US 11,790,802 B2
Augmented and mediated reality welding helmet systems
Eric Thomas Sommers, Appleton, WI (US); and Nishank Rudresh Patel, Appleton, WI (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,905.
Application 17/726,905 is a continuation of application No. 16/012,553, filed on Jun. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,322,041.
Application 16/012,553 is a continuation of application No. 14/561,770, filed on Dec. 5, 2014, granted, now 10,032,388, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0246057 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09B 19/00 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); G09B 19/24 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); A61F 9/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09B 5/02 (2006.01); B23K 9/09 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 19/00 (2013.01) [A61F 9/06 (2013.01); B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 9/322 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G09B 5/02 (2013.01); B23K 9/09 (2013.01); B23K 9/0953 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G09B 19/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A welding helmet, comprising:
a protective shell; and
a welding display system configured to be removably coupled to the protective shell, wherein the welding display system comprises:
a coupler configured to removably couple the welding display system to the protective shell,
a display screen configured to display a welding metric, and
a camera sensor positioned to capture image data when the first welding display system is coupled to the protective shell.