System for enhancing operation of power tools
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsJason F. BUSSCHAERT, Craig A. SCHELL
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Abstract
A system for facilitating power tool operation includes a camera, a computing device receiving information from the camera, a display for displaying information received from the computing device, and a reference marker having at least two markers viewable by the camera. The reference marker is disposed on a power tool or separate from the power tool. The computing device calculates a position of the reference marker from the information received from the camera. The display can display video information showing the power tool and graphical information showing a desired position for the power tool and/or a direction of movement for moving the power tool towards the desired position for the power tool.
Claims17
A method of controlling a system for enhancing a power tool operation comprising:
- providing a power tool;
- providing a computing device;
- providing a camera, the camera including graphic processing circuitry for calculating orientation vectors, the camera also capable of communicating wirelessly with the computer, the computer and/or camera capable of receiving a wireless signal from the power tool;
- providing at least one reference marker on the tool, the position and orientation of which are identifiable by the camera;
- providing a display in communication with the computing device;
- providing a data input device in communication with the computing device and for inputting data to the system;
- Providing a program or app on the computer device;
- selecting the program or app;
- identifying a nearby tool in response to selecting the program or app;
- selecting a particular nearby power tool;
- accessing tool dimensional data;
- accessing task location data indicative of where a task is to be done;
- identifying a marker via the camera;
- loading dimensional data related to one or more identified markers;
- generating a reference marker image based on the loaded dimensional data of the identified markers;
- generating a desired location image based on the task location data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.