US Patent:
20130189657, Jul 25, 2013
Inventors:
Matthew Wayne Wallace - South Windsor CT, US
David Anthony Zboray - Trumbull CT, US
Antonius Aditjandra - Chardon OH, US
Adam Lee Webb - Perry OH, US
Deanna Postlethwaite - Chagrin Falls OH, US
Zachary Steven Lenker - Vernon CT, US
International Classification:
G09B 5/00
Abstract:
A simulator facilitating virtual welding activity. The simulator may include a logic processor based subsystem operable to generate an interactive welding environment in virtual reality space that emulates welding activity by simulating a virtual weld puddle having dynamic, real time molten metal fluidity and heat dissipation characteristics, responsive to performing a simulated welding activity in real time. The simulator may include a foot pedal device in operative communication with the logic processor based subsystem and configured to affect a characteristic of the virtual weld puddle in real time, responsive to user control of the foot pedal device. The simulator may be configured to track the movements of a mock welding tool and a mock filler wire and determine interaction between the virtual weld puddle, a corresponding virtual welding tool, and a corresponding filler wire in virtual reality space that would result in the welding tool becoming contaminated.