Patent ID: 11865648
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. Welding headwear, comprising:
image sensors configured to capture an image of a weld torch as the torch passes along a joint of a workpiece to be welded, the image captured as pixel data;
processing circuitry configured to:
detect, by processing the pixel data of the image, distinguishing features of the joint and the workpiece;
retrieve, based on the distinguishing features, characteristics of the joint and the workpiece from a database;
generate, based on one or more welding parameters and the characteristics of the joint and the workpiece, a simulated weld bead; and
generate an augmented reality or mediated reality image by superimposing, on the image in real time as the torch passes along the joint, the simulated weld bead on the joint; and

a display configured to present, in real time as the torch passes along the joint, the image with the simulated weld bead.