SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING OPERATION OF POWER TOOLS

• Main Authors: BUSSCHAERT, Jason F, SCHELL, Craig A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.11.2023
• Subjects: BROACHING; COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOTPARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; FILING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; HAND TOOLS; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; MANIPULATORS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PLANING; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; REGULATING; SAWING; SCRAPING; SHEARING; SLOTTING; TRANSPORTING

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.