20091014 COSLOR, JUSTIN M AUGMENTED REALITY WELDING HELMET A self-tinting welding helmet could be easily adapted with some stick-on Velcro, and a self-tinting lensed external digital video camera that attaches to the velcro along with a battery pack and an augmented reality display and onboard computer vision microcontroller on the inside of the welding helmet. The system would be designed to do battery-powered edge detection on the welding environment in the darkness of the helmet, with an internal red Light-Emitting-Diode-like realtime self-calibrating wireframe display of the edges that can be welded and a green wireframe display overlaid of the edges that have been successfully been welded and x-rayed by the external digital video camera that is mounted on the helmet. That way the welder could do a good job and see very well in the dark with less downtime between welding sessions, and could therefore use less electricity and make more money on a job-by-job pay structure. This would be very good for the employer too and the welding inspection personell would be pleased to see such a safe and efficient welding environment and performance to cost ratio of the weldering personell. Perhaps with a simple to install and affordable system such as this that could use commercial off-the-shelf components trained welders could compete with the rather expensive to install and program robotic welding systems and could keep their jobs by being able to make small adjustments that the robotic welding systems are unable to accomodate; so that they could keep their jobs instead of being laid off by automation and be able to do a whole lot more. The system could also be made waterproof for underwater welding too. Welding helmets are designed to prevent eye damage and radiation burns on the face and neck. There may be other uses as well for a C.O.T.S. Augmented Reality Welding System. The welding industry is enormous worldwide and could benefit from an upgrade. Thank you for considering this idea.