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US 12,711,963 B2Granted
Power tool system
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorsFumitoshi Numata, Koichi Yakabe, Takumi Hayashi
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Abstract
A power tool system includes at least one controlled device including a power tool, and a voice control device configured to wirelessly communicate with the at least one controlled device. The voice control device includes a at least one first processor configured to control operation of the at least one controlled device. The at least one first processor is configured to acquire voice data, and to control operation of the power tool in accordance with a command relating to the operation of the power tool and identified based on the voice data.
Claims19
A power tool system comprising:
- at least one controlled device including a power tool;
- and
- a voice control device configured to wirelessly communicate with the at least one controlled device;
- and
- a user device configured to wirelessly communicate with the voice control device,
- wherein:
- the voice control device includes at least one first processor configured to control operation of the at least one controlled device;
- the at least one first processor is configured to (i) acquire voice data, and (ii) control operation of the power tool in accordance with a command relating to the operation of the power tool and identified based on the voice data;
- the user device includes (i) a voice input portion including a microphone and configured to receive an input of voice via the microphone and convert the voice to the voice data and (ii) at least one second processor configured to control operation of the user device;
- the at least one second processor is configured to transmit, to the voice control device, the voice data generated by the voice input portion;
- and
- the at least one first processor of the voice control device is configured to control the operation of the power tool based on the voice data received from the user device.
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A power tool system comprising:
- at least one controlled device including a power tool;
- and
- a voice control device configured to wirelessly communicate with the at least one controlled device,
- wherein:
- the voice control device includes at least one first processor configured to control operation of the at least one controlled device;
- the at least one first processor is configured to (i) acquire voice data, and (ii) control operation of the power tool in accordance with a command relating to the operation of the power tool and identified based on the voice data;
- the at least one first processor is configured to (i) perform voiceprint authentication using the voice data and comparison data of at least one registered user, and (ii) determine whether voice represented by the voice data is voice of the at least one registered user;
- and
- the at least one first processor is configured to cause the power tool to operate in accordance with the command only if the at least one first processor determines that the voice represented by the voice data is the voice of the at least one registered user.
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A power tool system comprising:
- at least one controlled device including a power tool;
- and
- a voice control device configured to wirelessly communicate with the at least one controlled device,
- wherein:
- the voice control device includes at least one first processor configured to control operation of the at least one controlled device;
- the at least one first processor is configured to (i) acquire voice data, and (ii) control operation of the power tool in accordance with a command relating to the operation of the power tool and identified based on the voice data;
- the at least one first processor is configured to (i) determine whether the command identified based on the voice data is executable without limitation in the power tool, and (ii) perform different processing depending on when the command is determined not to be executable without limitation and when the command is determined to be executable without limitation;
- the power tool includes (i) a motor and (ii) at least one third controller;
- when the at least one third controller receives control information for executing the command from the voice control device during driving of the motor, the tool controller causes the power tool to operate in accordance with the control information after the driving of the motor is stopped;
- the at least one first controller is configured to transmit, to the power tool, different control information depending on whether or not the command is executable without limitation;
- and
- the at least one third processor is configured to (i) cause the power tool to operate in accordance with the control information after the driving of the motor is stopped, in response to receiving control information indicating that there is a limitation on execution of the command from the voice control device during the driving of the motor, and (ii) cause the power tool to operate in accordance with the control information regardless of the driving of the motor, in response to receiving the control information indicating that there is no limitation on execution of the command from the voice control device during the driving of the motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.