Weld training systems with resettable target tool images

A welding headgear, comprising:

• a display screen;
• a sensor configured to detect sensor data relating to a welding tool;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• identify a length of a weld bead;
• determine a first target position and a first target orientation for a target tool image based on the length of the weld bead and one or more target welding technique parameters recorded during a previous welding operation,
• identify an actual position and an actual orientation of the welding tool based on the sensor data,
• compare the actual position of the welding tool with the first target position of the target tool image, and
• in response to determining the first target position of the target tool image is more than a threshold distance from the actual position of the welding tool:
• reset, or provide an option to reset, the first target position of the target tool image to a second target position that is closer to the actual position of the welding tool,
• the second target position of the target tool image corresponding to a position of a previous welding tool that was recorded during the previous welding operation when a previous weld bead was of a same length as the length of the weld bead.

A method of guiding a welding operator, comprising:

• determining, via processing circuitry of a welding headgear, a first target position and a first target orientation for a target tool image based on one or more target welding technique parameters;
• identifying an actual position and an actual orientation of a welding tool based on sensor data received from a sensor of the welding headgear;
• comparing the actual position of the welding tool with the first target position of the target tool image;
• in response to determining the first target position of the target tool image is more than a threshold distance from the actual position of the welding tool:
• resetting, or providing an option to reset, the first target position of the target tool image to a second target position that is closer to the actual position of the welding tool;
• displaying the target tool image on a display screen of the welding headgear based on the first target position or second target position;
• negatively adjusting a welding score in response to the first target tool position being reset;
• and
• displaying the welding score on the display screen.