Feedback from a welding torch of a welding system
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsWilliam Joshua Becker, James M. Walker, Jeremy J. Erdmann
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Abstract
A welding system includes a welding torch. The welding torch includes a sensor configured to detect a motion associated with the welding torch, a temperature associated with the welding torch, or some combination thereof. A display of the welding torch is activated, a determination is made that the welding torch has been involved in a high impact event, live welding using the welding torch is disabled, a software selection is made, or some combination thereof, based on the motion, the temperature, or some combination thereof.
Claims20
A welding torch comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect a motion associated with the welding torch;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- receive the motion associated with the welding torch, and
- make a software selection in response to the motion matching a predetermined pattern.
A method, comprising:
- detecting a motion of a welding torch via a sensor of the welding torch;
- and
- making, via control circuitry, a software selection in response to the motion matching a predetermined pattern.
A welding torch comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect a motion associated with the welding torch;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- receive the detection of the motion associated with the welding torch, and
- determine whether the welding torch has been involved in a high impact event based on the motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.