Patent ID: 11883331
Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 9:
10. A welding helmet, comprising:
an arc detection system configured to detect a plurality of welding arcs that occur during one or more welding operations;
control circuitry configured to lighten or darken a lens assembly of the welding helmet based at least in part on the plurality of welding arcs detected by the arc detection system, to determine a duration of a most recent welding arc of the plurality of welding arcs detected by the arc detection system, and to record the duration of the most recent welding arc of the plurality of welding arcs detected by the arc detection system having a respective arc light intensity value that is greater than a predetermined threshold arc light intensity, wherein the predetermined threshold arc light intensity is higher than a threshold intensity level where the lens assembly transitions between a lightened state and a darkened state; and
a storage device configured to store a total duration per period of time of a portion of the plurality of welding arcs detected by the arc detection system, wherein the total duration per period of time of the portion of the plurality of welding arcs detected by the arc detection system comprises a sum of the duration of welding arcs per period of time of the portion of the plurality of welding arcs.