Welding simulator

US9483959B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC. · US

Inventors

• Matthew Wayne Wallace · South Windsor, US
• Andrew Paul Lundell · Meridian Avenue, US
• David Anthony Zboray · Trumbull, US
• Matthew Alan Bennett · Milford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B9/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention pertain to a computer program product and processor based computing system that provides processing means for executing coded instructions and input means for interacting with said processing means to create a virtual welding environment. The system establishes an objective to change a functional or operational state of a virtual article, and directs the end user to perform at least one virtual welding operation for changing its functional state. The system trains new users and inexperienced welders on the fundamental aspects of welding.