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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2021
Shaper Tools, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Noah Paden Berkowitz-Mitchell, Oakland, CA (US);
Gregory William Howe, Larkspur, CA (US);
Aditya Rao, Oakland, CA (US);
Nico Walker, Wendlingen, DE;
Joseph J. Hebenstreit, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shawn Mitchell Kirsch, Oakland, CA (US);
Michael Raj Kubba, San Mateo, CA (US);
Ilan Ellison Moyer, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Shaper Tools, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Workstation for performing a task on a workpiece using a tool. Some implementations of the invention allow an adjustable shelf to be used to position a workpiece on the workstation. Some implementations of the invention include a support bar for partially supporting a tool as the task is performed on a workpiece coupled to the workstation. Some implementations of the invention allow a workpiece to be positioned at a reference location or orientation relative to the workstation. Some implementations of the invention allow a tool to perform an action based on determining the position of the tool relative to the workstation using computer vision techniques to analyze a feature of the workstation.