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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1994
Masahiro Mizuno, Kasugai, JP;
Mitsuyasu Kyuno, Aichi, JP;
Masao Futamura, Nagoya, JP;
Yukiyoshi Muto, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for processing embroidery data to control a sewing machine to form an embroidery on a work sheet, the apparatus including a dividing device for dividing, based on image data representing an original image including outline-bounded regions each bounded by one or more outlines thereof, the original image into the outline-bounded regions, and producing sets of outline data each set of which represents one or more outlines of a corresponding one of the regions; a display device for displaying, on a screen, a first and a second image based on first and second image data, respectively, the first image data including each set of outline data, so that the first image includes one or more outlines of a corresponding one outline-bounded region, the second image including a parameter table containing parameter items relating to the control of the sewing machine to form on the work sheet the embroidery corresponding to the original image; and a parameter specifying device which is operable by a user for specifying a content of each of the parameter items displayed on the screen, with respect to the outline-bounded region simultaneously displayed on the screen, while the user views the region on the screen, so that the specified parameter contents are displayed in relation with the parameter items and so that the specified parameter contents are utilized to process the embroidery data.