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US 11,590,596 B2Granted
Helmet-integrated weld travel speed sensing system and method
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsKyle Andrew Pfeifer, William Todd Watson, Richard Martin Hutchison, William Joshua Becker
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Abstract
A welding system includes a first sensor associated with a welding helmet and configured to sense a parameter indicative of a position of a welding torch relative to the welding helmet. The travel speed sensing system also includes a processing system communicatively coupled to the first sensor and configured to determine a position of the welding torch relative to a workpiece based on the sensed first parameter.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a welding helmet comprising
- a sensor system configured to detect a first position of a first marking on a welding torch relative to the welding helmet, and to detect a second position of a second marking on a workpiece relative to the welding helmet, and
- a display screen;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to
- determine a position of the welding torch relative to the workpiece based at least in part on detection of the first and second positions of the first and second markings relative to the welding helmet,
- generate an augmented reality visualization based on the position of the welding torch relative to the workpiece, and
- display the augmented reality visualization on the display screen of the welding helmet.
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A welding system, comprising:
- a welding helmet comprising
- a sensor system configured to detect a first marker position of a first marker of a welding tool, and a second marker position of a second marker of a workpiece, the sensor system comprising an optical sensor, and
- a display screen;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- generate an augmented reality visualization based on the first marker position of the first marker of the welding tool, and the second marker position of the second marker of the workpiece, and
- display the augmented reality visualization on the display screen of the welding helmet.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting a first marker position of a first marker of a welding tool, and a second marker position of a second marker of a workpiece, using a sensor system of a welding helmet, the sensor system comprising an optical sensor;
- generating, using processing circuitry, an augmented reality visualization based on the first marker position of the first marker of the welding tool, and the second marker position of the second marker of the workpiece;
- and
- displaying the augmented reality visualization on a display screen of the welding helmet.
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