Patent ID: 7523069

Claim:
Method for allocating personalized welding settings for a welding device or a welding system such that the welding device or the welding system can be configured, controlled or regulated according to the personalized welding settings, wherein the welding device or the welding system includes at least one control system coupled to a memory unit and wherein the memory unit is for storing personalized data including user profiles for respective authorized users of the welding device or the welding system, the method comprising: detecting personal data using a personal recognition system at least partially contained in at least one add-on module, wherein the personal recognition system operates based on at least one of an electronic fingerprint recognition, voice recognition, iris recognition, recognition of a facial shape or recognition of writing; forwarding the detected personal data to the at least one control system of the welding device or the welding system; determining whether the detected personal data corresponds to an authorized user having personalized data stored in the memory unit and, if yes, identifying the authorized user as a first user; when first user is identified, loading the at least one control system of the welding device or the welding system with a first user profile corresponding to the first user; checking whether the first user profile contains information for manipulating at least one setting option on the welding device or the welding system; and releasing or locking the at least one setting option on the welding device or the welding system according to the first user profile.