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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
David A. Goldman, Johnson City, NY (US);
Assignee:
Soft Sight, Inc., Johnson City, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 5/02 ; G06F 7/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 5/02 ; G06F 7/66 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for generating embroidery data from image data automatically identify at least one image characteristic based on at least one of edge contour data and skeletal data. The identified at least one image characteristic includes at least one of a singularity, a discontinuity and a concavity. The methods and apparatus generate the embroidery data based on the at least one image characteristic.