US 11,697,218 B2
Control of a cutting tool
Luke Skinner, West Bend, WI (US); Timothy Ryan Obermann, Waukesha, WI (US); Benjamin Oliver Ryan Cabot, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Thomas Cunningham Hanks, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/683,313.
Application 16/683,313 is a continuation of application No. 15/455,594, filed on Mar. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,507,590.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/307,776, filed on Mar. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0078974 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. G05B 19/18 (2006.01); B26D 5/00 (2006.01); B26D 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B26D 5/005 (2013.01) [B26D 5/086 (2013.01); G05B 19/182 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37087 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a cutting tool configured to perform a cutting operation, the cutting tool including a remote button coupled to a body of the cutting tool and configured to be toggled between at least a first position and a second position; and
a device configured to remotely control the cutting tool, the device including
a user interface comprising a first button and a second button;
a power switch;
at least one processor; and
data storage comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the device to perform operations comprising:
receiving information indicative that the power switch is switched from an “off” state to an “on” state,
responsive to receiving the information indicative that the power switch is switched from the “off” state to the “on” state, establishing a wireless connection with the cutting tool,
receiving a first wireless signal from the cutting tool indicating that the cutting tool is enabled to be operated remotely, which is based on the remote button of the cutting tool having been toggled from a normal mode to a remote-cut mode,
receiving information indicative of actuation of the first button,
responsive to receiving the information indicative of the actuation of the first button, sending a second wireless signal to the cutting tool indicating a request to arm the cutting tool,
receiving information indicative of actuation of the second button, and
responsive to receiving the information indicative of the actuation of the second button, sending a third wireless signal to the cutting tool indicating a request to cause the cutting tool to perform a cutting operation.