Automated handtool task verification

US9898705B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Trimble Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kent Kahle · Tipp City, US
• Pat Bohle · Boulder, US
• Robert Painter · Boulder, US
• Markus Messmer · Günzburg, DE
• Oliver Glockner · Feldkirch, AT
• Angela Beckenbauer · Sankt Gallen, CH
• Till Cramer · Feldkirch, AT
• Andreas Winter · Feldkirch, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/063114
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of automated handheld tool task verification is disclosed. In one embodiment, at least one operating parameter for performing a task is received at a handheld tool. It is then verified at the handheld tool that it is configured with the at least one operating parameter. The handheld tool then generates data verifying that the task was performed in accordance with the at least one operating parameter.