ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,955, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Power tool and power tool system" was invented by Takumi Hayashi (Anjo, Japan), Fumitoshi Numata (Anjo, Japan) and Koichi Yakabe (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool is configured such that at least one accessory is mountable in a detachable manner. The power tool includes at least one camera and a determining part. The at least one accessory may be an auxiliary handle and/or a cover, which at least partially covers a tool accessory mounted on the power tool in a detachable manner. The determining part is configured to perform image processing on...