Handheld Power Tool Positioning via Intermediary Infrastructure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Construction site operations face inefficiencies due to manual processes in layout and marking of positions for tasks, leading to potential errors and delays, as well as challenges in accurately updating construction drawings to reflect the as-built configuration of buildings.
Innovation Solution
An information management network that integrates handheld tools with a positioning infrastructure and reporting system, allowing real-time data collection and transmission of task parameters, enabling a single operator to perform tasks with precise positioning and orientation, and automatically updating blueprints to reflect the actual building configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual processes are used for layout and marking of positions, then flexibility and ease of operation are maintained, but errors increase and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
A positioning infrastructure acts as an intermediary between the construction site and handheld tools, providing reference positions and orientation data. This mediator enables automated positioning without requiring complex integrated systems in each tool, resolving the contradiction by externalizing the complexity to a shared infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning system is segmented into independent components: a positioning infrastructure that provides reference data, handheld tools that receive and use this data, and a reporting system that collects results. This segmentation allows each component to remain relatively simple while achieving high overall accuracy.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual updating of construction drawings is performed, then adaptability to changes is maintained, but time consumption increases and precision decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by automatically capturing actual task completion data from handheld tools and using this information to update construction drawings in real-time. This closed-loop feedback mechanism eliminates manual transcription errors and reduces the time required to maintain accurate as-built documentation.
Solution Approach 2:
Manual mechanical processes of drawing updates are replaced with automated electronic data capture and transmission. Handheld tools automatically transmit task data to update construction drawings digitally, substituting manual drafting operations with automated electronic systems.
3Productivity
If multiple users perform layout and installation tasks, then task completion is achieved, but coordination complexity increases and errors may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning infrastructure serves as a common intermediary reference system that all users access through their handheld tools. This shared reference framework eliminates miscommunication between users by providing a unified coordinate system and position data, ensuring everyone works from the same accurate information.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for conveying application information for power tools is disclosed. In one embodiment, information describing a task which is to be performed by a handheld tool is accessed. In one embodiment, the handheld tool is a power tool. Based upon the information describing the task, at least one operating parameter for performing the task is conveyed to the handheld tool. The handheld tool is then configured with the at least one operating parameter prior to initiating the task.