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Tool attribute management in automated tool control systems

Grant US12589481B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

Snap-on Incorporated

Inventors

David C. Fly, Matthew J. Lipsey, Preston C. Phillips, Traig E. Born, Frederick J. Rogers, Joseph Chwan, Gavin Pavlick, Cody Houston

Abstract

An inventory control system comprises a tool storage device including a drawer, a tray, or a shelf having a plurality of storage locations for storing a plurality of objects which define a silhouette in the tool storage device. The inventory control system comprises a sensing device configured to sense color, a display device configured to display information about the inventory control system, and a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions causing the processor to determine a plurality of colors of the plurality of objects stored in the tool storage device, which also causes the processor to generate an image in the form of an arrangement of colored blocks, wherein the display of color blocks represent associated color data of the plurality of objects and a size of each color block is proportional to the percentage of RGB color data in the silhouette.

CPC Classifications

B25H 3/028 G06Q 10/087 G06T 7/0008

Filing Date

2024-06-06

Application No.

18736325

Claims

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