Invention Application
- Patent Title: Vision-assisted hand tools
- Patent Title (中): 视力辅助手工具
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Application No.: US11225281Application Date: 2005-09-13
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Publication No.: US20070058970A1Publication Date: 2007-03-15
- Inventor: James Spaulding , Richard Knoth , Nidamaluri Nagesh , Tony Deschutter
- Applicant: James Spaulding , Richard Knoth , Nidamaluri Nagesh , Tony Deschutter
- Main IPC: G03B19/00
- IPC: G03B19/00

Abstract:
A hand tool has two digital video cameras mounted thereon adjacent to a working end of the tool for viewing a work site, which video cameras are connected to a pair of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) mounted on the tool proximate a control end of the tool. The hand tool includes a barrel with a handle at the control end and a control operator for activating the tool, wherein the control operator is in operative relationship with the handle and wherein the working end of the tool is positioned at the end of the barrel opposite the control end of the tool. In an illustrated example, the cameras and LCDs are mounted on a pneumatic nut runner with a T-head tool drive.
Public/Granted literature
- US07471892B2 Vision-assisted hand tools Public/Granted day:2008-12-30
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