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Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Lowe's Companies, Inc., Mooresville, NC (US);

Inventors:

Jonothon Frederick Douglas, Kirkland, WA (US);

Paul Michael Sisneros, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Lowe's Companies, Inc., Mooresville, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B23B 45/02 (2006.01); B25F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); B23B 45/02 (2013.01); B25F 5/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein are a system and methods for implementing a tool-agnostic device. In examples, the system may determine location and state information using sensors of the tool-agnostic device. Based on this information, the system may communicate with a virtual reality system for display and user interaction with a virtual reality environment. The tool-agnostic device may be removed and re-attached to a number of different tools. The tool-agnostic device allows tracking of a number of different tools without customization or retrofitting each tool. The tool-agnostic device may serve as a safety-shutoff device in addition to tracking tool use and movement. When the system determines that a tool is operating in an unsafe manner the tool-agnostic device may interrupt the power to the tool.


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