Clamp release tool and method
AssigneeIntegrated Display Systems Limited
InventorsMatthew Walker, Pavlos Sgardelis
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Abstract
A method of operating a pre-opened pre-positioned clamp, the clamp being operable between an open and a closed position. The method comprises releasing the clamp from the open position using a tool head (201), making measurements of a movement of the tool head resulting from the releasing, recording data relating to the measurements, determining a frequency content of the data, and, on the basis of the determined frequency content, determining whether the clamp has moved to the closed position.
Claims20
A method of operating a pre-opened pre-positioned clamp, the clamp being operable between an open and a closed position, and the method comprising:
- releasing the clamp from the open position using a tool head;
- making measurements using an accelerometer and a gyroscope of a movement of the tool head resulting from the releasing;
- recording data relating to the measurements;
- determining a frequency content of the data;
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- on the basis of the determined frequency content, determining whether the clamp has moved to the closed position.
A clamp attachment tool for operating a pre-opened pre-positioned clamp, the clamp being operable between an open position and a closed position, and the tool comprising:
- a tool head for releasing a clamp from the open position;
- inertial measurement electronics comprising an accelerometer and a gyroscope arranged to make measurements of a movement of the tool head;
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- signal processing electronics, configured to record data relating to the measurements, determine a frequency content of the data, and, on the basis of the determined frequency content, determine whether the clamp has moved to the closed position.
A method of manufacturing signal processing electronics for a clamp attachment tool, the tool being suitable for operating a pre-opened pre-positioned clamp, the tool comprising a tool head arranged to engage with the clamp and inertial measurement electronics comprising an accelerometer and a gyroscope arranged to take measurements of a movement of the tool head, the clamp being operable between an open position and a closed position, and the method comprising:
- providing signal processing electronics, arranged to receive a signal corresponding to the measurements;
- programming the signal processing electronics to record data relating to the measurements, determine a frequency content of the data and, on the basis of the determined frequency content, determine whether the clamp has moved to the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.