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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Shaper Tools, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alec Rothmyer Rivers, Oakland, CA (US);
Ilan Ellison Moyer, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
SHAPER TOOLS, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/19 (2006.01); B23Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/19 (2013.01); B23Q 9/0042 (2013.01); G05B 2219/36429 (2013.01);
Abstract
A position correcting system, method and tool for guiding a tool during its use based on its location relative to the material being worked on. Provided is a system and tool which uses its auto correcting technology to precisely rout or cut material. The invention provides a camera which is used to track the visual features of the surface of the material being cut to build a map and locate an image on that map used to reference the location of the tool for auto-correction of the cutting path.