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US 2026/0249376 A1Published application
Welding system and methods
AssigneePacific Shipyards International, LLC
InventorsPete Proehl, Nissa Van Meter, Nikolai Herrera, Michael Buelsing, Dan Abbott
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Abstract
Welding systems and methods are disclosed. The welding system includes an optical assembly configured to image a welding site at a frame rate. The images are automatically processed according to whether an arc is present in the image, and displayed for view by the operator of the welding system.
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A method for operating a welding system, comprising:
- producing an arc periodically while welding two or more components together at a welding site;
- capturing images of the welding site at a frame rate;
- and
- processing and displaying the images by applying one or more of three or more different parameter sets according to whether an arc is present in the images.
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A method for operating a welding system, comprising:
- determining whether an arc is present in images showing a welding site;
- in response to determining that an arc is present, applying a first parameter set to a first region of first images and applying a second parameter set to a second region of second images;
- and
- displaying the images for view by an operator of the welding system.
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A welding system, comprising:
- a welding device including a welding assembly and an optical assembly;
- and
- a controller with instructions stored in non-volatile memory and executable to process images taken by the optical assembly according to whether an arc is present in the images and display the processed images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.