Wireless Power Tool Profile Configuration via External Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing power tools lack efficient methods for remote programming and data management, limiting user customization and maintenance capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A power tool system that enables wireless communication between the tool and an external device, allowing for the transmission and storage of mode profiles, enabling users to customize and update tool settings and parameters remotely.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wireless communication and remote programming capabilities are added to power tools, then user customization and maintenance capabilities are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an external device as an intermediary that handles complex programming and configuration tasks. The power tool communicates with this external device via wireless transceivers, allowing users to customize tool parameters, upload/download profiles, and perform maintenance operations without adding complex interfaces directly to the tool itself. The external device serves as a mediator that manages the complexity while providing enhanced functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides functionality between the power tool and an external device. The power tool contains essential operational components and a transceiver, while the external device handles complex programming, user interface, and data management. This segmentation allows the power tool to remain relatively simple while still providing advanced customization capabilities through the external device.
2Ease of operation
If mode profiles and parameters are transmitted wirelessly between devices, then ease of operation is improved, but loss of information increases due to potential transmission errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms in the wireless communication system. The external device and power tool exchange confirmation signals to verify successful transmission and storage of mode profiles and parameters. The system provides user feedback through the external device's interface to confirm that data has been successfully transmitted, received, and stored, allowing users to detect and correct potential transmission errors.
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AI summary
A programmable power tool and method and systems of programming a power tool using wireless communication. An external device having a processor and a transceiver establishes a communication link with the power tool. The external device receives, with the transceiver, a first mode profile stored on the power tool. The first mode profile is defined by a profile type and a first value associated with a parameter for executing the profile type. The external device displays a control screen including the profile type and the parameter at the first value, and receives a user input. The external device generates, in response to the user input, a second mode profile by modifying the parameter to be at a second value. The external device transmits, with the transceiver, the second mode profile to the power tool.