Patent ID: 11931836
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A welding system, comprising:
a visual acquisition system comprising an imaging device and configured to acquire a visual representation of a weld part having a weld joint, and to convert the visual representation into data representative of weld part features; and
a part recognition component comprising processing circuitry configured to:
receive the data;
identify one or more features of the weld part in response to receipt of the received data;
compare the received data to stored data of a plurality of weld parts stored in a weld part database to match one or more identified features to a known weld part of the plurality of weld parts stored in the weld part database;
identify weld settings stored in a weld parameter database associated with the matching known weld part of the plurality of weld parts stored in the weld part database by:
comparing corresponding weld parameters of the weld settings for two or more of the plurality of known parts; and
in response to identifying a difference between the weld settings for one of the weld parameters, prompt an operator to select between the different weld settings; and

send the weld settings to a welding power supply to be implemented during a weld operation.