US 12,254,619 B2
GAN enabled welding
Shailendra Moyal, Pune (IN); Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); and Partho Ghosh, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,356.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401693 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 10/20 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 7/001 (2013.01) [G06V 10/255 (2022.01); G06V 10/443 (2022.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30136 (2013.01); G06V 2201/07 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining conditions of a welding procedure using a virtual image of a structure on which the welding procedure is to be performed, wherein the virtual image is a photograph of the structure;
generating specifications for performing the welding procedure based on the conditions;
generating a virtual reference shape based on the conditions and the specifications, the virtual reference shape generated by modifying the virtual image and the virtual reference shape is a desired resulting shape;
comparing a resulting shape of the welding procedure with the virtual reference shape;
determining a quality of the welding procedure based on the comparison; and
storing data pertaining to the welding procedure.