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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2015
Verily Life Sciences Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anupam J. Pathak, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael M. Allen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Verily Life Sciences LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A handheld tool includes a handle for holding by a user, an attachment arm extending from the handle that is configured to connect to a user-assistive device, a first inertial measurement unit ('IMU') mounted to the attachment arm to acquire measurements of one or more of a motion or an orientation of the user-assistive device and to generate feedback data indicative of the measurements, an actuator assembly coupled to manipulate the user-assistive device via the attachment arm in at least two orthogonal dimensions, and a motion control system coupled to receive the feedback data from the first IMU and coupled to provide commands to the actuator assembly to provide auto-leveling of the user-assistive device to a frame of reference while the user manipulates the handheld tool.