ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,690, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NEXRA FIELD WORKS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Tool system with image-based identification of a work target" was invented by Ryosuke Sasaki (Osaka, Japan), Masanori Kurita (Osaka, Japan), Mutsuhiro Yamanaka (Osaka, Japan), Takayuki Nii (Osaka, Japan), Shinsuke Ueda (Osaka, Japan) and Satoshi Kajiyama (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool system includes a tool, an image capturing unit, a processing unit, and a set state detection unit. The tool is a portable tool including a driving unit to be activated with power supplied from a power source. The image capturing unit is provided for...