Vibration monitor
AssigneeReactec Limited
InventorsJacqueline MCLAUGHLIN, Mark Paul BUCKINGHAM
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a vibration monitor (30) which is configured to be worn by an operator during use of a power tool. The vibration monitor comprises a vibration sensor (36) which is operative to sense vibration sustained by the operator when the vibration monitor (30) is worn by the operator. The vibration monitor (30) further comprises a processor (32) configured to receive sensed vibration data from the vibration sensor (36) and to transform received vibration data whereby the transformed data is more representative than the received vibration data of vibration at a location on a power tool or a workpiece with which the operator is in contact during use of the power tool.
Claims21
A vibration monitor which is configured to be worn by an operator during use of a power tool, the vibration monitor comprising:
- a vibration sensor operative to sense vibration sustained by the operator when the vibration monitor is worn by the operator;
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- a processor configured to receive sensed vibration data from the vibration sensor and to transform received vibration data whereby the transformed data is more representative than the received vibration data of vibration at a location on a power tool or a workpiece with which the operator is in contact during use of the power tool.
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A method of monitoring vibration sustained by an operator during use of a power tool, the method comprising:
- sensing vibration sustained by the operator by way of a vibration sensor comprised in a vibration monitor worn by an operator;
- receiving sensed vibration data from the vibration sensor in a processor;
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- transforming the received vibration data in the processor whereby the transformed data is more representative than the received vibration data of vibration at a location on a power tool or a workpiece with which the operator is in contact during use of the power tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.