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Patent No.:

US 12762861 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2024

System and method for multi-spot beam tracking

Applicant:

Bwxt Advanced Technologies Llc, Lynchburg, VA (US);

Inventor:

Ryan Scott Kitchen, Knoxville, TN (US);

Assignee:

BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC, Lynchburg, VA (US);

Attorney:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Primary Examiner:

Henok Shiferaw

Assistant Examiner:

Woo C Rhim

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/36 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/62 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/36 (2022.01); G06V 10/443 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/62 (2022.01); G06V 20/48 (2022.01);
Abstract

A method is provided for tracking multiple beams in weld pools. The method includes obtaining an input video feed that includes a plurality of frames having a plurality of beams for weld pools. The method also includes, for each frame of the plurality of frames of the input video feed, creating a gradient mask that identifies one or more pixels in the respective frame for a weld pool. The method also includes detecting and filtering contiguous regions based on the gradient mask to obtain a pixel mask for each contour of a weld pool. The method also includes identifying one or more beam locations within the weld pool based on the pixel mask for each contour.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kitchen, Ryan. (2026). System and method for multi-spot beam tracking (U.S. Patent No. 12762861). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12762861

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