Systems and methods providing an enhanced user experience in a real-time simulated virtual reality welding environment
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G09B-019/00
G09B-019/24
G09B-005/00
B23K-009/10
G09B-005/02
G09B-009/00
A63F-013/24
출원번호
US-0064276
(2016-03-08)
등록번호
US-9691299
(2017-06-27)
발명자
/ 주소
Peters, Carl
Postlethwaite, Deanna
Wallace, Matthew Wayne
출원인 / 주소
LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
대리인 / 주소
Tucker Ellis LLP
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초록▼
A real-time virtual reality welding system including a programmable processor-based subsystem, a spatial tracker operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem, at least one mock welding tool capable of being spatially tracked by the spatial tracker, and at least one display dev
A real-time virtual reality welding system including a programmable processor-based subsystem, a spatial tracker operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem, at least one mock welding tool capable of being spatially tracked by the spatial tracker, and at least one display device operatively connected to the programmable processor-based subsystem. The system is capable of simulating, in virtual reality space, a weld puddle having real-time molten metal fluidity and heat dissipation characteristics. The system is further capable of displaying the simulated weld puddle on the display device in real-time.
대표청구항▼
1. A method comprising: generating a virtual weld joint having a virtual weld bead with a simulated welding system including a processor-based subsystem, a spatial tracker, and a mock welding tool, wherein generating the virtual weld joint comprises: tracking, via the spatial tracker, manipulations
1. A method comprising: generating a virtual weld joint having a virtual weld bead with a simulated welding system including a processor-based subsystem, a spatial tracker, and a mock welding tool, wherein generating the virtual weld joint comprises: tracking, via the spatial tracker, manipulations of the mock welding tool by a user; andsimulating, by the processor-based subsystem, creation of the virtual weld bead of the virtual weld joint responsive to the manipulations of the mock welding tool by the user as tracked by the spatial tracker;displaying an image of the virtual weld joint having the virtual weld bead, on a display device of the simulated welding system, that was generated using the simulated welding system;receiving a user input, via an input device of the simulated welding system, to select a location along a length of the image of the virtual weld joint; anddisplaying a cross-sectional image of the virtual weld joint at the location selected by the user input. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a cross-section indicator on the display device of the simulated welding system indicating the location along the length of the image of the virtual weld joint corresponding to the displayed cross-sectional image. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a scrolling input, via the input device, to scroll a selection through successive locations along the length of the image of the virtual weld joint; andsuccessively displaying cross-sectional images of the virtual weld joint at the successive locations through which the selection is scrolled. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein a displayed image of a cross-sectional area through the virtual weld joint at a location along the length of the image of the virtual weld joint shows welding characteristics of the virtual weld joint at the location as simulated by the simulated welding system. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the welding characteristics include at least one of penetration of the virtual weld bead into a virtual welding coupon or internal defects and discontinuities of the virtual weld joint, as simulated by the simulated welding system. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: automatically scrolling along a length dimension of the image of the virtual weld joint between a first location and a second location; andsuccessively displaying, during the automatic scrolling, an image of a cross-sectional area through the virtual weld joint at each of a plurality of defined locations spanning from the first location to the second location. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual weld joint includes a virtual welding coupon as modified by the virtual weld bead. 8. A simulated welding system, comprising: a programmable processor-based subsystem;a spatial tracker operatively coupled to the programmable processor-based subsystem;a mock welding tool capable of being spatially tracked by the spatial tracker;an input device operatively coupled to the programmable processor-based subsystem; anda display device operatively coupled to the programmable processor-based subsystem,wherein the programmable processor-based subsystem is operable to execute coded instructions that configure the programmable processor-based subsystem to: generate a simulation of a virtual reality welding environment;simulate creation of a virtual weld bead on a virtual welding coupon within the virtual reality welding environment responsive to manipulations of the mock welding tool tracked by the spatial tracker, wherein the virtual weld bead on the virtual welding coupon creates a virtual weld joint;display an image of the virtual weld joint having the virtual weld bead, on the display device;receive a user input, via the input device, to select a location along a length of the image of the virtual weld joint; anddisplay, on the display device, a cross-sectional image of the virtual weld joint at the location selected by the user input. 9. The simulated welding system of claim 8, wherein the programmable processor-based subsystem is further configured to display a cross-section indicator on the display device that indicates the location along the length of the image of the virtual weld joint corresponding to the displayed cross-sectional image. 10. The simulated welding system of claim 8, wherein the programmable processor-based subsystem is further configured to: receive a scrolling input, via the input device, to scroll a selection through successive locations along the length of the image of the virtual weld joint; andsuccessively display cross-sectional images of the virtual weld joint at the successive locations through which the selection is scrolled. 11. The simulated welding system of claim 8, wherein the cross-sectional image of the virtual weld joint shows welding characteristics of the virtual weld joint at the location as generated by simulated creation of the virtual weld bead. 12. The simulated welding system of claim 11, wherein the welding characteristics include at least one of penetration of the virtual weld bead into the virtual welding coupon or internal defects and discontinuities of the virtual weld joint, as simulated. 13. The simulated welding system of claim 8, wherein the programmable processor-based subsystem is further configured to: automatically scroll along a length dimension of the image of the virtual weld joint between a first location and a second location; andsuccessively display, during automatic scrolling, an image of a cross-sectional area through the virtual weld joint at each of a plurality of defined locations spanning from the first location to the second location.
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