Automatic darkening filter with simplified set-up
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsChristian A. Ripken, Markus Glocker
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an automatic darkening filter 20 which is suitable for darkening for protection from light, in particular from high intensity light, with a simplified set-up, as well as to a set-up device 40 for setting up parameters of a such filter 20. The present disclosure also relates to a system 100, 100′ comprising such an automatic darkening filter 20 and such a set-up device 40, in particular a welding device 110. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a method for setting up such an automatic darkening filter 20 as well as to a headgear 10 with such an automatic darkening filter 20 and to a welding device 110 with such a set-up device 40.
Claims15
An automatic darkening filter, comprising:
- a switchable filter lens comprising at least one switchable shutter which can be switched between at least a light state and a dark state, wherein the filter is configured to be switched according to a predetermined profile;
- a filter controller that is connected to each of the at least one switchable shutters so as to be able to control switching of each of the shutters, wherein the filter controller is configured to associate the predetermined profile with parameters of the filter and to simultaneously adjust at least two of the parameters of the filter;
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- a filter communication unit that is connected to the filter controller and that is configured to be connected to a set-up device for receiving information about the predetermined profile from the set-up device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.