System for characterizing manual welding operations
US9542858B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A system for characterizing manual welding exercises and providing valuable training to welders that includes components for generating, capturing, and processing data. The data generating component further includes a fixture, workpiece, at least one calibration devices each having at least two point markers integral therewith, and a welding tool. The data capturing component further includes an imaging system for capturing images of the point markers and the data processing component is operative to receive information from the data capturing component and perform various position and orientation calculations.
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