Method for Automatically Ascertaining Cleaning, Maintenance and/or Repair Information for a Motor-Driven Treatment Tool and System for Automatically Ascertaining Cleaning, Maintenance and/or Repair Information for a Motor-Driven Treatment Tool

Abstract

A method and system automatically determine cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information for a motor-driven treatment tool, wherein the treatment tool comprises a residue, able to be detected externally optically, caused during the operation of the treatment tool. The method involves the steps of: optically detecting the residue; classing the detected residue in accordance with a type of the residue; determining the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information based on the classing; and outputting the determined cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information.

Claims

1. A method for automatically ascertaining cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information for a motor-driven treatment tool, wherein the treatment tool comprises a residue able to be detected externally optically caused during operation of the treatment tool, the method comprising the steps of: a) optically detecting the residue; b) classing the detected residue in accordance with a type of the residue; c) determining the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information based on the classing; and d) outputting the determined cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the treatment tool comprises different types of components, wherein, depending on the type of the residue and/or classing, the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information differs in that the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information is relevant to one of the types of components.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein a motorized drive system of the treatment tool comprises the different types of components.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the different types of components comprise a ventilation and/or cooling component, a valve and/or sealing component, and/or an air guidance component.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the ventilation and/or cooling component comprises a preseparator on a fan wheel and/or a heat sink on an engine cylinder, wherein the valve and/or sealing component comprises a fuel inlet valve and/or a radial shaft seal, and/or wherein the air guidance component is on an air inlet, an engine cylinder and/or a silencer.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the treatment tool comprises a number of components, wherein the number of components is not able to be externally optically detected in an intended operating state of the treatment tool due to a housing of the treatment tool, and wherein the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information is relevant to one of the number of components.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the residue of a material of a workpiece is caused by treatment of the workpiece by way of the treatment tool.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the residue is from a set of different types of residues, wherein the different types of residues include a sap residue, an abrasive dust residue, and/or a plant-based fiber and/or plant-based chip residue.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sap residue is a resin in connection with a plant-based dust, wherein the abrasive dust residue is a mineral dust, and/or wherein the plant-based fiber and/or plant-based chip residue is in connection with dirt collected by a plant.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the treatment tool is one of: a saw, a pruner, a brush cutter, a hedge trimmer, a hedge cutter, a blower, a leaf blower, a set of pruning shears, an abrasive cutter, a sweeper, a sweeper roller, a sweeping brush, a lawnmower, a scarifier, a grass trimmer, a shredder, a stonecutter, a pressure washer or a spraying device and/or sprayer.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: ascertaining diagnostic data of the treatment tool, wherein the ascertained diagnostic data are complementary to the detected residue and/or the classing, and wherein step c) comprises: determining the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information by way of linking the ascertained diagnostic data and the classing.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein step c) comprises: selecting the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information from a set of different cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information, wherein the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information is in each case assigned a type of a residue from a set of different types of residues and diagnostic data from a set of different diagnostic data.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the steps of: ascertaining effective cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information; and assigning the type of the residue to the ascertained effective cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information for a next performance of the method.

14. The method according to claim 2, wherein the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information comprises a cleaning, maintenance and/or repair operation instruction, a replacement part for the treatment tool, a fault symptom and/or a fault cause of the treatment tool, and/or the relevant component.

15. A system for automatically ascertaining cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information for a motor-driven treatment tool, wherein the treatment tool comprises a residue, able to be detected externally optically, caused during the operation of the treatment tool, the system comprising: an optical detection unit, wherein the optical detection unit is designed to optically detect the residue; a classing unit, wherein the classing unit is designed to class the detected residue in accordance with a type of the residue; a determination unit, wherein the determination unit is designed to determine the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information based on the classing; and an output unit, wherein the output unit is designed to output the determined cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information.

16. The system according to claim 15, further comprising: a mobile device, wherein the mobile device comprises the optical detection unit and/or the output unit.

17. The system according to claim 16, further comprising: the treatment tool and/or a replacement part for the treatment tool.

18. The system according to claim 15, further comprising: the treatment tool and/or a replacement part for the treatment tool.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a method according to an embodiment of the invention and of a system according to an embodiment of the invention.

[0038] FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of part of the method of FIG. 1 and of an optical detection unit and an output unit of the system of FIG. 1.

[0039] FIG. 3 shows a further schematic view of part of the method of FIG. 1 and of a classing unit and a determination unit of the system of FIG. 1.

[0040] FIG. 4 shows yet another schematic view of part of the method of FIG. 1 and of a further output unit of the system of FIG. 1 and of a valve and/or sealing component, in particular of a fuel inlet valve and/or of a radial shaft seal, of a treatment tool of the system of FIG. 1 impacted by an abrasive dust residue.

[0041] FIG. 5 shows a schematic view of a sap residue, in particular of a resin, in particular in connection with a plant-based dust, able to be detected externally optically on the treatment tool of FIG. 1.

[0042] FIG. 6 shows a schematic view of a ventilation and/or cooling component, in particular of a preseparator on a fan wheel and/or of a heat sink, in particular cooling fins, on an engine cylinder, of the treatment tool of FIG. 1 impacted by a sap residue.

[0043] FIG. 7 shows a schematic view of an abrasive dust residue, in particular of a mineral dust, able to be detected externally optically on the treatment tool of FIG. 1.

[0044] FIG. 8 shows a schematic view of a plant-based fiber residue, in particular in connection with dirt collected by a plant, able to be detected externally optically on the treatment tool of FIG. 1.

[0045] FIG. 9 shows a schematic view of an air guidance component, in particular on an engine cylinder, of the treatment tool of FIG. 1 impacted by a plant-based fiber residue.

[0046] FIG. 10 shows a schematic view of treatment of a plant, in particular care of a palm tree, by way of the treatment tool of FIG. 1, causing a plant-based fiber residue.

[0047] FIG. 11 shows a schematic view of a plant-based chip residue able to be detected externally optically on the treatment tool of FIG. 1.

[0048] FIG. 12 shows a schematic view of an air guidance component, in particular on an engine cylinder and/or a silencer, of the treatment tool of FIG. 1 impacted by a plant-based chip residue.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0049] FIGS. 1 to 4 show a system 1 and a method for automatically ascertaining cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info for a motor-driven treatment tool 2, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 to 12. The treatment tool 2 comprises a residue RS, able to be detected externally optically, caused during the operation of the treatment tool 2.

[0050] The system 1 comprises an optical detection unit 11, a classing unit 12, a determination unit 13 and an output unit 14, two output units 14 in the exemplary embodiment that is shown. The optical detection unit 11 is designed to optically detect, in particular optically detects, the residue RS. The classing unit 12 is designed to class, in particular classes, the detected residue RS in accordance with a type AT of the residue RS. The determination unit 13 is designed to determine, in particular determines, the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info based on the classing. The output unit 14 is designed to output, in particular outputs, the determined cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info.

[0051] The method involves the steps of: a) optically detecting the residue RS, in particular recording an image of the residue RS, in particular by way of the optical acquisition unit 11, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. b) Classing the detected residue RS in accordance with the type AT of the residue RS, in particular by way of image recognition and/or image comparison, in particular by way of the classing unit 12, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. c) Determining the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info based on the classing, in particular by way of the determination unit 13, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. d) Outputting, in particular displaying, the determined cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info, in particular by way of the output unit 14, in particular to or for a user and/or a repairer of the treatment tool 2, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4.

[0052] In detail, the system 1 comprises a mobile device 15, in particular a smartphone. The device 15 comprises the optical detection unit 11 and/or the output unit 14, in the exemplary embodiment that is shown one of the output units 14, in particular a display.

[0053] The system 1 furthermore comprises an in particular stationary device 35, in particular a computer, in particular in a workshop, as shown in FIG. 4. The device 35 comprises one of the output units 14, in particular a display.

[0054] Furthermore, the detection unit 11 is a camera.

[0055] Also, the classing unit 12 is an image recognition and/or image comparison unit and/or the classing unit 12 and the determination unit 13 are a cloud server.

[0056] The detection unit 11 and the classing unit 12, in particular and the determination unit 13, are additionally designed to, in particular wirelessly, transmitting, in particular transmit, the residue RS, in particular the image of the residue RS.

[0057] The determination unit 13, in particular and the classing unit 12, are furthermore designed to, in particular wirelessly, transmitting, in particular transmit, the determined cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info.

[0058] The system 1 furthermore comprises the treatment tool 2.

[0059] In the exemplary embodiment that is shown, the treatment tool 2 is a saw 2a. In alternative exemplary embodiments, the treatment tool may be a pruner, a brush cutter, a hedge trimmer, a hedge cutter, a blower, a leaf blower, a set of pruning shears, an abrasive cutter, a sweeper, a sweeper roller, a sweeping brush, a lawnmower, a scarifier, a grass trimmer, a shredder, a stonecutter, a pressure washer or a spraying device and/or sprayer.

[0060] The treatment tool 2, in particular a motorized drive system 3 of the treatment tool 2, furthermore comprises different types of components 4a, 4b, 4c, as shown in FIGS. 4, 6, 9 and 12. Depending on the type ATa, ATb, ATc of the residue RSa, RSb, RSc and/or classing, the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info differs in that the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info is relevant, in particular type-specific, to one of the in particular types of components 4a, 4b, 4c.

[0061] In detail, the different types of components 4a, 4b, 4c include a ventilation and/or cooling component 4a, in particular a preseparator 4a′ on a fan wheel and/or a heat sink 4a″, in particular cooling fins 4a′″, on an engine cylinder, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 12, a valve and/or sealing component 4b, in particular a fuel inlet valve 4b′ and/or a radial shaft seal 4b″, as shown in FIG. 4, and/or an air guidance component 4c, in particular on the engine cylinder and/or a silencer, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 12.

[0062] The treatment tool 2, in particular the motorized drive system 3 of the treatment tool 2, additionally comprises a, in particular the, number of components 4a, 4b, 4c. The number of components 4a, 4b, 4c is not able to be externally optically detected in an intended operating state BZ of the treatment tool 2, in particular is at least partially or completely concealed by a housing 5, in particular an external housing, of the treatment tool 2. The cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info is relevant to one of the number of components 4a, 4b, 4c.

[0063] In FIGS. 1, 5, 6 and 8 to 12, the residue RS of a material WS of a workpiece WT is caused by treatment of the workpiece WT by way of the treatment tool 2.

[0064] The workpiece WT is in particular a piece of a plant, in particular a tree and/or a piece of wood.

[0065] The residue RS is furthermore from a set of different types ATa, ATb, ATc of residues RSa, RSb, RSc. The different types ATa, ATb, ATc of residues RSa, RSb, RSc include a sap residue RSa, in particular a resin RSa′, in particular in connection with a plant-based dust RSa″, as shown in FIGS. 1, 5 and 6, an abrasive dust residue RSb, in particular a mineral dust RSb′, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, and/or a plant-based fibre and/or plant-based chip residue RSc, in particular in connection with dirt RSc′ collected by a plant PF, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 8 to 12.

[0066] The plant-based dust RSa″ may in particular be an in particular black beetle-infested wood dust, as may typically occur when felling and debranching.

[0067] The abrasive dust residue RSb, in particular the mineral dust RSb′, may occur due to stirring up when working near the ground, for example as often observed in Spain.

[0068] The plant-based fibre residue RSc, in particular in connection with the dirt RSc′ collected by the plant PF, may occur when caring for palm trees. The palm trees may in particular collect the dirt RSc′ in their trunks.

[0069] The plant-based chip residue RSc may be a coniferous woodchip residue and/or occur when cutting in particular large buttress roots, when debranching and when constructing log cabins.

[0070] A residue RSa of the same type ATa as the sap residue RSa may further impact the ventilation and/or cooling component 4a, in particular as far as the engine cylinder and/or at same, in particular stick thereto. This may in particular lead to a fault symptom FS in the form of running problems. Without cleaning, this may lead to insufficient cooling or overheating and thus to fault cause FU in the form of engine damage, in particular a piston seizure.

[0071] A residue RSb of the same type ATb as the abrasive dust residue RSb may impact the valve and/or sealing component 4b, in particular wear and/or loosen same.

[0072] A residue RSc of the same type ATc as the plant-based fibre and/or plant-based chip residue RSc may impact the air guidance component 4c, in particular at the engine cylinder and/or away therefrom, in particular jam or block or clog it. This may in particular lead to a fault symptom FS in the form of running problems. Without cleaning, this may lead to a buildup of heat and thus to overheating and thus to fault cause FU in the form of engine damage, in particular a piston seizure.

[0073] In the exemplary embodiment that is shown, the motorized drive system 3 is a combustion engine drive system. In alternative exemplary embodiments, the motorized drive system may, in addition or as an alternative, be an electric motor drive system. A component of the electric drive motor system may in particular comprise, in particular be, a magnetic core. In addition or as an alternative, the different types of residues may include a metal residue, in particular metal chips. A residue of the same type as the metal residue may in particular impact the component of the electric drive motor system, in particular the magnetic core, in particular stick thereto.

[0074] The method furthermore involves the step of: ascertaining, in particular acquiring, diagnostic data DD, in particular fault data FD, of the treatment tool 2. The ascertained diagnostic data DD are complementary to the detected residue RS and/or the classing. Step c) involves: determining the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info by way of linking the ascertained diagnostic data DD and the classing, in particular by way of the determination unit 13.

[0075] In the exemplary embodiment that is shown, the treatment tool 2 includes a diagnostic data memory 40 for storing the diagnostic data DD, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4. The determination unit 13 and the diagnostic data memory 40 are designed to, in particular wirelessly, transmit, in particular transmitting, the diagnostic data DD.

[0076] The diagnostic data DD may in particular indicate, in particular provide information about, in particular non-intended heating, in particular overheating, of the motorized drive system 3. By virtue of the link with the classing, in particular of the residue RSa and/or of the residue RSc, it is possible to determine the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info, in particular relevant to the ventilation and/or cooling component 4a and/or the air guidance component 4c.

[0077] The diagnostic data DD may indicate, in particular provide information about, wear and/or looseness. By virtue of the link with the classing, in particular of the residue RSb, it is possible to determine the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info, in particular relevant to the valve and/or sealing component 4b.

[0078] Step c) additionally involves: selecting the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info from a set of different cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Infoa, Infob, Infoc, Infod, in particular by way of the determination unit 13, as shown in FIG. 3. The cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Infoa, Infob, Infoc, Infod is in each case assigned a type ATa, ATb of a residue RSa, RSb from a set of different types ATa, ATb of residues RSa, RSb, in particular and diagnostic data DDa, DDb from a set of different diagnostic data DDa, DDb.

[0079] The method furthermore involves the steps of: ascertaining, in particular acquiring, effective, in particular actual, cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information wInfo, as shown in FIG. 4. Assigning the type AT of the residue RS to the ascertained effective cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information wInfo for a next performance of the method, in particular by way of the determination unit 13.

[0080] In the exemplary embodiment that is shown, the repairer confirms or changes the effective cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information wInfo, in particular by actuating an input unit 60, in particular in the form of a touch screen, in particular of the system 1, in particular of the device 35.

[0081] The cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information Info furthermore comprises a cleaning, maintenance and/or repair operation instruction RA and/or a replacement part ET for the treatment tool 2 and/or a, in particular the, fault symptom FS and/or a, in particular the, fault cause FU of the treatment tool 2 and/or the relevant component 4a, 4b, 4c. In addition or as an alternative, the cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information may comprise an accessory part, in particular a name or a recommendation of the accessory part, such as for example an additional air filter grating, for the treatment tool.

[0082] The system 1 furthermore comprises a, in particular the, replacement part ET for the treatment tool 2.

[0083] As made clear by the exemplary embodiments shown and explained above, the invention provides an advantageous method for automatically ascertaining cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information for a motor-driven treatment tool and an advantageous system for automatically ascertaining cleaning, maintenance and/or repair information for a motor-driven treatment tool, in particular each having improved properties.