate the position-dependent user instructions based on the actual position of the hand-held tool;
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- provide the virtual image and the position-dependent user instruction to the display device of the hand-held tool.
A method of monitoring a position of a hand-held tool used within a work region, the method comprising:
- generating, with a controller, a virtual image of the work region;
- specifying a specified motion path of the hand-held tool;
- determining an actual motion path of the hand-held tool based on sensor data from at least one sensor;
- determining, with the controller, an actual position of the hand-held tool within the work region based on deviations of the actual motion path from the specified motion path;
- generating, with the controller, position-dependent user instructions for a work process to be executed based on the actual position of the hand-held tool;
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- displaying, on a display device of the hand-held tool, (i) the virtual image with the actual position of the hand-held tool overlaid thereon and (ii) the position-dependent user instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.