US 11,885,642 B2
Laser leveling tool with gesture control
Chi Fung Chan, North Point (HK); Yuk Wah Siu, North Point (HK); Wah Pong Calvin Chan, North Point (HK); Kenneth Yuen, North Point (HK); and Chun Pong David Chan, North Point (HK)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/273,053
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/105144
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/051783, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0341287 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G01C 9/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 9/06 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G01C 2009/066 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0421 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laser leveling tool comprising:
a gesture control device having at least one sensor configured to sense at least one of gestures and movements of a user; and
a controller in communication with the gesture control device and configured to (i) receive signals from the at least one sensor and (ii) generate control commands for the laser leveling tool based on the received signals, the control commands at least including control commands configured to control on and off states of laser beam patterns projected by the laser leveling tool.