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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2021
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Anthony Van Bergen Salsich, Appleton, WI (US);
William Joshua Becker, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Bruce Patrick Albrecht, Neenah, WI (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An example weld training system includes: an orientation device; a mobile device; and a mount configured to attach the mobile device to a welding accessory, wherein the mobile device comprises: one or more sensors including at least a camera; a processor; and a machine readable storage device storing machine readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: recognize identifiers on the orientation device based on images captured via the camera; determine at least one of position information or orientation information for a welding torch with respect to the orientation device based on the recognized identifiers; and display, via a display of the mobile device, a welding operation based on the at least the position information or the orientation information.