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US 2014/0272838 A1Published application
Data storage and analysis for a welding training system
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorWilliam J. Becker
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Abstract
A welding training system includes a camera configured to capture video data corresponding to a welding training operation. The welding training system also includes a storage device configured to store the video data, and to store welding parameter data corresponding to the welding training operation. The welding training system includes a welding training software configured to retrieve the video data from the storage device, to retrieve the welding parameter data from the storage device, to synchronize the video data with the welding parameter data, and to provide the synchronized video and welding parameter data to a display device.
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A system comprising:
- a data storage device configured to store data corresponding to a welding training certification of a welding operator, wherein the data comprises a first welding process certification status, a second welding process certification status, a first welding device certification status, a second welding device certification status, or some combination thereof;
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- control circuitry configured to receive a request for the first welding process certification status, the second welding process certification status, the first welding device certification status, the second welding device certification status, or some combination thereof, of the welding operator, wherein the control circuitry is configured to provide a response to the request, and wherein the response comprises the first welding process certification status, the second welding process certification status, the first welding device certification status, the second welding device certification status, or some combination thereof, of the welding operator;
- wherein the welding operator is authorized to use a first welding process, a second welding process, a first welding device, a second welding device, or some combination thereof, based at least partly on the response.
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A welding training system comprising:
- a camera configured to capture video data corresponding to a welding training operation;
- a storage device configured to store the video data, and to store welding parameter data corresponding to the welding training operation;
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- a welding training software configured to retrieve the video data from the storage device, to retrieve the welding parameter data from the storage device, to synchronize the video data with the welding parameter data, and to provide the synchronized video and welding parameter data to a display device.
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A system comprising:
- a data storage device configured to store a first data set corresponding to a plurality of training welds performed by a welding operator, and to store a second data set corresponding to a plurality of non-training welds performed by the welding operator;
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- control circuitry configured to retrieve at least part of the first data set from the storage device, to retrieve at least part of the second data set from the storage device, to synchronize the at least part of the first data set with the at least part of the second data set, and to provide the synchronized at least part of the first data set and at least part of the second data set to a display device.
A welding training system comprising:
- a welding training software configured to provide training simulations for a plurality of welding configurations, wherein the plurality of welding configurations comprises a metal inert gas (MIG) welding process, a tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding process, a stick welding process, a live-arc welding mode, a simulation welding mode, a virtual reality welding mode, an augmented reality welding mode, or some combination thereof;
- wherein the welding training software is configured to enable a welding instructor to restrict training of a welding operator to one or more selected welding configurations of the plurality of welding configurations.
A welding training system comprising:
- a welding torch;
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- a welding training software comprising:
- an augmented reality welding mode configured to receive a position of the welding torch, to integrate a virtual welding environment with the position of the welding torch, and to provide the integrated virtual welding environment to a display device;
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- a live-arc welding mode;
- wherein the welding training software is configured to enable a welding operator to practice a weld in the augmented reality welding mode, to erase at least a portion of the virtual welding environment from the practice weld, and to perform a live weld in the live-arc welding mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.