Power equipment with inertia based measurement and guidance
AssigneeHusqvarna AB
InventorMikael Willgert
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Abstract
An outdoor power tool may include an engine, a working assembly that performs a cutting operation powered by the engine, movement sensor circuitry configured to at least determine movement information of the outdoor power tool using inertia based measurements locally determined at the outdoor power tool, and a position monitoring module including processing circuitry configured to receive the movement information and receive an input defining a reference point. The position monitoring module may be further configured to provide feedback to an operator of the outdoor power tool to direct operation of the outdoor power tool based on the movement information.
Claims16
An outdoor power tool comprising:
- an engine;
- a working assembly that performs a cutting operation powered by the engine;
- movement sensor circuitry configured to at least determine movement information of the outdoor power tool using inertia based measurements locally determined at the outdoor power tool;
- and
- a position monitoring module including processing circuitry configured to:
- receive the movement information and receive an input from the outdoor power tool defining a reference point relative to an object to be cut, and
- provide, based on the movement information, feedback to an operator of the outdoor power tool in response to movement of the outdoor power tool a predetermined distance from the reference point along the object to be cut,
- wherein the object to be cut is a workpiece to be cut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.