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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2007
Haruna Kato, Tsushima, JP;
Naoki Igushi, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Iwata, Gifu, JP;
Shinichi Nishida, Nagoya, JP;
Eiichi Ito, Kasugai, JP;
Haruna Kato, Tsushima, JP;
Naoki Igushi, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Iwata, Gifu, JP;
Shinichi Nishida, Nagoya, JP;
Eiichi Ito, Kasugai, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine capable of embroidery sewing is configured to specify a type of embroidery frame by shooting an embroidery frame placed on an upper surface of the bed by a CCD or a CMOS image sensor disposed in an underside of an arm from an obliquely upward direction and obtaining an X-directional size and a Y-directional size of the embroidery frame, an embroiderable area size, and further a height-directional size of the embroidery frame by calculation based on image data shot by the image sensor.