US 12,304,007 B2
Virtual markings in welding systems
William Joshua Becker, Neenah, WI (US); and Olivia Arreola, Appleton, WI (US)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/214,747.
Application 18/214,747 is a continuation of application No. 16/273,980, filed on Feb. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,707,806.
Prior Publication US 2023/0330786 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B23K 31/12 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01)
CPC B23K 31/125 (2013.01) [G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G09B 19/003 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06398 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A welding system, comprising:
a sensor configured to capture sensor data relating to a workpiece or a welding tool in a welding environment;
a display screen configured to display a rendering of the welding environment;
processing circuitry; and
a machine readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processing circuitry to:
identify a workpiece location of the workpiece, or a tool location of the welding tool relative to the workpiece, based on the sensor data captured by the sensor,
determine whether there has been an indication that a marking should be applied to a selected location on a workpiece, the indication comprising a tool input sent from the welding tool in response to actuation of a trigger of the welding tool during a markup mode when welding-type operations are disabled, or the indication comprising the tool input sent from the welding tool in response to actuation of a non-trigger input device of the welding tool, and
in response to determining there has been the indication that the marking should be applied to the selected location on the workpiece,
identify the selected location where the marking should be applied based on the tool location or the workpiece location,
determine whether an existing marking already exists at the selected location where the marking should be applied, and
in response to determining that the existing marking does not already exist at the selected location, display, in the rendering, on the display screen, the marking on the workpiece at the selected location, the display of the marking being based on a marking property of the marking.