Power Tool Motor Parameter Recording for Mode Playback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Power tools lack a method to efficiently record and transmit motor parameters for data logging and mode replication, limiting their operational flexibility and user customization.
Innovation Solution
A power tool system that includes a motor, sensor, transceiver, and electronic processor, enabling recording of motor parameters during a recording mode and transmission to an external device for storage and playback, allowing for customizable operation modes and data logging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If power tools record and transmit motor parameters for data logging and mode replication, then operational flexibility and user customization are improved, but device complexity increases due to additional sensors, processors, and communication modules
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic processor serves multiple functions: it controls motor operation, records motor parameters from sensors, processes recorded data for mode replication, and manages communication with external devices. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each function, thereby improving adaptability while limiting the increase in device complexity.
2Ease of operation
If power tools record and transmit motor parameters, then user control and tool performance are enhanced, but energy consumption increases due to continuous sensing, processing, and wireless transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The system records motor parameters at specific intervals or at key operational events rather than continuously. The electronic processor activates recording and transmission functions periodically or on-demand based on operational conditions, which reduces energy consumption while still providing sufficient data for user control and performance enhancement.
3Productivity
If power tools implement recording and playback functionality with multiple operating modes, then productivity is improved through efficient task execution, but device complexity increases due to mode management and parameter storage requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system records motor parameters and operational modes during initial use or setup phases, storing this data in the electronic processor's memory. This preliminary recording allows the tool to automatically replicate successful operational patterns without requiring complex real-time decision-making or additional hardware for mode management, thereby improving productivity while limiting complexity increases.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods of operating power tools. The method includes receiving a command to start a recording mode at a first electronic processor of a first power tool, and receiving at the first electronic processor, a measured parameter from a sensor of the first power tool while a first motor of the first power tool is operating. The method also includes generating a recorded motor parameter by recording the measured parameter, on a first memory of the first power tool, when the first power tool operates in the recording mode, and transmitting, with a first transceiver of the first power tool, the recorded motor parameter. The method further includes receiving the recorded motor parameter at an external device, transmitting the recorded motor parameter to a second power tool via the external device, and receiving the recorded motor parameter via a second transceiver of the second power tool.