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Patent No.:

US 10402959 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2015

System and method of active torch marker control

Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

William Joshua Becker, Manitowoc, WI (US);

Jeffrey Dale Weber, Appleton, WI (US);

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:

McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.

Primary Examiner:

Dramos Kalapodas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01); B23K 37/00 (2006.01); B23K 31/00 (2006.01); G09B 19/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); B23K 9/0953 (2013.01); B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 9/32 (2013.01); B23K 31/00 (2013.01); B23K 37/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/52 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G09B 19/24 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract

A welding system includes one or more cameras and a controller coupled to the one or more cameras. The one or more cameras are configured to detect a plurality of sets of visual markers of a welding device, where each set is oriented in a respective marker direction. The controller is configured to determine one or more marker directions of one or more respective sets of visual markers based on a detected set of visual markers, to select one of the sets of visual markers as a tracked set of visual markers based at least in part on a determined marker direction of the tracked set of visual markers, to associate a rigid body model to the tracked set of visual markers, and to determine a position and an orientation of the welding device based on the associated rigid body model of the tracked set of visual markers.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Becker, William. (2019). System and method of active torch marker control (U.S. Patent No. 10402959). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10402959

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