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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2022
Shaper Tools, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Alec Rothmyer Rivers, Oakland, CA (US);
Joseph J. Hebenstreit, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ilan Ellison Moyer, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Sam Cuttriss, Oakland, CA (US);
Matthew Wyatt Martin, Fairfax, CA (US);
Jeremy Evan Blum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shaper Tools, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A position sensing tool for enabling topographical measurements of a working surface is provided. The tool includes sensors for mapping the tool environment and for positioning of the tool within the environment. The tool enables tracking of tool activity within the environment. The tool enables design and fabrication collaboration with other computer systems. The tool enables user and tool environment safety using tool positional, user position and tool environment awareness. Certain embodiments of the tool permit automated guidance of tasks in the tool environment.