Arrangement and method for monitoring a position of a hand-held tool

1. An arrangement for monitoring a position of a hand-held tool within a work region, comprising:

a hand-held tool used within the work region, the hand-held tool having a display device configured to display (i) a virtual image of the work region having an actual position of the handheld tool within the work region overlaid thereon and (ii) position-dependent user instructions for a work process to be executed;

at least one sensor configured to provide sensor data; and

at least one controller configured to:

specify a specified motion path of the hand-held tool;

determine an actual motion path of the hand-held tool based on the sensor data;

determine the actual position of the hand-held tool within the work region based on deviations of the actual motion path from the specified motion path;

generate the virtual image of the work region having the actual position of the hand-held tool overlaid thereon;

generate the position-dependent user instructions based on the actual position of the hand-held tool; and

provide the virtual image and the position-dependent user instruction to the display device of the hand-held tool.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to set a start position of the hand-held tool within the virtual image based on the actual position of the hand-held tool in response to an input indicating that the hand-held tool is at a predefined location.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an alarm configured to activate in response to the hand-held tool being outside the work region.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to disable at least one function of the hand-held tool in response to the hand-held tool being outside the work region.

5. A hand-held tool for use in an arrangement having at least one sensor configured to provide sensor data, the hand-held tool comprising:

a display device configured to display (i) a virtual image of the work region having an actual position of the hand-held tool within the work region overlaid thereon and (ii) position-dependent user instructions for a work process to be executed; and

a controller operably connected to the display device, the controller configured to:

specify a specified motion path of the hand-held tool;

determine an actual motion path of the hand-held tool based on the sensor data;

determine the actual position of the hand-held tool within the work region based on deviations of the actual motion path from the specified motion path;

generate the virtual image of the work region having the actual position of the hand-held tool overlaid thereon;

generate the position-dependent user instructions based on the actual position of the hand-held tool; and

provide the virtual image and the position-dependent user instruction to the display device of the hand-held tool.

6. The hand-held tool according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a first sensor of the at least one sensor in the arrangement, the first sensor comprising an accelerometer.

7. The hand-held tool according to claim 5 , wherein the hand-held tool is at least one of a screwdriver, a riveting tool, and a stamping appliance.

8. A method of monitoring a position of a hand-held tool used within a work region, the method comprising:

generating, with a controller, a virtual image of the work region;

specifying a specified motion path of the hand-held tool;

determining an actual motion path of the hand-held tool based on sensor data from at least one sensor;

determining, with the controller, an actual position of the hand-held tool within the work region based on deviations of the actual motion path from the specified motion path;

generating, with the controller, position-dependent user instructions for a work process to be executed based on the actual position of the hand-held tool; and

displaying, on a display device of the hand-held tool, (i) the virtual image with the actual position of the hand-held tool overlaid thereon and (ii) the position-dependent user instructions.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the hand-held tool includes the controller.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method is implemented by a computing unit.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the computing unit is configured to execute a computer program to implement the method.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the computer program is stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium operably connected to the computing unit.

13. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the input indicating that the hand-held tool is at the predefined location comprises a pushbutton on the hand-held tool being pressed.

14. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the input indicating that the hand-held tool is at the predefined location comprises a code being scanned at the predefined location by a scanner of the hand-held tool.

15. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor includes an accelerometer of the hand-held tool.

16. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor includes transmitter arranged a predefined location of the work region and a receiver of the hand-held tool configured to provide field-strength measurements of a signal transmitted from the transmitter.