Electric tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12079539-B2
Application number	US-201917045134-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2019
Priority date	Apr 4, 2018
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

A control unit is adapted to perform a process related to an electric power tool, based on sound input to a microphone. The control unit performs a process related to the electric power tool, based on a result of subjecting input sound to a sound recognition process or a result of subjecting the sound to sound analysis. When a user operation switch is in an on state, the control unit does not perform a sound recognition process, and, when the user operation switch is in an off state, the control unit performs a sound recognition process. Further, when the electric power tool is not in a state of being gripped by the user, the control unit does not perform a sound recognition process, and, when the electric power tool is in a state of being gripped by the user, the control unit performs a sound recognition process.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric power tool comprising:
a user operation switch adapted to be manipulated by a user;
an output shaft on which a front-end tool is adapted to be mounted;
a driving unit that drives the output shaft; and
a control unit that controls an operation of the driving unit in accordance with manipulation of the user operation switch, wherein
the control unit is adapted to perform a process related to the electric power tool, based on sound input to a microphone,
the control unit performs a process related to the electric power tool, based on a result of subjecting the input sound to a sound recognition process,
the control unit performs the sound recognition process while the user operation switch is in an off state,
the control unit does not perform the sound recognition process while the user operation switch is in an on state and an operating sound of the driving unit is generated,
when the electric power tool is not in a state of being gripped by the user, the control unit does not perform the sound recognition process, and, when the electric power tool is in a state of being gripped by the user, the control unit performs the sound recognition process,
when the electric power tool is gripped by the user, and when the electric power tool is at a predetermined orientation in which a front-end tool faces a predetermined direction or is caused to make a predetermined motion that follows a predetermined trajectory, the control unit performs the sound recognition process, and
the control unit sets parameter values, including a seating determination level that defines a torque value for determination of seating of a screw member and a preset number of torque steps that defines a number of impacts after the seating for stopping the driving unit automatically, for controlling the operation of the driving unit, based on the result of subjecting the input sound to the sound recognition process.

2. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit sets the parameter value, based on information related to work.

3. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
when the user operation switch is in an on state, the control unit does not set the parameter value, and, when the user operation switch is in an off state, the control unit sets the parameter value.

4. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
when the electric power tool is not in a state of being gripped by the user, the control unit does not set the parameter value, and, when the electric power tool is in a state of being gripped by the user, the control unit sets the parameter value.

5. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit sets a parameter value after notifying the user that the parameter value is about to be set.

6. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit receives an input of information indicating a place of work and stores the information indicating the place of work and information indicating a result of work in association with each other.

7. The electric power tool according to claim 6 , wherein
the control unit causes the information indicating the place of work and the information indicating a result of work associated with each other to be transmitted to an external device.

8. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit includes a determination function of determining a state of the electric power tool by analyzing an operating sound input to a microphone, and the determination function is performed when the user operation switch is in an on state.

9. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit includes a user authentication function based on sound input to the microphone.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dobashi Kazuo
• Murui Itaru

Classifications

• G10L25/51

  for comparison or discrimination · CPC title

• G10L17/22

  Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces · CPC title

• G10L17/06

  Decision making techniques; Pattern matching strategies · CPC title

• G10L17/04

  Training, enrolment or model building · CPC title

• B25F5/00

  Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for · CPC title