Systems, methods and apparatus for guided tools
AssigneeShaper Tools, Inc.
InventorsAlec Rothmyer Rivers, Ilan Ellison Moyer, Matthew Wyatt Martin, Christian Reed
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to calibrating position detection for a tool. The tool can use a sensor to detect a first value of a parameter. The tool can use a motor to extend the working member of the tool towards a working surface. The tool can include a base. The tool can detect, with the working member in contact with the working service, a second value of the parameter. The tool can determine a z-axis position of the working member relative to the working surface.
Claims20
A system to position a working member of a tool, comprising:
- a base coupled to the tool;
- a computing device comprising one or more processors;
- a sensor communicatively coupled to the computing device;
- a motor controlled by the computing device;
- the computing device configured to:
- identify, via the sensor, a first value of a parameter indicative of an amount of force exerted by a portion of the base towards a working surface;
- instruct the motor to extend the working member towards the working surface;
- identify, via the sensor with the working member in contact with the working surface, a second value of the parameter;
- compare the first value of the parameter with the second value of the parameter to identify a difference between the first value and the second value;
- and
- determine a z-axis position of the working member relative to the working surface based on the difference between the first value and the second value being greater than a threshold.
A method of positioning of a working member of a tool, comprising:
- detecting, by a sensor communicatively coupled to a computing device comprising one or more processors, a first value of a parameter for a first vertical position of a base of the tool;
- extending, by a motor controlled by the computing device, the working member towards the working surface;
- detecting, by the sensor with the working member in contact with the working surface, a second value of the parameter indicating a second vertical position of the base of the tool;
- comparing, by the computing device, the first value of the parameter with the second value of the parameter to determine a change in vertical position of the base of the tool;
- and
- determining, by the computing device, a z-axis position of the working member relative to the working surface based on the change in the vertical position of the base of the tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.