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1. QOIOA v5 00 K1otioul I2 O nOO r A a 7 Lf Z Me Orc IH MOIS LSVA OCT NAOG IAOW NO AGTS Asva lt MOT 9 s Z ac a He qm IH U S Patent Jun 4 2013 Sheet 3 of 8 US 8 457 949 B2 Fig 3 Er 3 b ae SHADE DELAY SENS WELD DOWN UP FASTSLOW LO HI UTTING x d 1 SHADE DELAY SENS S120 DOWN UP FAST SLOW LO HI 130 DOWN UP FASTSLOW LO HI 12 00 IX MODE SHADE DELAY SENS pat MODE N DOWN UP FAST SLOW LO HI S150 ON 2 12 00 ELD 3 0 6 LOW BATTERY SHADE DELAY SENS gt A X MODE DOWN UP FAST SLOW LO HI U S Patent Jun 4 2013 Sheet 4 of 8 US 8 457 949 B2 Fig 4 123 12 00 15 ELD 3 0 SHADE DELAY ON MODE DOWN UP LO FAST SLOW 12 00 tite DOWN pP p LO HI E A d 7 SLOW 00 00 0 ORK TIME RESET ENTER MODE E DOWN UP FAST SLOW LO HI US 8 457 949 B2 Sheet 5 of 8 Jun 4 2013 U S Patent Surjos oum mp ISvd IH OT Z SAO1S o L Iug Surssord mege Aq ZZ in Sumos oum arduo A A ISV4 dil al 97S THING NIW MNOH SHIT OTI anmu pue Inoy jsn pe LSVA d NAOG HGON IH OTMOTSISVA a NMOG ores f I 5 EE PIE el sv d FAOK dINd NIN UN2. n EIE al 5 m nee ALN TDV 1DNV I reel ao NI am NO AAVT FALL AW lv S gt PSKHS AVIJG 0 00 cT lt daVHS l TIAN ECF H NO 4 13 US 8 457 949 B2 Sheet 8 of 8 Jun 4 2013 U S Patent MAINA CHM PUTI ao l C HATI HATT Ew LSVA ee dA NAOG m as MOTS LSVA IH OT A N dfi NAOG IH OTMOTISLSVA d lNAOG TING uoneunuojur eet do lt F ar aari MON dani oe ee es m WAQTI wv age qL ee ee P ee es 8 Di4 US 8 457 949 B2 1 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES ON WELDING HELMET CARTRIDGE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1 Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for displaying information in multiple languages on a welding helmet car tridge and more particularly to a method for displaying infor mation in multiple languages on a welding helmet cartridge which not only shields a worker s face from light generated when the worker performs a task such as welding or cutting but also automatically performs shade level adjustment and work time setting functions for each task and also allows information such as an operating status a user manual and relevant terms to be displayed in multiple languages on a screen of the cartridge 2 Description of the Related Art Generally arc welding invo
3. Russian Arabic Greek Brazil Thai and Vietnamese When the user presses the enter key after selecting the language the language of information displayed on the display unit 230 is converted into the selected language and the procedure is then completed Since task details described above with reference to FIGS 4 to 7 are also displayed in multiple languages the present invention has an advantage in that even workers who do not know languages of other countries can read the displayed task information in their own language and thus can work conve niently While all welding helmet cartridges are currently designed to display task information in English the present invention eliminates the need to design welding helmet car tridges which display task information in the language of each country to which the welding helmet cartridges are exported In addition non English speaking workers in the United States can select their own language for display of amp amp task information when using the welding helmet car tridges The present invention also has an advantage in that the welding helmet cartridge recognizes voice of a user to deter mine the user s own language so that the welding helmet cartridge displays operating states or task information in the user s own language without manual control by the user FIG 8 illustrates a procedure for providing information such as a user manual to the user in the cartridge according to the pre
4. invention FIG 3 illustrates a procedure for adjusting the shade level of the LCD screen for each task in a method for controlling the cartridge of the welding helmet according to the present invention FIG 4 illustrates a work time setting procedure according to the present invention FIG 5 illustrates an alarm time cancelation procedure according to the present invention FIG 6 illustrates a work time display procedure according to the present invention FIG 7 illustrates a procedure for selecting and using the user s own language according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and FIG 8 illustrates a procedure for providing information such as a user manual to the user in the cartridge according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings Prior to the description it should be noted that the terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to common or dictionary meanings but instead should be understood to have meanings and concepts in agreement with the spirit of the present inven tion based on the principle that an inventor can define the concept of each term suitably in order to describe his her own invention in the best way possible Thus the embodiments described in the specification
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6. US008457949B2 a2 United States Patent 10 Patent No US 8 457 949 B2 Huh 45 Date of Patent Jun 4 2013 54 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION 6 151 711 A 11 2000 Edwards 2 8 3 6 796 496 B2 9 2004 Andersen et al 235 380 IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES ON WELDING HELMET CARTRIDGE 75 Inventor Moon Young Huh Seoul KR 73 Assignee Otos Wing Co Ltd KR Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U S C 154 b by 485 days 2 Appl No 12 840 359 22 Filed Jul 21 2010 65 Prior Publication Data US 2011 0251838 A1 Oct 13 2011 30 Foreign Application Priority Data Apr 13 2010 KR 10 2010 0033859 51 Int CI G06F 17 20 2006 01 52 U S Cl USPC G aa R aa aN Sas 704 8 2 8 2 351 44 58 Field of Classification Search USPG sette teet tese ttes 707 8 2 8 351 44 See application file for complete search history 56 References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 5 533 206 A 7 1996 Petrie et al 6 070 264 A 6 2000 Hamilton et al 235 379 T 715 764 enn 2 8 7 264 151 B2 7 320 110 B2 9 2007 Im sss 1 2008 Shah 2004 0210976 Al1 10 2004 Huh 2004 0243940 Al 12 2004 Leeetal lt 715 744 2006 0136220 Al 6 2006 Gurram etal 704 275 2008 0092259 A1 4 2008 Seo sese een 2 12 2008 0158502 Al 7 2008 Beckeretal 351 44 c
7. a task while viewing the displayed operating state in his her language even when the user does not know various languages US 8 457 949 B2 5 In another embodiment the voice recognition unit 300 may recognize voice of the user For example when the user says the word Korean English or Nihongo the voice recognition unit 300 rec ognizes and transfers the word to the controller 250 and the controller 250 determines a language corresponding to the word recognized by the voice recognition unit 300 The controller 250 selects data of the operating states cor responding to the determined language from among the data of the operating states in multiple languages stored in the memory 260 and displays the selected operating state data on the display unit 230 Thus the welding helmet cartridge according to the present invention can recognize voice of the user to determine the user s own language and can display operating states or task information in the user s own language without manual con trol by the user FIG 4 illustrates a work time setting procedure according to the present invention When the user presses a LIFE button at step S210 the controller 250 enters a life mode entrance step S220 At the life mode entrance step S220 the user may selecta 12 24 time mode 12 or 24 hour clock selection item a Fahrenheit Celsius selection item an alarm adjustment item and a time adjustment item for exampl
8. a work time of each step and display the work time on the display unit 230 to allow the user to view the work time of each step Here at the cutting step S120 and the grinding step S130 the cartridge 200 internally detects light during the task and calculates or measures a non work time of the worker dur ing which the worker does not work However a small error may occur in calculation of the non work time since light is weak during the task such as grinding or cutting is actually performed Accordingly the present invention may avoid such an error by increasing an allowable error range when calculating the work time at each of the cutting step S120 and the grinding step S130 FIG 7 illustrates a procedure for providing information in the user s own language when the user uses the welding helmet cartridge according to the present invention At an initial step S210 when the user presses the LIFE button the controller 250 enters a life mode entrance step S220 At the life mode entrance step S220 the user may select a 12 24 time mode selection item a Fahrenheit Celsius selec tion item an alarm adjustment item and a time adjustment item Here when the user again presses the LIFE button the word LANGUAGE is displayed to allow the user to select a language The user then presses an arrow button of the displayed letter LANGUAGE to select one of the languages Korean English French German Italian Chinese Japanese
9. and photo sensor cells The LCD lens is positioned directly in front of the eyes of the wearer thereby functioning as the actual viewing window The solar cells absorb light and function as an energy input unit The photo sensor cells detect sparks and other intense light and act as an input to a circuit that automatically adjusts the LCD lens to a variable opaque condition The cartridge housing is located in the helmet in order to fixedly mount the EQC cartridge to the helmet In addition U S Pat No 6 070 264 describes a welding helmet including a shutter a light sensor and an electronic circuit The shutter is mounted such that the helmet s wearer can view a welding operation The electronic control is coupled to the shutter to control a light transmission shade of the shutter The light sensor detects light emitted from the welding operation The electronic circuit drives the shutter to a darker shade in response to the light sensor sensing brighter light from the welding operation However since information such as information as to how to manipulate or operate the welding helmet is displayed on the welding helmet only in English or in a language of a 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2 specific country the conventional welding helmet has a prob lem in that it is not easy for welders from other countries to read such information In addition since welding helmets for use in each specific country shou
10. and the configurations shown in the drawings are simply the most preferable examples of the present invention and are not intended to illustrate all aspects of the spirit of the present invention As such it should be understood that various equivalents and modifications can be made to replace the examples at the time of filing of the present application Wherever possible the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts FIG 1 illustrates a welding helmet according to the present invention and FIG 2 is a block diagram illustrating details of the cartridge of FIG 1 for implementing a method for dis playing information in multiple languages on a welding hel met cartridge according to the present invention As shown in FIGS 1 and 2 the welding helmet 100 of the present invention includes a cartridge 200 which includes a 20 25 30 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 body 210 an LCD screen 220 a display unit 230 a key input unit 240 a controller 250 a memory 260 and a voice recog nition unit 300 The welding helmet 100 is formed so as to protect and cover the worker s face and the cartridge 200 is mounted to the front side of the welding helmet 100 Material of the welding helmet 100 preferably includes a light substance such as nonflammable plastic The body 210 of the cartridge 200 defines the external shape of the cartridge 200 and the controller 250 which includ
11. d for controlling the cartridge of the welding helmet according to the present invention Spe cifically FIG 3 illustrates a procedure for adjusting the shade level of the LCD screen 220 for each task According to the present invention the controller 250 may sequentially perform a welding step S110 a cutting step 120 a grinding step 130 and an X mode step S140 auto matically according to a preset condition the shade level of the LCD screen 220 and the operating time of the cartridge Here the controller 250 detects voltage of a battery of the cartridge 200 and performs when the voltage is low a low voltage warning step S150 to display a low voltage status on the display unit 230 Especially the memory 260 may store data of operating states in multiple preset languages and the display unit 230 may display data of the operating states in one language that the controller 250 has selected from among the multiple lan guages In one embodiment the memory 260 stores data of oper ating states in multiple languages and other data such as a user manual Examples ofthe multiple languages include Korean English French German Italian Chinese Japanese Rus sian Arabic Greek Brazil Thai and Vietnamese Accordingly the user may previously select a language for use by operating command keys on the key input unit 240 so that data of the selected language is displayed on the display unit 230 Thus the user can conveniently perform
12. e an alarm time adjustment item Here when the user selects the alarm adjustment item the controller 250 proceeds to an alarm time setting step 230 at which the user adjusts hour and minute values and then presses an enter key at a time setting completion step 240 to complete time setting When the user has selected the time adjustment item at the life mode entrance step S220 the controller 250 proceeds to a time adjustment step S250 at which the user adjusts hour and minute values and then presses an enter key at the time setting completion step 240 to complete time adjustment FIG 5 illustrates an alarm time cancelation procedure according to the present invention When the user presses the LIFE button at an initial step 310 the controller 250 enters an alarm adjustment step S320 at which the user sets alarm details Then when the user selects alarm cancelation at an alarm cancelation step S330 the alarm is canceled and then an alarm cancelation comple tion step S340 is finished FIG 6 illustrates a work time display procedure according to the present invention Inthe work time display procedure according to the present invention the controller 250 sequentially performs a work time mode entrance step S410 a work time setting step S420 and a work time setting completion step S430 At the work time mode entrance step S410 the controller 250 calculates a work time during which the LCD screen 220 of the cartridge 200 is da
13. es a general microcomputer and the memory 260 are provided in the body 210 The LCD screen 220 changes its shade level according to manual control by the user or according to control of the controller First the worker puts on the welding helmet 100 to cover his her face and then performs a welding or cutting task with appropriate brightness through the LCD screen 220 The display unit 230 displays input states of the user operating states of the device or the like The key input unit 240 receives and transfers a command from the user to the controller 250 The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the device and the memory 260 stores key input values and data values according to the operating states The memory 260 may store data of operating states in multiple preset languages and the display unit 230 may dis play data of the operating states in one language that the controller 250 has selected from among the multiple lan guages The voice recognition unit 300 recognizes voice ofthe user Here the controller 250 may determine a language recog nized by the voice recognition unit 300 and select data of the operating states corresponding to the determined language from among the data of the operating states of the multiple languages and then display the selected operating state data on the display unit 230 The following is a more detailed description of the opera tion of the present invention FIG 3 illustrates a metho
14. ited by examiner Primary Examiner Jialong He 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Cantor Colburn LLP 57 ABSTRACT A method for displaying information in multiple languages on a welding helmet cartridge is provided which not only shields a worker s face from light generated when the worker performs a task such as welding or cutting but also automati cally performs shade level adjustment and work time setting functions for each task and also allows information such as an operating status to be displayed in multiple languages In the method a work time during which the LCD screen of the cartridge is darkened is calculated and the calculated work time is stored in the memory and the stored work time is displayed on the display unit when entering a life mode entrance step Data of an operating state in multiple preset languages is stored in the memory and data of the operating state in a desired language which is selected from among the multiple languages is displayed on the display unit 6 Claims 8 Drawing Sheets AM LI s SHADE Z DELAY SENS 250 260 we j coutroller memory ud voice recognition JOEA MODE r DOWN US 8 457 949 B2 Sheet 1 of 8 Jun 4 2013 U S Patent Fig 1 US 8 457 949 B2 Sheet 2 of 8 Jun 4 2013 U S Patent onusoooi
15. ld be manufactured for the language of the spe cific country manufacturing time and costs are increased It also takes a long time for foreign workers to learn how to use the welding helmet since the welding helmet does not display such information in their own language when they use the welding helmet SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore the present invention has been made in view of the above problems and itis an object ofthe present invention to provide a method for displaying information in multiple languages on a welding helmet cartridge which not only shields a worker s face from light generated when the worker performs a task such as welding or cutting but also automati cally performs shade level adjustment and work time setting functions for each task and also allows information such as an operating status a user manual and relevant terms to be displayed in multiple languages on the cartridge It is another object of the present invention to provide to provide a method for displaying information in multiple lan guages on a welding helmet cartridge which recognizes voice of a user to determine the user s own language so that the welding helmet cartridge displays operating states or task information in the user s own language without manual con trol by the user In accordance with the present invention the above and other objects can be accomplished by the provision of a method for controlling a cartridge of a welding helmet
16. lves locally heating and melt ing metals using fusibility of metals to join the metals together The worker puts on a welding helmet as protective equipment for protecting the worker from high heat light and gas generated during welding A conventional welding helmet having a handle causes inconvenience since the welder should perform specific actions a number of times when using the welding helmet for example they should often hold and release the handle each time they raise and lower the welding helmet to perform welding The welding helmet has been researched and developed into a bend helmet to improve task efficiency of the worker Especially the welding helmet is used to protect the work er s eyes and face when performing tasks such as welding or cutting An anti glare device which will hereinafter be referred to as a cartridge is fixedly mounted to the welding helmet to protect the user s eyes from intense harmful light generated when performing tasks such as welding or cutting Such a cartridge generally shields light of greater than 780 nm IB and less than 365 nm UV and controls the trans mittance of visible light to allow the user to perform work while viewing welding locations without exposure to intense USS Pat No 5 533 206 describes a welding helmet includ ing an electronic quick change EQC cartridge and a car tridge housing The EQC cartridge includes a Liquid Crystal Display LCD lens solar cells
17. or each task and also allows information such as an operat ing status a user manual and relevant terms to be displayed in multiple languages on the cartridge thereby increasing con venience of task While all welding helmet cartridges are currently designed to display task information in English the present invention eliminates the need to design welding hel met cartridges which display task information in the language of each country to which the welding helmet cartridges are exported In addition non English speaking workers in the US 8 457 949 B2 3 United States can select their own language for display of task information when using the welding helmet cartridges In addition the cartridge recognizes voice of a user to determine the user s own language so that the welding helmet cartridge displays operating states or task information in the user s own language without manual control by the user BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which FIG 1 illustrates a welding helmet according to the present invention FIG 2 is a block diagram illustrating details of the car tridge of FIG 1 for implementing a method for displaying information in multiple languages on a welding helmet car tridge according to the present
18. ork time on the display unit when entering a life mode entrance step and storing data of an operating state in multiple preset lan 5 guages in the memory and displaying data of the oper ating state in one language which the controller has selected from among the multiple preset languages on the display unit wherein the cartridge further includes a voice recognition unit for recognizing voice of a user and wherein the controller determines a language recognized by the voice recognition unit and selects data of an operating state of the recognized language stored in the memory and displays the data of the operating state of the recognized language on the display unit 2 The method according to claim 1 wherein the memory stores data of at least one language so that data of the selected language is displayed on the LCD screen 3 The method according to claim 1 further comprising selecting one of a 12 24 time mode selection item a Fahr enheit Celsius selection item an alarm adjustment item and a time adjustment item by the user at the life mode entrance step proceeding by the controller to a time setting step at which the user adjusts hour and minute values when the user selects the alarm adjustment item completing time setting when the user presses an enter key at a time setting completion step proceeding by the controller to a work time check step at which the user checks a work time when the user selects an accum
19. rkened and stores the calculated work time in the memory 260 and displays the stored work time on the display unit 230 when entering the life mode The display unit 230 displays a work time ofup to 99 hours and 60 minutes The work time is reset upon battery change Forexample when the work time has reached 99 hours and 60 minutes the work time stops increasing after a warning mes sage is issued Here the work time can be reset only by the user Preferably the display unit 230 displays time in units of minutes Thetemperature unit Fahrenheit Celsius displayed on the display unit 230 may be fixedly set to Fahrenheit and the time mode 12 24 displayed on the display unit 230 may be fix edly set to 12 hours 20 40 45 55 65 6 In a method of displaying a work time in a real manner or in real time high power consumption is required since the temperature value is displayed in 4 digits on the display unit 230 for example an LCD display unit and the display unit 230 always operates to display work time data when black ening is finished Accordingly in the present invention when the cartridge enters the life mode the LCD display unit 230 may be brought into an optimal display state to display the work time so that the user can immediately view the work time In the present invention at the welding step S110 the cutting step S120 the grinding step S130 and the X mode step S140 the controller 250 may calculate
20. sent invention Ifthe user of the welding helmet presses the LIFE button for a long time or presses a guide button denoted by infor US 8 457 949 B2 7 mation in FIG 8 at an initial step S210 the welding helmet cartridge displays guide information in each selected lan guage Information of a welding task WELD a cutting task CUTTING a grind task GRIND and an X mode task X MODE are selectively or sequentially displayed When the user presses an arrow button of a displayed word LAN GUAGE to select a desired language the displayed infor mation is converted into information of the selected language so that information of each displayed term such as WELD CUTTING GRIND and X MODE is displayed in the selected language As is apparent from the above description the present invention has a variety of advantages For example the car tridge not only shields a worker s face from light generated when the worker performs a task such as welding or cutting but also automatically performs shade level adjustment and work time setting functions for each task and also allows information such as an operating status a user manual and relevant terms to be displayed in multiple languages on the cartridge thereby increasing convenience of task While all welding helmet cartridges are currently designed to display task information in English the present invention eliminates the need to de
21. sign welding helmet cartridges which display task information in the language of each country to which the welding helmet cartridges are exported In addition non English speaking workers in the United States can select their own language for display of task information when using the welding helmet cartridges In addition the cartridge recognizes voice of a user to determine the user s own language so that the welding helmet cartridge displays operating states or task information in the user s own language without manual control by the user Although the preferred embodiments of the present inven tion have been disclosed for illustrative purposes those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications additions and substitutions are possible without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims What is claimed is 1 A method for controlling a cartridge ofa welding helmet the method comprising sequentially performing a welding step a cutting step a grinding step and an X mode step automatically according to a preset condition a shade level of an LCD screen and an operating time of the cartridge wherein the cartridge includes the LCD screen a display unit a controller and a memory calculating by the controller a work time during which the LCD screen of the cartridge is darkened and storing the 8 calculated work time in the memory and displaying the stored w
22. that sequentially performs a welding step a cutting step a grind ing step and an X mode step automatically according to a preset condition a shade level of an LCD screen and an operating time of the cartridge the cartridge including the LCD screen a display unit a controller and a memory the method including calculating by the controller a work time during which the LCD screen ofthe cartridge is darkened and storing the calculated work time in the memory and display ing the stored work time on the display unit when entering a life mode entrance step and storing data of an operating state in multiple preset languages in the memory and displaying data of the operating state in one language which the con troller has selected from among the multiple languages on the display unit The cartridge may further include a voice recognition unit for recognizing voice of a user wherein the controller deter mines a language recognized by the voice recognition unit and selects data of an operating state of the recognized lan guage stored in the memory and displays the data of the operating state of the recognized language on the display unit The method according to the present invention has a variety of advantages For example the cartridge not only shields a worker s face from light generated when the worker performs a task such as welding or cutting but also automatically per forms shade level adjustment and work time setting functions f
23. ulated time item at the life mode entrance step proceeding by the controller to a time adjustment step at which the user again adjusts hour and minute values when the user selects the time adjustment item and completing time adjustment when the user again presses the enter key at the time setting completion step 4 The method according to claim 1 wherein a language of information to be read and displayed from the memory which stores information in at least one language is selected and set 5 The method according to claim 1 wherein the display unit immediately displays a work time when the controller enters the life mode to save power consumption 6 The method according to claim 1 wherein information of a welding task WELD a cutting task CUTTING a grind task GRIND and an X mode task X MODE are selectively or sequentially displayed in at least one language 20 25 30 35 40 45
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