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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1992
Atsuya Hayakawa, Nagoya, JP;
Kyoji Komuro, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
Apparatus for producing underlying stitch sewing data used by a sewing machine for forming underlying stitches, over which the sewing machine forms embroidery stitches to provide an embroidery. The apparatus includes an embroidery area outline data storage device storing a set of embroidery area outline data representing an outline of an embroidery area to be filled with embroidery stitches, a first producing device producing, based on the set of embroidery area outline data stored by the embroidery area outline data storage device, a set of underlying stitch area outline data representing an outline of an underlying stitch area which outline is inward apart a pre-determined distance from the embroidery area outline, an underlying stitch area outline data storage device storing the underlying stitch area outline data produced by the first producing device, a second producing device producing, based on the underlying stitch area outline data stored by the underlying stitch area outline data storage device, the underlying stitch sewing data for forming the underlying stitches in the underlying stitch area, and an underlying stitch sewing data storage device for storing the underlying stitch sewing data produced by the second producing device.