Communicator, electric working machine, and communication method
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorsTakuya Kusakawa, Masaaki Fukumoto
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Abstract
A communicator in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector, a communication circuit, and a communication controller. The connector is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit performs wireless communication. The communication controller cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit in response to an operating mode of the communication controller being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
Claims16
A communicator comprising:
- a connector configured to be electrically connected to a first electric working machine;
- a communication circuit configured to receive and transmit a radio wave for wireless communication;
- and
- a communication controller electrically connected to the communication circuit, the communication controller configured to:
- transition to a first mode;
- and
- transition to a second mode during the communication controller being in the first mode,
- the first mode corresponding to a setting for the communication controller to establish, via the communication circuit, a connection with a second electric working machine or with an additional communicator, the additional communicator being electrically connected to the second electric working machine, and
- the second mode corresponding to a setting for the communication controller to establish a connection with a mobile device via the communication circuit, the mobile device being independent from the additional communicator.
An electric working machine comprising:
- a motor;
- a communication circuit configured to receive and transmit a radio wave for wireless communication;
- and
- a communication controller electrically connected to the communication circuit, the communication controller configured to:
- transition to a first mode;
- and
- transition to a second mode during the communication controller being in the first mode,
- the first mode corresponding to a setting for the communication controller to establish, via the communication circuit, a connection with an additional electric working machine or with an additional communicator, the additional communicator being electrically connected to the additional electric working machine, and
- the second mode corresponding to a setting for the communication controller to establish a connection with a mobile device via the communication circuit, the mobile device being independent from the additional electric working machine or from the additional communicator.
A method comprising:
- switching a first communicator to a first mode, wherein the first communicator is connected to a first electric working machine, the first mode corresponds to a setting for the first communicator to establish a connection with a second communicator, and the second communicator is connected to a second electric working machine;
- and
- switching the first communicator from the first mode to a second mode, wherein the second mode corresponds to a setting for the first communicator to establish a connection with a mobile device, and the mobile device is independent from the second electric working machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.