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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Mitsuyasu Kyuno, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masahiro Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Masao Futamura, Nagoya, JP;
Yukiyoshi Muto, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for processing embroidery data to control a sewing machine to form an embroidery on a work sheet, the apparatus including an image reader which reads, from an original having an original image including one or more outline-bounded regions each having one or more outlines and an inside area bounded by the outline(s), the original image so as to produce image data defining one or both of the outline(s) and the inside area of the outline-bounded region; a first device which produces, based on the image data, outline sewing data to form stitches along the outline of the outline-bounded region; and a second device which produces, based on the image data, area sewing data to form stitches filling the inside area of the outline-bounded region, the embroidery data including the outline sewing data and the area sewing data.