IP Library Granted Patent US 10,926,348
Granted Patent B2
US 10,926,348 · App. 16/019,827 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

Detection device for an active glare protection device

Inventors: Ramon Hofer Kraner (Herisau, CH); Tindaro Pittorino (Buchs/SG, CH); Olaf Schreiber (Buchs/SG, CH)
Assignee: Optrel Holding AG
B23K9/0956A61F9/067B23K9/322B23K37/006G02F1/13318H04L67/12H04W4/80
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Patent No.
US 10,926,348
App. No.
16/019,827
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detection device for an active glare protection device comprises a detection unit that is configured for a direct or indirect detection of at least one welding parameter of a welding apparatus, and comprises at least one communication unit that is configured for a transmission of at least one information of the at least one welding parameter to the active glare protection device, wherein the communication unit is configured for a transmission of at least one information of the at least one welding parameter, implemented as a bit sequence of a defined length, to the active glare protection device.

Claims (33)

1. A detection device for an active glare protection device, comprising:

a detection unit that is configured for a direct or indirect detection of at least one welding parameter of a welding apparatus; and

at least one communication unit that is configured for a transmission of at least one information of the at least one welding parameter to the active glare protection device,

wherein the communication unit is configured for a transmission of at least one information of the at least one welding parameter, implemented as a bit sequence of a defined length, to the active glare protection device,

wherein the at least one communication unit is configured for a uni-directional transmission of at least one information of the at least one welding parameter to the active glare protection device,

wherein the transmission of the at least one information of the at least one welding parameter to the active glare protection device is effected in a streaming procedure,

wherein the detection unit is configured for a direct or indirect detection of at least two switch states of the welding apparatus, and

wherein the at least one communication unit is configured for a direct transmission of the two switch states of the welding apparatus, implemented as mutually inverse bit sequences, to the active glare protection device.

2. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the communication unit is configured for a wireless transmission of the at least one information of the at least one parameter to the active glare protection device.

3. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the communication unit comprises at least one transmission unit that is configured for a direct transmission of a signal to the active glare protection device, and comprises at least one modulation unit, which is configured for a modulation of the at least one welding parameter, implemented as a bit sequence of defined length, directly onto the signal.

4. The detection device according to claim 3 , wherein

the at least one modulation unit is configured for a modulation of the signal of the at least one transmission unit with a modulation rate of at least 100 kbit/s.

5. The detection device according to claim 3 , wherein

for a direct modulation of the signal of the at least one transmission unit, the at least one modulation unit comprises at least one HF transceiver component.

6. The detection device according to claim 3 , wherein

the communication unit is configured for receiving a signal from the transmission unit and the bit sequence of the modulation unit that has been modulated onto the signal.

7. The detection device according to claim 3 , wherein

the at least one transmission unit is configured for a proprietary, non-packaged transmission of the signal to the active glare protection device.

8. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

a bit sequence of the communication unit comprises at least 4 bits.

9. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one information is always transmitted as a sequence with a same number of bits.

10. The detection device according to claim 9 , wherein

the bit sequence has the same number of bits independently from the at least one information contained.

11. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

one bit sequence represents each switch state, wherein the bit sequences are respectively inverse to one another such that each respective bit of the bit sequence has an opposite value.

12. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the active glare protection device comprises a computing unit that is configured for an evaluating of the welding parameter of the welding apparatus.

13. The detection device according to claim 12 , wherein

the computing unit automatically darkens the glare protection filter in case of an absence of a signal from the detection device.

14. A system with an active glare protection device and with a detection device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2019
From: HOFER KRANER, RAMON; PITTORINO, TINDARO; SCHREIBER, OLAF
To: OPTREL HOLDING AG
Reel/Frame 048316/0060 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17178387 · Jun 28, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190143437A1 · May 16, 2019