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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2002
Tetsuji Maeiwa, Wakayama, JP;
Tetsuji Maeiwa, Wakayama, JP;
Shima Seiki Manufacturing Limited, Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
An object of the invention is to quickly display a simulation image of knitting stitches approximate to an actually knitted fabric. When an image is present in the position of the knitting stitchescorresponding between an upper layerand a lower layer, the images of knitting stitches for patternor transformed knitting stitchesin the upper layerhaving the highest priority are displayed. In each layer, it is possible to perform an editing operation of selecting combinations of knitting stitches previously registered in a form of module from a library and changing the position and the shape of the image of the knitting stitches. The knitting stitches in the periphery of the knitting stitch for a patternare substituted for the transformed knitting stitchesreflecting the influence of the making of the knitting stitch for pattern. Image data on basic knitting stitches, the knitting stitch for a pattern, and transformed knitting stitchesis created utilizing the images of actual knitted fabrics or computer graphics and is stored. By combining the stored image data, a simulation image of knitting stitches like that of an actually knitted fabric can be quickly displayed.