Electric tool system, electric tool device, and camera device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024091917-A1
Application number	US-202118262853-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 27, 2021
Priority date	Jan 28, 2021
Publication date	Mar 21, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electric tool system includes an electric tool device and a camera device. The electric tool device has a drive unit and an electric tool communication unit. The drive unit performs tightening work of tightening a tightening component to a work target. The electric tool communication unit performs communication with outside. The camera device has a fixing unit, an image capturing unit, and a camera communication unit. The fixing unit is removably attached to the electric tool device. The image capturing unit captures an image of at least the work target. The camera communication unit performs communication with the outside.

First claim

1 . An electric tool system comprising:
an electric tool device having a drive unit that performs tightening work of tightening a tightening component to a work target using power from a power source and an electric tool communication unit that performs communication with outside; and a camera device having a fixing unit that is removably attached to the electric tool device, an image capturing unit that captures an image of at least the work target, and a camera communication unit that performs communication with the outside.

2 . The electric tool system according to claim 1 , wherein the image capturing unit captures an image of each of the work target and the tightening component.

3 . The electric tool system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a camera control unit that controls at least one of the image capturing unit and the camera communication unit on the basis of an operating state of the drive unit.

4 . The electric tool system according to claim 3 , wherein the camera device has at least one of a sound sensor and a vibration sensor that sense the operating state of the drive unit.

5 . The electric tool system according to claim 3 , wherein
the camera device has the camera control unit, the electric tool communication unit transmits, to the camera communication unit, an operating state signal representing the operating state of the drive unit, and the camera control unit controls at least one of the image capturing unit and the camera communication unit on the basis of the operating state signal received by the camera communication unit.

6 . The electric tool system according to claim 3 , wherein
the electric tool device has the camera control unit, the camera control unit produces a camera control signal that controls at least one of the image capturing unit and the camera communication unit on the basis of an operating state signal representing the operating state of the drive unit, and the electric tool communication unit transmits the camera control signal to the camera communication unit.

7 . The electric tool system according to claim 3 , further comprising:
an external communication device having an external communication unit and the camera control unit, wherein the electric tool communication unit transmits, to the external communication unit, an operating state signal representing the operating state of the drive unit, the camera control unit produces a camera control signal that controls at least one of the image capturing unit and the camera communication unit on the basis of the operating state signal received by the external communication unit, and the external communication unit transmits the camera control signal to the camera communication unit.

8 . The electric tool system according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a history storage device that stores history information of the tightening work, wherein the camera device further has at least one of a sound sensor and a vibration sensor that sense the operating state of the drive unit and a camera storage unit that stores the captured image generated by the image capturing unit on the basis of a sensing result from at least one of the sound sensor and the vibration sensor, and the camera control unit controls the camera communication unit on the basis of the operating state signal to cause the captured image to be transmitted from the camera communication unit to the history storage device.

9 . An electric tool device comprising:
a drive unit that tightens a tightening component to a work target using power from a power source; an electric tool communication unit that communicates with outside; and an attachment unit that allows a camera device that captures an image of at least the work target to be removably attached.

10 . A camera device capturing an image of a work target to which a drive unit of an electric tool device tightens a tightening component using power from a power source, the camera device comprising:
a fixing unit that is removably attached to the electric tool device; and a camera communication unit that communicates with the outside.

11 . The camera device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
at least one of a sound sensor and a vibration sensor that sense an operating state of the drive unit.

12 . The electric tool system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a camera control unit that controls at least one of the image capturing unit and the camera communication unit on the basis of an operating state of the drive unit.

13 . The electric tool system according to claim 12 , wherein the camera device has at least one of a sound sensor and a vibration sensor that sense the operating state of the drive unit.

14 . The electric tool system according to claim 12 , wherein
the camera device has the camera control unit, the electric tool communication unit transmits, to the camera communication unit, an operating state signal representing the operating state of the drive unit, and the camera control unit controls at least one of the image capturing unit and the camera communication unit on the basis of the operating state signal received by the camera communication unit.

15 . The electric tool system according to claim 12 , wherein
the electric tool device has the camera control unit, the camera control unit produces a camera control signal that controls at least one of the image capturing unit and the camera communication unit on the basis of an operating state signal representing the operating state of the drive unit, and the electric tool communication unit transmits the camera control signal to the camera communication unit.

16 . The electric tool system according to claim 12 , further comprising:
an external communication device having an external communication unit and the camera control unit, wherein the electric tool communication unit transmits, to the external communication unit, an operating state signal representing the operating state of the drive unit, the camera control unit produces a camera control signal that controls at least one of the image capturing unit and the camera communication unit on the basis of the operating state signal received by the external communication unit, and the external communication unit transmits the camera control signal to the camera communication unit.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Uekusa Koji
• Yamanaka Mutsuhiro
• Sasaki Ryosuke
• Ikeda Kouji

Classifications

• G05B19/182

  characterised by the machine tool function, e.g. thread cutting, cam making, tool direction control (G05B19/21 - G05B19/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• B25B23/16 Primary

  Handles (in general B25G) · CPC title

• B25B23/147

  specially adapted for electrically operated wrenches or screwdrivers · CPC title

• B25B21/00 Primary

  Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B25F5/00; {for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/006}); Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose (machines B23P19/06) · CPC title

• B25B29/00

  Accessories (specially for spanners, wrenches, screwdrivers B25B23/00; tool boxes, tool positioning stands B25H) · CPC title