Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Takashi Hirata

Takafumi Naka

Masashi Tokura

Tsuneo Okuyama

Tomotaka Katano

Chiyo Koga

Masayuki Hori

Shintaro Tomita

Yuki Ihira

Akihiro Wakayama

Yuji Iida

Ryutaro Maki

Tomohiko Mori

Masayuki Iwata

Ayako Yoshimura

Ryoji Owaki

Tomo Inoue

Satoko Hishida

A sewing data creation apparatus includes an area specification portion that specifies at least one area in which a plurality of stitches are to be formed and a sewing data creation portion that creates sewing data for forming the plurality of stitches in each of the specified at least one area and for forming an overlapping portion in a case where the specified at least one area includes a first area and a second area. The overlapping portion is a region in which at least one of the first area and the second area is enlarged in a direction that extends across a boundary line, such that a portion of the plurality of stitches to be formed in the first area is one of intersected and overlapped by a portion of the plurality of stitches to be formed in the second area.

Sewing data creation apparatus, sewing data creation method, and computer program product

An embroidery data generating device is disclosed. The embroidery data generating device generates embroidery data that is used for sewing an embroidery pattern including multiple color-wise pattern sections with a sewing machine and that includes thread color data specifying a color of each of the color-wise pattern sections. The embroidery data generating device includes a first storage device that stores multiple entries of preset color information; an extractor that randomly extracts color data used as the thread color data from each entry of the color information stored in the first storage device; and an allocator that randomly allocates the color data extracted by the extractor to each of the thread color data associated with each of the color-wise pattern sections.

Embroidery data generating device, computer readable medium storing embroidery data processing program, and sewing machine

An embroidery data generating apparatus that includes a pattern data acquisition device that acquires pattern data, an area identification device that identifies a base area in which a plurality of base stitches including a plurality of intersecting portions are to be formed, each of the intersecting portions being a portion at which two base stitches extending in different directions intersect, a first generating device that generates first sewing data to be used to sew the base stitches in the base area, a sewing data acquisition device that acquires second sewing data to be used to sew a pattern represented by the pattern data in an area including at least a part of the base area, and an embroidery data generating device that generates embroidery data including the first sewing data and the second sewing data.

Embroidery data generating apparatus, embroidery data generating method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing embroidery data generating program

A sewing machine comprises a transport portion that moves an embroidery frame, a contact detection portion that detects contact with the embroidery frame, a first position identification portion that identifies a first position, a second position identification portion that identifies a second position, a direction determination portion that determines a direction of a diagonal line of a virtual rectangle, a third position identification portion that identifies a third position, and an area setting portion that sets a sewable area.

Sewing machine and computer program product

A sewing machine includes a needle bar to which a needle is attached, a needle bar rocking mechanism which rocks the needle bar, a needle plate having a needle hole through which the needle is passed, an imaging device which images a lower part of the needle bar, a setting section which sets a range of rocking motion of the needle bar based on an image obtained by the imaging device, and a control device which controls the needle bar rocking mechanism based on the range of rocking motion set by the setting section.

Sewing machine provided with needle bar rocking mechanism

A sewing machine that is capable of sewing an embroidery pattern on a work cloth includes a storage device that stores embroidery data to identify a shape of the embroidery pattern and reference line data to identify a pattern position and a pattern angle. The sewing machine also includes an imaging device that captures an image of the work cloth onto which a marker is affixed, and a detection device that detects a marker position and a marker angle based on information of the image captured by the imaging device. The sewing machine further includes a conversion device that converts the embroidery data based on the pattern position, the pattern angle, the marker position, and the marker angle. The sewing machine further includes a sewing control device that controls sewing of the embroidery pattern based on the embroidery data obtained after conversion.

Sewing machine and computer-readable medium storing sewing machine control program

A sewing machine and a sewing machine operating program stored on a computer-readable medium for changing display items displayed on a liquid crystal display of a sewing machine on a page by page basis, when an output signal of an operation of rolling forward or backward a mouse wheel is detected. The sewing machine may include a display device that displays a variety of information related to sewing and a display item storage device that stores display items to be displayed on the display device. The sewing machine may also include an operation device that includes an operating member for performing plural types of operations and a display control device that changes the display item displayed on the display device in response to at least one of the operation type or the operation quantity outputted by the operation device.

Sewing machine and sewing machine operating program recorded on computer-readable recording medium

A software distribution system for sewing machine includes a server and a sewing machine. The server generates authentication key data dedicated for a sewing machine only upon initial transmission of medium identification data and sewing machine identification data from a terminal and stores the authentication key data in mapping with the medium identification data. If a valid medium identification data and an invalid sewing machine identification data are thereafter transmitted to the server, the stored data is not updated and the authentication key data is transmitted to the terminal. If determined that a control program transmitted from the terminal is not free of charge based on a version information thereof, calculated identification data corresponding to the sewing machine identification data is generated based on the authentication key data transmitted from the server, whereupon successful verification of calculated identification data with the sewing machine identification data, the control program is invoked.

Software distribution system for sewing machine, sewing machine and storage medium

A pattern data producing device incorporated in a sewing machine which comprises a sewing mechanism including a needle swing mechanism and a display and in which the sewing mechanism is operated so that a pattern sewing can be carried out, thereby producing pattern data. The pattern data producing device includes a touch panel mounted on an outer surface of the display so as to be capable of detecting a location of touch, a pen-shaped pointing device inputting and instructing on the touch panel a plurality of points corresponding to a plurality of needle drop points forming a pattern, a pattern data producing unit which obtains location data of needle drop points from the input points to produce pattern data, and a display data producing unit which produces, from the location data of needle drop points, display data for displaying a configuration of the pattern on the display.

Pattern data producing device for sewing machine and pattern data producing control program

A sewing machine includes an embroidery stitching data storage storing embroidery stitching data of a plurality of divided patterns with respect to large-size embroidery patterns, a pattern display data storage storing pattern display data for displaying each large-size embroidery pattern in a real image close to an embroidered state, and a display control device reading pattern display data with respect to an appointed large-size embroidery pattern from the pattern display data storage and controls to display an image. The display control device is adapted so that, when each divided pattern constituting the large-size embroidery pattern is subjected to the embroidery stitching, a display is caused to display the pattern display data of the large-size embroidery pattern read from the pattern display data storage and displayed area data indicating the stitching area occupied by each divided pattern in the large-size embroidery pattern in a state being combined with each other.

Sewing machine capable of embroidery sewing and display control program therefor

A sewing apparatus for sewing an embroidery pattern that is larger than an embroidery region of an embroidery frame. The sewing apparatus divides the embroidery pattern into embroidery regions and causes the embroidery regions to overlap a predetermined width including a boundary line between adjacent embroidery regions.

Embroidery data processing apparatus

A sewing data converting device includes a storage means for storing sewing data used in one embroidery machine for executing a sewing operation including an embroidering operation. The sewing data is converted into another sewing data used in another embroidery machine having a data format differing from one of the one embroidery machine. Display data for the converted sewing data is originated so that the display data corresponds to a display format of the another embroidery machine.

Sewing data converting device for sewing machine

A sewing pattern display device including a display for displaying a plurality of options relating to sewing; a transparent touch panel disposed adjacent to the display and capable of detecting a position where the touch panel is pressed; and a control device for determining, based on detection by the touch panel, a position of the display corresponding to a pressed position of the touch panel and, when the touch panel is pressed to simultaneously indicate more than one of the options, processing an option different from the indicated options.

Sewing machine with display for selecting sewing patterns

A sewing data processor capable of displaying embroidery patterns, including a display; an external memory medium detachably mountable to an external memory medium mounting portion and for storing pattern data relating to a embroidery patterns, each embroidery pattern including partial patterns each to be sewn in a corresponding thread color and storing thread color indication data each indicating a corresponding thread color for sewing a corresponding partial pattern; a pattern display controller for displaying the embroidery patterns on the display based on the pattern data; a character font memory storing display font data for displaying characters required to indicate each of the thread colors in a predetermined language using characters of the predetermined language, the display font data being stored under its lead address in the character font memory; a lead address table storing thread color indication data and lead addresses of the display font data, the thread color indication data indicating a corresponding one of the thread colors and being stored in correspondence with at least one lead address of display font data for displaying the corresponding one of the thread colors in at least a character of the predetermined language.

Embroidery sewing device and external memory medium for use therewith

An embroidery sewing memory card including a first storage region storing sets of pattern data under corresponding lead addresses, each set of pattern data corresponding to an embroidery pattern and usable in at least one of a plurality of embroidery sewing machine types; and a second storage region storing data in table form indicating correspondence between the embroidery sewing machine types and the lead addresses of pattern data based on which pattern data is usable in which embroidery sewing machine type.

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Nagoya, Japan

Takashi Hirata