US 12,449,254 B2
Laser marker and portable terminal device
Manami Honoki, Anjo (JP); Yoichiro Koike, Anjo (JP); and Masafumi Noda, Anjo (JP)
Assigned to MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Filed by MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/365,277.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-114359 (JP), filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0003545 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 9/06 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G01C 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 9/06 (2013.01) [G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G01C 2009/066 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method of commanding a laser marker to rotate via a portable terminal device, the laser marker being configured to transmit a device information, the method comprising:
obtaining a user rotation command input by a user of the portable terminal device, the user rotation command demanding to start rotating a motor of a laser marker, the laser marker including: a support body; a rotation body rotatably provided to the support body; and a laser beam emitter provided to the rotation body, the laser beam emitter being configured to output a laser beam, and the motor being configured to rotate the rotation body;
transmitting a rotation start command signal to the laser marker in response to obtainment of the user rotation command, the rotation start command signal corresponding to the user rotation command, the laser marker being configured to start controlling the motor based on a beam receiving position signal transmitted from a beam receiving device in response to receipt of the rotation start command signal, the beam receiving device being configured to generate and transmit the beam receiving position signal in accordance with a receiving position of the laser beam in the beam receiving device, and the laser marker being configured to receive the beam receiving position signal;
obtaining the device information transmitted from the laser marker; and
showing display information on a display of the portable terminal device, the display information corresponding to the device information.